Multi-Tenancy

What is Multi-Tenancy?

In the SaaS industry, multi-tenancy allows multiple users or organizations to access and use the same software application simultaneously, while keeping their data isolated and secure. This means that each tenant can customize the software to fit their specific needs without affecting other tenants. It helps SaaS providers to efficiently manage resources, reduce costs, and easily scale their services to meet the growing demands of their customers.

Multi-tenancy is a software architecture where a single instance of the software serves multiple customers, known as tenants, each with their own data, configuration, and settings.

Examples

A popular example of multi-tenancy in action is Salesforce, where different companies can use the same instance of the CRM software but have their own separate data and configurations.

Another example is Google Workspace, where each organization using the platform has its own workspace and settings, while sharing the same underlying infrastructure.

Additional Information

Multi-tenancy promotes resource sharing, improves system performance, and simplifies software maintenance for SaaS providers.

It also enhances data security by ensuring that each tenant's data is isolated and protected from unauthorized access.