Benefits of public cloud Cost Effective: Since public cloud shares same resources with large number of customers it turns out inexpensive. Reliability: The public cloud employs large number of resources from different locations. Flexibility: The public cloud can smoothly integrate with private cloud, which gives customers a flexible approach. Location Independence: Public cloud services are delivered through Internet, ensuring location independence. Utility Style Costing: Public cloud is also based on pay$-$per$-$use model and resources are accessible whenever customer needs them. High Scalability: Cloud resources are made available on demand from a pool of resources. Disadvantages of public cloud Low Security: In public cloud model, data is hosted off$-$site, an