Cloud computing has the following advantages and disadvantages:

Advantages:

• Ideal as a regular backup source of data storage due to its flexibility. You can recover data in case of accidental deletion, natural disaster, or a hard drive crash.


• With the cloud, you save money in a variety of ways including zero investment in infrastructure; since you do not own the infrastructure; no management or staffing costs; as the cloud offers a pay-as-you-go model, so you only pay for resources that you need.


• You have complete access to your cloud resources from anywhere, anytime and on any device.


• Centralizes data from various projects and branches into one place, which means you can access the data without having to visit each location individually.


• With cloud-based applications, the system can automatically be updated without users' involvement.

Disadvantages:

• Cloud deployments are not ideal for large-scale IoT deployments.


• The cloud requires high internet speeds and high bandwidth, so service outages are always possible, which can cause business downtime.


• Because you don't own the cloud infrastructure, you have no control or limited access to it.


• The cloud offers a wide range of services, but using them comes with several restrictions and limited flexibility.


• Data security is a major concern for everyone. Using a public cloud could put you at risk for security breaches.