GrayCell Blog What does Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Hosting mean

In the last two decades, our life has become so dependent on online services that it is hard to imagine our daily tasks or work without them. SaaS is all around us, and we use it without even knowing it. This article will try to answer the most commonly asked questions about SaaS, the other "as a service" models, and SaaS hosting so you can make sense of it all in your head. What are the different "as a service" models/types Currently, there are three main "as a service" type models. All three incorporate cloud technologies delivered from their own hosted hosting server to visitors or clients over the web. The main difference between these types of services lies in the product's wholeness. You can view SaaS (Software as a Service) products as fully managed applications developed by the given vendor and already in production; IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) products simply delegate data center resources, and PaaS (Platform as a Service) products offer you the service or framework that helps developers create their own customizable applications. How do SaaS, IaaS and PaaS work To make a distinctive sense of what we briefly went over above, we will provide a more detailed explanation of these products below. Users do not have to download SaaS applications to use them. The vendors handle all relevant updates, support, security, and maintenance whenever necessary. In short, the end user will only pay for the service (usually done via monthly subscriptions), and management of the application will be in the hands of the developing party. SaaS applications are traditionally 'multi-tenant.', meaning that multiple end-users will share one database, which the SaaS vendor will separate software security layers rather than having them hosted on a different hosting environment. Examples of SaaS...Continue ReadingThe post What does Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Hosting mean appeared first on GrayCell Technologies.