Difference Between Cloud Computing and Grid Computing

Parameter	Grid Computing	Cloud Computing
Definition	It is a collection of heterogeneous Computers from different locations to achieve a common goal.	It is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, where resources, software, and information are provided to Computers and Other devices as a utility.
Platform	It makes use of heterogeneous Computers to run.	It makes use of Homogeneous computers to run.
Focused on	Intensive Calculus	Standard and intensive cloud.
Visualization	Not Much Reliable	Reliable
Performance	High	Less than Grid
Research Community	Grid is distributed and has multiple user communities and is grouped in virtual organization.	It has generally one research community and a common group of system administrators that take care of entire domain.