" as a service" (rendered as *aaS in acronyms) is a

phrasal template A phrasal template is a phrase-long collocation that contains one or several empty slots which may be filled by words to produce individual phrases. Description A phrasal template is a phrase-long collocation that contains one or several empty ...

for any

business model A business model describes how a Company, business organization creates, delivers, and captures value creation, value,''Business Model Generation'', Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Alan Smith, and 470 practitioners from 45 countries, self-pub ...

in which a product use is offered as a subscription-based service rather than as an artifact owned and maintained by the customer. The converse of conducting or operating something "as a service" is doing the same using "on-premise" assets (such as on-premises software) or

lump sum A lump sum is a single payment of money, as opposed to a series of payments made over time (such as an annuity). The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development distinguishes between " price analysis" and " cost analysis" by whether ...

investments. Originating from the

software as a service Software as a service (SaaS ) is a cloud computing service model where the provider offers use of application software to a client and manages all needed physical and software resources. SaaS is usually accessed via a web application. Unlike o ...

concept that appeared in the 2010s with the advent of

cloud computing Cloud computing is "a paradigm for enabling network access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable physical or virtual resources with self-service provisioning and administration on-demand," according to International Organization for ...

, the template has expanded to numerous offerings in the field of

information technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

and beyond it. The term XaaS can mean "anything as a service". The following is an alphabetical list of business models named in this way, including certain forms of

cybercrime Cybercrime encompasses a wide range of criminal activities that are carried out using digital devices and/or Computer network, networks. It has been variously defined as "a crime committed on a computer network, especially the Internet"; Cyberc ...

(criminal business models).

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Backend as a service (BaaS)

Banking as a service (BaaS)

Blockchain as a service (BaaS)

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Content as a service (CaaS)

Crimeware as a service

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Data as a service (DaaS)

Database as a service (DBaaS)

With a database as a service model (DBaaS), users pay fees to a cloud provider for services and computing resources, reducing the amount of money and effort needed to develop and manage databases. Users are given tools to create and manage database instances, and control users. Some cloud providers also offer tools to manage database structures and data. Many cloud providers offer both relational (Amazon RDS, SQL Server) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB) databases. This is a type of

(SaaS).

Data management as a service (DMaaS)

Data management can also be done through the "as a service" business model, according to the book ''Data Management as a Service for Dummies''.

DDoS as a service (DDoSaaS)

DDoS-as-a-Service (DDoSaaS) is a

model in which individuals can hire hackers to execute an distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against a specified target for a fee, typically paid in cryptocurrency, making such attacks more accessible to those without technical expertise.

Desktop as a service (DaaS)

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Energy storage as a service (ESaaS)

Exploit as a service (EaaS)

Other "EaaS" business models

Under the acronym ''EaaS'', the following business models have been discussed in journals and conferences: *Edge as a service *Encryption as a service *Energy as a service *Evaluation as a service

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Function as a service (FaaS)

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Games as a service (GaaS)

Ground segment as a service (GSaaS)

GSaaS means outsourcing ground operations to a third-party provider by the satellite operators.

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Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)

Integration platform as a service (IPaaS)

IT as a service (ITaaS)

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Knowledge as a service (KaaS)

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Logging as a service (LaaS)

Lighting as a service (LaaS)

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Mobility as a service (MaaS)

Monitoring as a service (MaaS)

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Network as a service (NaaS)

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Offshoring as a service (OaaS)

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Payments as a service (PaaS)

Phishing as a service (PaaS)

Phishing as a service allows cybercriminals with little technical skills or without resources to launch sophisticated

phishing Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware. Phishing attacks have become increasingly sophisticate ...

attacks by providing access to a phishing kit.https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/microsoft-takes-action-against-phishing-service-platform

Philanthropy as a service (PHaaS)

Platform as a service (PaaS)

R

Ransomware as a service (RaaS)

Recovery as a service (RaaS)

Robot as a service (RaaS)

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Search as a service (SaaS)

Security as a service (SECaaS)

Software as a service (SaaS)

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Transportation as a Service

Transportation as a Service (TaaS) is a transportation system where customers have use of a vehicle over just the time they need it and use of the vehicle may also be shared with other customers.

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Workspace as a Service

Workspace as a Service (WaaS) is a desktop virtualization utilised by companies to offer to employees a complete computer environment with remote access.

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