SaaS vs. IaaS vs. PaaS: Cloud Computing Models Explained with its Benefits

Amit Dogra
2 min readMay 23, 2020

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In case you have been thinking of moving your eCommerce business to that of the cloud then there are three important methods of cloud computing that you must know about in complete detail. They are

1. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

2. Platform as a Service (PaaS)

3. Software as a Service (SaaS)

They are all becoming popular with an increase in the number of people who adopt cloud computing. After gaining a little fundamental information about their popularity and their use, now let's understand the differences between them.

Down below, we will see the detailed explanation of these methods along with finding the answer to IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS: Which one is better?

IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS

IaaS

IaaS is actually the cloud-based service in which you pay as you go for accessing benefits such as storage, networking, and virtualization. The most common examples of the IaaS services providers are Google Computer Engine, Digital Ocean, Rackspace, etc.

Some of its main advantages are

  • COST
  • FLEXIBILITY
  • COMPLETE CONTROL

PaaS

PaaS consists of hardware and software tools that are available over the Internet. The most common examples of PaaS are Heroku, Windows Azure, Magento Commerce Cloud, etc.

Some of its common advantages are:

  • SAVES TIME AND MONEY
  • AFFORDABLE
  • SCALABLE

SaaS

SaaS is the software that is available via a third party over the internet. The most common examples of SaaS are Google Apps, Salesforce, Slack, etc.

The most common benefits of SaaS are:

  • NO INSTALLING
  • PAYMENT STRUCTURE

IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaS: WHICH ONE IS BETTER?

There is no such thing as a better choice because what may be the right choice may not be the same for another. So, no matter what you choose, migrating to the cloud will be the future of business and technology.

Originally Published: https://bit.ly/2LSWW7m

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