IaaS, PaaS and SaaS — Roadmap Step & Resources
The three service models and where common GCP services fall on that spectrum
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: GCP Cloud Engineer
Before this step
Study resources
- Types of Cloud Computing (Article) — AWS's own official explanation of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification Course (CLF-C02) (Video) — Andrew Brown's (ExamPro) widely-used, comprehensive free course covering AWS fundamentals end to end.
- IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Explained (Article) — Microsoft's own official explanation of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
- AZ-900 Azure Fundamentals Full Course (2025) (Video) — A current, comprehensive 2.5-hour crash course covering Azure fundamentals end to end, aligned with the AZ-900 exam.
- Google Cloud Full Course for Beginners [2025] (Video) — A comprehensive, current 4-hour course covering GCP fundamentals from account setup through core services.
- IaaS, PaaS and SaaS Explained (Article) — Google Cloud's own official explanation of IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
Part of
- Cloud Computing Fundamentals — section
- GCP Cloud Engineer roadmap — the full learning path