Glossary term
What is IaaS, PaaS, SaaS?
In Apex Flow Academy, "IaaS, PaaS, SaaS" means: Three levels of 'who does the work': you rent basic building blocks (IaaS), you rent a ready platform for your own app (PaaS), or you just use finished software (SaaS). It is taught in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is IaaS, PaaS, SaaS?
Three levels of 'who does the work': you rent basic building blocks (IaaS), you rent a ready platform for your own app (PaaS), or you just use finished software (SaaS).
Where is IaaS, PaaS, SaaS taught?
IaaS, PaaS, SaaS is defined in AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup.
AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup
Which terms are related to IaaS, PaaS, SaaS?
Next to IaaS, PaaS, SaaS in the course glossaries: Latency, On-premises, Edge location, Hybrid, Availability Zone (AZ), Elasticity, Region and Root user.
LatencyOn-premisesEdge locationHybridAvailability Zone (AZ)ElasticityRegionRoot user
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn IaaS, PaaS, SaaS?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- AWS Cloud Basics: Understand the Cloud and Build a Small Live Setup: No cloud, coding or IT experience is needed.