Well that's my point! In this particular case(BaaS) the current implementation is not worth it due the lock in. The issue with the lock in is that you can't fix

Well that's my point! In this particular case(BaaS) the current implementation is not worth it due the lock in. The issue with the lock in is that you can't fix it yourself if it's broken. Maybe if it would be free and my project would be a toy I would consider it but as it is now it's not worth it. I also doubt you jumped on the AWS wagon on its day one. AWS has a wide range of services. With the right abstractions I think most of them can be easily replaced if you were to move to a different vendor or bare metal servers. BaaS is a totally different kind of animal. Did Beanstalk work well for you?