Thank you @Rohan_Garg for your thoughts.    What about clients irrespective of architecture complexity having high content refresh rates.. will AEM LTS save some money for them? As AEM Cloud charges based on hits to publishers?

Thank you @Ashfaq-ali for your insights. Yep complex architecture is a key derivative here. 

@SantoshSai @aanchal-sikka @Rohan_Garg @Jörg_Hoh @BrianKasingli @Vaibhav_Mathur Request you to post your opinion here.

100% @Lokesh_Vajrala you are bang on.   I somehow align with your thoughts. Finding ROI is very hard.

Thanks @EstebanBustamante for the insights and yes you covered most of the important considerations.   If client is in Adobe Experience suite it might make sense but if a client is on custom infra and looking at AEM as Content repository,  I am not sure how much it make sense to move to cloud.

thanks for your input and opinion here @mlaraadobe .

Thanks for sharing it here @arunpatidar . It consists of great discussions on why upgrade to AEM 6.5 LTS. But if a org is doesnt have any on-prem restrictions what should be there motivation behind choosing LTS vs AEM cloud? To play safe goto AEM LTS or To get new GEnAI features goto AEM cloud?

Thank you @daniel-strmecki . This is insightful.

Hey Adobe community, With AEM 6.5 heading towards End of Life (core support ends Feb 2027, extended support Feb 2028), a lot of us are asking: What’s next? Should we stick with Long-Term Support (LTS) or take the leap to AEM Cloud? Let’s dig into the real questions: Why Upgrade?Is it just about sta...