What Is a Cloud Instance?

February 13, 2023

A cloud instance is aย virtual machineย running in aย cloud computingย environment. Cloud instances are software-based versions of physical servers. Anย APIย or web interface provides means to create, configure and manage cloud instances. Users pay only for what they need and use, as cloud instances are easy toย scale, provision, or deprovision.

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