# The Five Characteristics of Cloud Computing

• **On-demand self-service:**

* Users can provision resources and use them without human interaction from the service provide&#x20;

• **Broad network access:**

* Resources are available over the network and can be accessed by diverse client platforms

• **Multi-tenancy and resource pooling:**

* Multiple customers can share the same infrastructure and applications with security and privacy
* Multiple customers are serviced from the same physical resources

• **Rapid elasticity and scalability:**

* Automatically and quickly acquire and dispose of resources when needed&#x20;
* Quickly and easily scale based on demand

**• Measured service:**

* Usage is measured, users pay correctly for what they have used
