Software As A Service Platform. Software as a service SaaS is a software distribution model in which a third-party provider hosts applications and makes them available to customers over the Internet. Software as a Service SaaS is mainly designed for end-user and delivered over the web.
SaaS is one of three main categories of cloud computing alongside infrastructure as a service and platform as a service IaaS and PaaS. Software-as-a-Service SaaS is a software licensing model which allows access to software a subscription basis using external servers. Software as a Service also know as SaaS is a cloud-based service where instead of downloading software your desktop PC or business network to run and update you instead access an application via.
Common examples are email calendaring and office tools such as Microsoft Office 365.
SaaS uses the web to deliver applications that are managed by a third-party vendor and whose interface is accessed on the clients side. Instead of installing software directly onto your computer programs are available through a website or app. This type of software is called software as a service or SaaS. Software as a service SaaS s ae s is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted.