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# Best Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software

Last updated on March 26, 2026

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## What is infrastructure-as-a-service software?

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Updated on March 26, 2026

Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) is a cloud computing service that helps businesses rent or lease servers, processing power, storage, networking, memory, and other computing resources required to manage IT environment. When these resources are delivered using virtual computers (i.e., software-simulated computers) over the internet, it is called cloud computing infrastructure. This infrastructure is available in public, private, and hybrid environments. 

Within [IaaS](https://www.capterra.com/infrastructure-as-a-service-solutions-software/), cloud service providers offer computational resources to customers on-demand, and on a pay-as-you-go basis. This service helps businesses to store, manage and process their companies' data using virtual computers over the internet. There are three other public cloud services apart from IaaS including [Software as a Service](https://www.capterra.com/saas-management-software/) (SaaS), [Platform as a Service](https://www.capterra.com/platform-as-a-service-software/) (PaaS), and serverless computing.

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Table of Contents

-   [The benefits of infrastructure-as-a-service software](#the-benefits-of-infrastructure-as-a-service-software)
-   [Typical features of infrastructure-as-a-service software](#typical-features-of-infrastructure-as-a-service-software)
-   [The cost of infrastructure-as-a-service software](#the-cost-of-infrastructure-as-a-service-software)
-   [Considerations when purchasing IaaS solutions](#considerations-when-purchasing-iaas-solutions)

## The benefits of infrastructure-as-a-service software

-   **Cost-effective:** With a pay-as-you-go structure, customers are not charged up-front amounts to leverage the services. They are only billed for what they use, as they use it. Therefore, IaaS solutions are cost-effective for businesses. Also, you are not required to purchase physical infrastructure, which also makes the services affordable.
    
-   **Scalability:** IaaS allows you to deliver computing resources to your employees from anywhere in the world. You can also accommodate the changing needs of your business by paying only for the resources you require. For instance, if your company's website is expecting heavy traffic on certain days, then your IT infrastructure should be able to handle it by providing you a faster load time. Many cloud providers offer auto-scaling, wherein they monitor your application or webpage to provide a stable operation at a minimum price. This allows for cost optimization as you only ever pay for services that you are using at the moment.
    
-   **Support:** With IaaS software, you don't have to spend time troubleshooting issues or maintaining and upgrading the software. Your IaaS provider will take care of these needs according to your service level agreement (SLA).
    
-   **Security:** The software vendor is responsible for protecting your cloud IaaS infrastructure so that your data remains secured. With an SLA in place, you would be better protected by the service provider than the services you would have to manage in the case of on-premise infrastructure. These services include end-to-end encryption, multiple forms of authentication, and access control of the location where your physical infrastructure is stored.
    
-   **Disaster recovery:** In cloud computing, your data and applications are stored in cloud storage. In case of a disaster, IaaS cloud providers offer a fail-safe mode on virtual servers; this means that, if your systems crash, then your resources are stored on a secondary site. In a traditional disaster recovery situation without the benefit of IaaS, you have to set up a response team and build a recovery site to protect data storage.
    

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## Typical features of infrastructure-as-a-service software

-   **Cloud computing:** Store, manage, and process data over the internet (cloud).
    
-   **Data security:** Protect digital privacy and secure data with policies, technologies, and controls provided by the IaaS provider.
    
-   **Network monitoring:** Get visibility into app and network-layer performance and obtain actionable insights into how issues are impacting your business.
    
-   **Configuration management:** Identify and maintain components such as servers, configuration information, software, and their relationships across services.
    
-   **Data migration:** Move from one database to another, or upgrade the version of database software being used.
    
-   **Load balancing:** Distribute a set of tasks over a set of resources, to make their overall processing more efficient.
    
-   **Log access:** Collect logs to search, analyze and audit.
    
-   **Performance monitoring:** Monitor and measure relevant metrics to assess the performance of IT resources.
    
-   **SLA management:** Track current SLAs based on quantifiable metrics.
    

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## The cost of infrastructure-as-a-service software

Most products in the market are priced on a per user, per month basis and can be divided into three pricing tiers based on their starting prices.

**Price ranges\*:**

-   $3-$4
    
-   $5-$20
    
-   $21+
    

 _\*The pricing included is for the entry-level/lowest-priced offering that was found on vendor websites on March 10, 2022. These ranges correspond to the 25th, 75th, and 100th percentiles of pricing information gathered from vendor websites of sample products._ 

The above list summarizes pricing for the basic plans of most products. An enterprise or premium product that is priced higher may include additional features such as automated administrative tasks, dynamic scaling, and forecasting.

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## Considerations when purchasing IaaS solutions

-   **Security:** This remains one of the major concerns for customers as security is shared between a cloud provider and customers in the IaaS cloud computing service. The provider is responsible for offering services through a highly secure infrastructure. The cloud environment that you choose should protect access to data with encryption and identity access management. It is also the responsibility of the IaaS buyers to remain compliant with laws and regulations related to the processing of data.
    
-   **Functionality:** Before selecting an IaaS solution, you must make a note of the kind of computing resources your business requires. You might need the software for testing and development, hosting high-performance websites, storing data and maintaining backups, or building applications, among other needs. You should check what environment software vendors are best suited to provide and how it meets your functional requirements.
    
-   **Ease of use:** You must choose a cloud service provider that offers an easy-to-use solution, or else risk requiring more resources just to understand the IaaS solution. The software should be intuitive and include a consistent user interface for different cloud solutions it offers.
    

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**Sources**

Products evaluated for the pricing calculation were taken from Capterra's [infrastructure as a service](https://www.capterra.com/infrastructure-as-a-service-solutions-software/) software directory, sorted by the number of reviews. The pricing ranges exclude freemium versions of the products. The features highlighted were identified based on their relevance and the percentage of products in Capterra's directory that offer them.