Bulutli hisoblash asosiy tamoyillari quyidagilardan iborat: resurslarning jonli taqsimoti va xizmat sifatida foydalanish (Software as a Service, SaaS), platforma sifatida xizmat (Platform as a Service, PaaS), hamda infratuzilma sifatida xizmat (Infrastructure as a Service, IaaS)