This, in my experience, is what seems like the most likely culprit. A CTO/CIO gets impressed by a fancy feature list when really, what would be the best fit is

This, in my experience, is what seems like the most likely culprit. A CTO/CIO gets impressed by a fancy feature list when really, what would be the best fit is something simple, stable, and easy to use. We have more and more examples nowadays of ease of use beating out giant monoliths and it's only likely to continue except in a few fringe use cases.