Rate your organization across the Five Locks — code, data, logic, audience, dependency — and get an instant 5–25 lock-in score with a verdict and next steps. From the team that spent 16 years inside HubSpot.
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Every SaaS platform holds its customers with the same five mechanisms. We named them in The Five Locks after 16 years and 2,000+ projects inside the HubSpot ecosystem: the Code Lock, the Data Lock, the Logic Lock, the Audience Lock, and the Dependency Lock.
This scorer turns that framework into a two-minute diagnostic. Rate each lock against the published criteria and you get a 5–25 lock-in score, a verdict, and the specific next read for your situation. Nothing is gated — the score is yours the moment the fifth lock is rated. If you want the numbers in your inbox, we will email you the full profile.
A five-factor self-assessment based on Lynton's Five Locks framework. You rate your organization's code, data, logic, audience, and dependency lock-in at 1, 3, or 5 each, producing a total between 5 and 25 that maps to a stay, evaluate, or exit verdict.
Each of the five locks scores 1 (low), 3 (medium), or 5 (high) against published criteria — for example, Logic scores 5 when automations are undocumented, exceed 100 workflows, and depend on tribal knowledge. The five ratings sum to the total.
A score of 19 or higher indicates deep lock-in: migration requires a structured extraction plan. It also means the ongoing cost of staying is highest — the most locked-in companies have the strongest economic case for leaving.