What Does Cloud Broker Mean?

A cloud broker is an individual or organization that consults, mediates and facilitates the selection of cloud computing solutions on behalf of an organization. A cloud broker serves as a third party between a cloud service provider and organization buying the provider’s products and solutions.

Techopedia Explains Cloud Broker

A cloud broker generally works on typical brokerage process principles. They assist cloud buyers with decision making by helping them evaluate, shortlist and select a cloud vendor or solution based on specific requirements. Typically, cloud brokers collaborate and have mutual agreements with different cloud vendors, where if selected, discounts and faster deployment/migration are provided.