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What’s New in
Cloud Cost Optimization in 2025?
The Research Report for Engineering & FinOps Leaders
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About the Report
This flagship report from CloudKeeper delivers deep insights into cloud cost optimization trends shaping 2025. Built on data from 500+ organizations, combined with perspectives from leading FinOps experts, the report outlines the next era of cloud financial governance.
Whether you're an engineering leader, FinOps practitioner, or cloud architect, this is your roadmap to optimizing cloud spend in today’s complex environments.
What You’ll Learn
Real-world data collected from actual organizations.
The impact of Graviton, serverless, and containerization on compute savings
Best practices for sustainable, real-time cost governance
Why multi-cloud visibility & FOCUS are now essential
How human-assisted remediation & automation are transforming cloud financial operations
A data-backed Cloud Cost Optimization Index to guide your next moves
Key Highlights
Data-Backed Trends Shaping Smarter Cloud Spending
- 60%of organizations still have
idle network resources - 90%can migrate to lower-cost compute
(Graviton, AMD) - 20%reduction in cloud bill spikes with AI-
driven monitoring - 35%infrastructure cost reduction with
serverless & container workloads - 5-25%savings achieved by CloudKeeper
customers using automated tools
Featured Contributors
Crafted using proprietary insights from CloudKeeper's cost data from 500+ real-world organizations
Pankaj Bajaj
FinOps Leader, Mercari
Shahnawaz Khan
Group PM, HCL Tech
Dieter Matzion
FinOps Ambassador, Roku
Victor Garcia
Founder, FinOps Weekly
Industry Validation & Trusted Sources
Insights aligned with leading research from FinOps Foundation, Gartner & Forrester
Inside the Report
A 5-step approach to smarter cloud cost optimization.
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Trends & ChallengesFrom AI
workloads to
underutilized RIs
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Tech DriversAI, automation, and
modern compute
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Tools & InnovationsAnomaly detection,
rightsizing and
cost dashboards1
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Best PracticesFinOps frameworks,
storage/network
governance
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Cloud Cost Optimization Index 2025What to prioritize,
pilot, and sunset
Who Should Read This Report?
A must-read for cloud, finance, and engineering leaders driving cost efficiency
FinOps Teams
Building data-driven strategies
Cloud Architects
Optimizing for performance & cost
Engineering Leaders
Managing cloud growth
Finance Executives
Seeking better cost accountability
Ready to see how your organization stacks up and what you can improve?
Get the Complete Data, Analysis, and Expert Recommendations.
About CloudKeeper
CloudKeeper is a cloud cost optimization partner that combines the power of group buying & commitments management, expert cloud consulting & support, and an enhanced visibility & usage optimization platform to reduce cloud costs & help maximize the value from the cloud. We have helped 400+ global companies save an average of 20% on their cloud bills, all while maintaining flexibility and avoiding any long-term commitments or costs.
We have expertise across leading cloud platforms
