Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing data are provided. The apparatus for providing data according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an apparatus for providing data based on cloud services, and includes a profile processor configured to, in response to an attribute of data, which is generated from a target object, being changed, update a data profile that was previously stored; a data collector configured to collect the data generated from the target object in accordance with the updated data profile; a data processor configured to index the collected data; and a data provider configured to provide the indexed data to a client.