- If IBM Cloud is not the organization's strategic platform: a dedicated IBM Cloud transit hub can introduce operational overhead when only a small subset of workloads run on IBM Cloud.
- If third-party validation and broad independent review coverage are mandatory: Transit Gateway has limited presence as a separately reviewed product on major review sites in accessible results.
- If the operations team is already standardized on another cloud WAN construct (Azure Virtual WAN, AWS Transit Gateway, or Google Cloud NCC) and prefers consistent staffing and tooling.
- If the organization is highly sensitive to documentation availability, support responsiveness, or billing friction: community posts indicate issues in these areas; buyers should validate IBM’s support SLAs and internal runbooks before committing.