An organization runs its analytics platform on one public cloud provider and its customer-facing applications on a second, unrelated public provider, specifically to avoid depending on any single vendor. It operates no private cloud or on-premises data center. Which deployment model describes this arrangement?

Multi-cloud describes the use of cloud services from two or more cloud providers, commonly to reduce dependence on a single vendor, use best-of-breed services, or meet resilience goals. Here the organization consumes services from two unrelated public providers and has no private or on-premises component, which is the defining pattern. A hybrid cloud, as commonly tested, combines distinct infrastructures such as a private cloud or on-premises environment with a public cloud, bound together to allow data and application portability; with no private side, the hybrid label does not fit. A community cloud is provisioned for exclusive use by a group of organizations with shared concerns, whereas this is one organization buying public services. A private cloud is provisioned for exclusive use of a single organization, and buying standard public services from two vendors does not make them private. Exam caveat: multi-cloud reduces lock-in but increases operational complexity, because identity, logging, key management and policy must work consistently across different providers. Operational check: confirm the organization has a consistent identity federation, central log collection and a single security policy baseline applied to both providers, so a gap in one is visible.