Platform as a Service (PaaS) is the recommended option for organizations seeking to simplify application development and management. Managing Cloud guidance explains that PaaS provides a complete development environment, including operating systems, runtime environments, middleware, databases, and development tools.
By abstracting infrastructure and platform management, PaaS allows developers to focus exclusively on building, testing, and deploying applications. Tasks such as patching, scaling, load balancing, and environment configuration are handled by the cloud provider, reducing complexity and administrative effort.
DaaS focuses on delivering virtual desktops, IaaS requires customers to manage operating systems and applications, and SaaS provides fully developed applications rather than development platforms. Therefore, PaaS best meets the requirement of simplifying development and management.