* as a service

Hello Folks, Hope you are doing well!
Today I want to talk about some concepts or rather important web-based services about which you might hear about. Yes, if you are into web development or in open source I am sure that you already heard about these phrases "as a service".

In this blog, I'm gonna explain these concepts in short of "as a service" or "*ass".

What is As a Service?

'As a service' is a very general term which means, Delivery of something over a network primarily internet which solves the problems of peoples. It may charge money to make things win-win for both. The service might be a product, tools, technology.

There are tons of examples of *ass but we will discuss some common & web dev related Concepts.

Software as a Service (SaaS)

A software distribution model in which a third party provides hosts applications & makes them available to customers over the Internet. It is a cloud-based software delivery model in which the cloud provider develops and maintains cloud application software.

SaaS provides a wide range of software applications, such as Microsoft office 365, Salesforce, google maps, etc.

Platform as a Service (PaaS)

A model in which a third-party provider hosts application development platforms and tools on its own infrastructure and makes them available to customers over the internet. Platform as a service provides you with the platform to run your programs on good computing devices owned by the service provider.

Example: Google App Engine, Netlify, Heroku etc

Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

A model in which a thirty party provider hosts servers, storage and other virtualized compute resources and makes them available to customers over the internet. Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), also known as cloud infrastructure services, is a form of cloud computing in which IT infrastructure is provided to end-users through the internet. IaaS is commonly associated with serverless computing.

Examples: AWS, Microsoft Azure etc