# Cloud Deployment Models

1. Public Cloud
    
2. Private Cloud
    
3. Hybrid Cloud
    

**Public Cloud:**

Cloud resources are those that are owned and managed by a third-party cloud service provider and are provided through the InternetCloud resources are those that are owned and managed by a third-party cloud service provider and are provided through the Internet.

**Advantages**

 ⮚ No Maintenance

⮚ Near unlimited scalability

⮚ High reliability

  **Disadvantages**

 ⮚ Less control

**Private Cloud:**

Cloud services that are utilized by a particular organization and are not accessible to the general public.

**Advantages**

 ⮚ No Legal obligation

⮚ Control

⮚ Strict security and compliance

**Disadvantages**

⮚ Infrastructure cost

⮚ Difficult to elasticity

⮚ IT Skills

**Hybrid Cloud:**

Combination of public and private cloud with automation and orchestration between the two.

**Advantages**

⮚Use your equipment to meet security, compliance, or legacy scenarios

 **Disadvantages**

⮚ Expensive

⮚ Complicated