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Google Drive is HaaS, not SaaS. It's a cloud-based hard drive.
Itβs basically the same as Dropbox or OneDrive or Box and those are all SaaS.
I would argue that all are HaaS, not SaaS. There is no software you can install that provides disk space.
I suppose we could think of them as subscription-based alternatives to Samba or some other file server software.
Technically the Docs/Sheets/etc suite would be the SaaS portion of the subscription, but Google Drive is usually accessed as a web interface or app, not as a mounted drive so I think it still counts.