Lemmy@lemm.ee to Asklemmy · edit-28 months agoFOSS enthusiasts, what SaaS do you currently pay for?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1message-squareFOSS enthusiasts, what SaaS do you currently pay for?Lemmy@lemm.ee to Asklemmy · edit-28 months agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 months agoGoogle Drive is HaaS, not SaaS. It’s a cloud-based hard drive.
minus-squareAnaloglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt’s basically the same as Dropbox or OneDrive or Box and those are all SaaS.
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI would argue that all are HaaS, not SaaS. There is no software you can install that provides disk space. I suppose we could think of them as subscription-based alternatives to Samba or some other file server software.
minus-squareTORFdot0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoTechnically the Docs/Sheets/etc suite would be the SaaS portion of the subscription, but Google Drive is usually accessed as a web interface or app, not as a mounted drive so I think it still counts.
Google Drive is HaaS, not SaaS. It’s a cloud-based hard drive.
It’s basically the same as Dropbox or OneDrive or Box and those are all SaaS.
I would argue that all are HaaS, not SaaS. There is no software you can install that provides disk space.
I suppose we could think of them as subscription-based alternatives to Samba or some other file server software.
Technically the Docs/Sheets/etc suite would be the SaaS portion of the subscription, but Google Drive is usually accessed as a web interface or app, not as a mounted drive so I think it still counts.