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"'''{{var|X}} as a service'''" (rendered as '''*aaS''' in acronyms) is a [[phrasal template]] for any [[business model]] in which a product use is offered as a [[Subscription business model|subscription-based service]] rather than as an artifact owned and maintained by the customer. Originating from the [[software as a service]] concept that appeared in the 2010s with the advent of [[cloud computing]],<ref name="SearchCloudComputing 2022">{{cite web | title=What is XaaS (Anything as a Service)? | website=SearchCloudComputing | date=12 August 2022 | url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchcloudcomputing/definition/XaaS-anything-as-a-service | access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref><ref>Robin Hastings, ''Making the Most of the Cloud: How to Choose and Implement the Best Services'' (2013), p. 3.</ref> the template has expanded to numerous offerings in the field of [[information technology]] and beyond it. The term '''XaaS''' can mean "anything as a service".{{efn|sometimes called EaaS or "Everything as a Service"<ref>{{cite conference |url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308817450|title= Everything as a Service(XaaS) on the Cloud: Origins, Current and Future Trends|last1= Duan|first1= Yucong|last2= Fu| first2= Guohua|last3= Zhou|first3= Nianjun|author-link2= |date= 2015|publisher= IEEE Computer Society|book-title= |pages= 621–628|location= |conference= IEEE 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing|id=|doi=10.1109/CLOUD.2015.88}}</ref>}}

The following is an alphabetical list of business models named in this way, including certain forms of [[cybercrime]] (criminal business models).
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== B ==
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=== Backend as a service (BaaS) ===
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=== Banking as a service (BaaS) ===
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=== Blockchain as a service (BaaS) ===
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== C ==
{{wiktionary|CaaS}}<!--also exists: CCaaS, CPaaS-->
=== Content as a service (CaaS) ===
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===Crimeware as a service===
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Allum |first1=Felia |last2=Gilmour |first2=Stan |title=Routledge Handbook of Transnational Organized Crime |date=2021 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-48416-8 |page=388 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvJMEAAAQBAJ&dq=Crimeware+as+a+service&pg=PT388 |language=en}}</ref>

== D ==
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=== Data as a service (DaaS) ===
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=== Database as a service (DBaaS) ===
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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.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Chao |first=Lee |title=Cloud database development and management |date=2014 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-4665-6506-7 |location=Boca Raton |oclc=857081580}}</ref>  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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=McHaney |first=Roger |title=Cloud technologies: an overview of cloud computing technologies for managers |date=2021 |isbn=978-1-119-76951-4 |location=Hoboken, NJ |oclc=1196822611}}</ref> Many cloud providers offer both relational (Amazon RDS, SQL Server) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB) databases.<ref name=":1" /> This is a type of [[software as a service]] (SaaS).

=== Data management as a service (DMaaS) ===
{{Broader|Data management}}
Data management can also be done through the "as a service" business model, according to the book ''Data Management as a Service for Dummies''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Data Management as a Service for Dummies|url=https://www.cohesity.com/resource-assets/ebook/next-gen-data-management-for-dummies-ebook-en.pdf|first=Peter|last= Linkin|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|year=2022|isbn=978-1-119-87093-7}}</ref>
===DDoS as a service (DDoSaaS)===
DDoS-as-a-Service (DDoSaaS) is a [[cybercrime]] 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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Basta |first1=Alfred |last2=Basta |first2=Nadine |last3=Anwar |first3=Waqar |title=Pen Testing from Contract to Report |date=2024 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-394-17680-9 |page=334 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jo30EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22DDos+as+a+service%22&pg=PA332 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Desktop as a service (DaaS) ===
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== E ==
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=== Energy storage as a service (ESaaS) ===
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=== Exploit as a service (EaaS) ===
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===Other "EaaS" business models===
Under the acronym ''EaaS'', the following business models have been discussed in journals and conferences:
*Edge as a service<ref>{{cite conference |title= Edge-as-a-Service: Towards Distributed Cloud Architectures|first1= Blesson|last1= Varghese|first2= Nan|last2= Wang|first3= Jianyu|last3= Li|first4= Dimitrios S.|last4= Nikolopoulos|date= October 27, 2017|publisher= Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel Computing|book-title= |pages= |location= |arxiv= 1710.10090|conference= EdgeComp Symposium 2017|id=}}
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*Encryption as a service<ref>{{cite conference|title=Encryption as a Service (EaaS) as a Solution for Cryptography in Cloud|url=https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S2212017313004684?token=E284DCD827CEA5B49DC4A7BE62F249AC0E5652981D0BDFB1B10106B0DBE0BAE9C69188BBD17878D04EDB0DBFAD196AC5&originRegion=us-east-1&originCreation=20220724235958|first1=Hossein|last1= Rahmani|first2=Elankovan|last2= Sundararajan|first3=Zulkarnain Md. |last3=Ali|first4=Abdullah Mohd|last4= Zin|conference=4th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICEEI 2013}}</ref>
*Energy as a service<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Vinod |last1=Mawani |first2=Kalleshwar |last2=Kalshetty |first3=Aniket |last3=Kadam |first4=Sagar |last4=Chavan |title=Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS): Interfacing Android Application with Cloud to Save Smartphone Energy |journal=Spvryan's International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Technology |url=http://spvryan.org/archive/issue6volume2/25.pdf |issue=5 |volume=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422043420/http://spvryan.org/archive/issue6volume2/25.pdf |archive-date=22 April 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=25 July 2022 }}</ref>
*Evaluation as a service<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1145/3239570|title=Evaluation-as-a-Service for the Computational Sciences: Overview and Outlook|journal=Journal of Data and Information Quality|date=December 2018|pages=1–32|volume=10|issue=4|first1=Frank|last1=Hopfgartner|first2=Allan|last2= Hanbury|first3=Henning|last3= Müller|first4=Ivan|last4= Eggel|s2cid=53115327 |url=http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/1697 |arxiv=1512.07454}}</ref>

