PROS

Increased Scalability

Scaling-up is much more easy andaffordable with public clouds.

No Hardware Investment

All equipment is owned, operated and maintained by the public cloud provider.

Pay-per-use

Organizations save money by only paying for the computing resources they actually use.

CONS

Higher Security Risk

Shared resources between multiple users create more vulnerabilities and make IT security issues more profound.

Performance

Network performance is weaker and less reliable than private cloud.

Lacks Customization

Public clouds restrict the customization of resources and services.