Pricing in Infrastructure Clouds - An Analytical and Empirical Examination
Key: LHS+14-1
Author: Ulrich Lampe, Ronny Hans, Marco Seliger, Michael Pauly, Michael Schiefer
Date: August 2014
Kind: In proceedings
Book title: Proceedings of the 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2014)
Keywords: Cloud computing, infrastructure, IaaS, pricing, scheme, mechanism, analytical, empirical, study, examination.
Abstract: With the increasing maturity of the cloud computing market, specifically in the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) domain, adequate pricing of services has become a crucial success factor for providers. In this work, we take a threefold approach to examine the current situation concerning pricing in the IaaS market. Based on an initial literature review, we find that pay-as-you-go pricing is perceived as the dominant scheme by the scientific community. Based on this notion, we discuss other pricing schemes with respect to their advantages, disadvantages, and challenges for a cloud provider. These results are complemented by an empirical study, in which we identify pay-as-you-go and subscription pricing as the dominant options that are practically applied in the IaaS market today.
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