==F==
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=== Function as a service (FaaS) ===
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==G==
{{wiktionary|GaaS}}
=== Games as a service (GaaS) ===
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=== Ground segment as a service (GSaaS) ===
GSaaS means outsourcing ground operations to a third-party provider by the satellite operators.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2023/02/26/ground-segment-as-a-service-a-quick-overview/|title=Ground Segment as a Service – A Quick Overview|date=February 26, 2023|website=New Space Economy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spacenews.com/leaf-space-completes-two-months-of-successful-ground-support-for-ast-spacemobiles-bluewalker-3-satellite-on-orbit/|title=Leaf Space Completes Two Months of Successful Ground Support for AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 Satellite On-Orbit|date=November 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pwc.fr/en/industrie/secteur-spatial/pwc-space-team-public-reports-and-articles/market-perspectives-of-ground-segment-as-a-service.html|title=Market perspectives of Ground Segment as a Service|website=PwC}}</ref>

==I==
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=== Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) ===
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=== Integration platform as a service (IPaaS) ===
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=== IT as a service (ITaaS) ===
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==K==
{{wiktionary|KaaS}}
=== Knowledge as a service (KaaS) ===
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==L==
{{wiktionary|LaaS}}
=== Logging as a service (LaaS) ===
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=== Lighting as a service (LaaS) ===
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==M==
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=== Mobility as a service (MaaS) ===
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=== Monitoring as a service (MaaS) ===
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==N==
{{wiktionary|NaaS}}
=== Network as a service (NaaS) ===
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==O==
=== Offshoring as a service (OaaS) ===
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==P==
{{wiktionary|PaaS|PHaaS}}<!--also exists: PCaaS-->
=== Payments as a service (PaaS) ===
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=== Phishing as a service (PaaS) ===
Phishing as a service allows cybercriminals with little technical skills or without resources to launch sophisticated phishing attacks by providing access to a phishing kit.<ref>https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/microsoft-takes-action-against-phishing-service-platform</ref>

=== Philanthropy as a service (PHaaS) ===
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=== Platform as a service (PaaS) ===
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==R==
{{wiktionary|RaaS}}
=== Ransomware as a service (RaaS) ===
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=== Recovery as a service (RaaS) ===
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=== Robot as a service (RaaS) ===
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==S==
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=== Search as a service (SaaS) ===
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=== Security as a service (SECaaS) ===
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=== Software as a service (SaaS) ===
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==T==
===Transportation as a Service=== 
[[Shared transport|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.

==W==
===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 accesss.

==See also==
{{wiktionary|TaaS|UCaaS|WaaS}}
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* {{slink|Cloud computing#Service models}}
* "[[Windows as a service]]", Microsoft's attempt to apply the SaaS model to their operating system

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book |last1=Dempsey |first1=David |last2=Kelliher |first2=Felicity |title=Industry Trends in Cloud Computing: Alternative Business-to-Business Revenue Models |date=2018 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-319-87693-1 |language=en}}
*{{cite book |last1=Golding |first1=Tod |title=Building Multi-Tenant SaaS Architectures |date=2024 |publisher=O'Reilly Media |isbn=978-1-0981-4061-8 |language=en}}

==External links==
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