Cloud computing is a prominent technology that offers a variety of services to its cloud users. Through the substantial growth of cloud computing, exchanging critical computing resources online motivates the researcher in creating new business models. Conversely, the adversaries use the technology to disrupt the deployed services offered by the cloud through a successful launch of (DDoS) Distributed Denial of Service attack, a major threat to cloud infrastructure by overloading the server with traffic to bring it to a halt. Creating monetary loss and a higher level of stress to the professionals are the direct ripple effects of service failure that can be circumvented by ascertaining DDoS attacks early before affecting the system. Unfortunately, DDoS attack is tremendously challenging to detect because of its stealthy nature. This paper surveys different contemporary techniques that detect DDoS attack in cloud-basedservices.