Balancing Microservices and Monolithic Architectures

Venkata Krishna Chaitanya Nuthalapati

Balancing Microservices and Monolithic Architectures

Software Engineering 2026-07-04 v1 Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing

Authors: Venkata Krishna Chaitanya Nuthalapati

Abstract

Enterprise software teams face a fundamental architectural choice: build a single unified application or decompose functionality into independently deployable services. This article examines monolithic and microservices architectures, analyzing their technical benefits, tradeoffs, and practical implications for scalability, reliability, deployment, and organizational complexity. It discusses how teams can evaluate these architectural approaches based on system size, business requirements, operational maturity, and long-term maintainability.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.03898,
  title  = {Balancing Microservices and Monolithic Architectures},
  author = {Venkata Krishna Chaitanya Nuthalapati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.03898},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Published in Feedforward, IEEE Computer Society Santa Clara Valley Chapter, Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2026, pp. 28-33. Case Study. 6 pages, 1 table