Cloud portability is a feature that allows users to move their applications and data from one cloud service to another without having to re-architect or re-program them. It enables organizations to easily migrate their workloads between public, private and hybrid clouds.
As more companies move away from traditional IT models and adopt cloud-based solutions, it has become all too common for customers to find themselves locked into a single vendor or platform. Cloud portability aims to eliminate this problem by allowing customers to migrate their workloads from one cloud provider to another without having to restructure or rebuild their business logic.
The term is interchangeable with cloud interoperability.
