For Monolith vs Microservices - 1 Why some companies still prefer to go for Monolith architecture? Biggest advantage of using Monolith Architecture: We will further look on what exactly is the biggest advantage of using Monolith Services over the Microservices If your application is small and not subjected to large scale in terms of complexity and user base then the development and deployment is pretty easy when compared to Microservices, even if you are planning to use cloud technologies and decided to host the Website and Services separately the Monolith approach would be ideal for this scenario. The developers of fictional software "PinPointer" would have a very quick time in developing and deploying the application, the initial maintainability is very easy, having said that the maintenance become tedious when the application grows in size Disadvantages of Monolith Architecture: Where exacly the Monolith approach fails? Now our fictional software "PinPointer"