Parameters for comparing cloud service providers: A comprehensive analysis

Cloud computing facilitates the on-demand provision of an aggregated pool of resources as a utility to users over the internet. As cloud computing proliferates, various service providers have come up with diverse services and features to cloud users. The absence of a comprehensive framework for comparing cloud services leads to ambiguity and uncertainty in choosing appropriate services. Moreover, it ends up being extremely tight for naïve users to find a service based on their constraints due to the non-uniform representation of service descriptions. This paper analyzes the features provided by various providers and presents a comprehensive list of attributes that determine the major performance facets of cloud services. Based on the comparative study, conclusions have been drawn, and research directions have been emphasized.