Wasted cloud spend hit 29% in 2026, rising for the first time in five years, with AI workloads a major driver (Flexera 2026 State of the Cloud Report). That same year, 98% of FinOps practitioners reported managing AI spend, up from…
10 best FinOps consulting companies for cloud cost optimization
The cloud FinOps market is projected to reach $26.9 billion by 2030, growing at 12.6% annually (MarketsandMarkets). That growth makes sense when you look at the waste numbers: 29% of cloud spend is still wasted according to Flexera’s 2026 State of…
FinOps best practices for cloud cost optimization: what actually works
Cloud waste went up in 2026. After five consecutive years of decline, the percentage of cloud spend that organizations waste rose from 27% to 29%, driven by AI workload complexity and teams provisioning GPU capacity they do not fully use (Flexera…
FinOps vs Cost Optimization: Why FinOps Is More Than Cost Reduction
Most teams doing cloud cost reviews believe they have FinOps covered. Cost optimization is part of it – but only part. The gap between the two is where cloud bills quietly climb back up. Your cloud bill went up again. You…
