# CloudZero: The AI ROI Company

> CloudZero is the AI ROI Company\. Unify AI spend and business context to understand the ROI of all your AI investment

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## Pages
- [AWS M5 Vs\. R5](https://www.cloudzero.com/advisor/aws-m5-vs-r5/)
- [AWS T3 Vs\. M5](https://www.cloudzero.com/advisor/t3-vs-m5/)
- [AWS R6g Vs\. R5](https://www.cloudzero.com/advisor/aws-r6g-vs-r5/)
- [AWS T2 Vs\. T3](https://www.cloudzero.com/advisor/t2-vs-t3/)
- [Careers](https://www.cloudzero.com/careers/)

## Posts
- [The 26 Best Cloud Cost Management Tools In 2026](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/cloud-cost-management-tools/): This guide explains the fundamentals of cloud cost management, how it has evolved, and the best tools you can use to manage costs\.
- [The rule of 40 in 2026: how to calculate it, why AI is changing the math, and what finance leaders should track](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/rule-of-40/): The rule of 40 measures SaaS health by combining growth \+ profit margin\. See the 2026 formula, real company scores, and how AI spend changes the equation\.
- [AI And Sustainability: Measuring The Impact Of The Generative AI Boom](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/ai-and-sustainability/): AI's energy bills are exploding\. So is its carbon footprint\. Here's how to fix both \(without sacrificing innovation\) with AI and sustainability expectations\. 
- [How FOCUS Is Shaping The Next Era Of Cloud Cost Optimization](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/focus-cloud-cost-optimization/): Our resident FinOps and FOCUS guru, Larry Advey, shares his perspective on how cost standardization is the next big thing for FinOps\.
- [How To Calculate \(And Improve\) Your SaaS Gross Margin](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/saas-gross-margin/): Discover what exactly SaaS Gross Margin is, why it's vital for SaaS companies to measure, how to calculate your SaaS Gross Margin, and how to improve it\.

## Customer Stories
- [How gaming software company Beamable turned multi\-tenant infrastructure costs into per\-customer metrics](https://www.cloudzero.com/customers/beamable/)
- [How NinjaCat turned cost intelligence for AWS and Snowflake into fuel for business decisions](https://www.cloudzero.com/customers/ninjacat/)
- [How SmartBear optimized engineering use and go\-to\-market strategies with CloudZero cost intelligence](https://www.cloudzero.com/customers/smartbear/)
- [How Skyscanner decentralized cloud cost to their engineering teams](https://www.cloudzero.com/customers/skyscanner/)
- [How Validity maximizes their AWS investment while migrating and refactoring applications into their new platform](https://www.cloudzero.com/customers/validity/)

## Guides
- [Cloud Spend For Finance: How To Better Understand Your Cloud Costs](https://www.cloudzero.com/guide/cloud-spend-for-finance-guide/): Discover how to organize cloud spend, and make informed business decisions with cost in mind\.
- [How To Manage Costs At Every Phase Of The DevOps Lifecycle](https://www.cloudzero.com/guide/devops-cost-management-guide/): Discover how to optimize costs at every stage of the DevOps lifecycle using cloud cost intelligence\.
- [5 AI ROI slides to show at your next board meeting](https://www.cloudzero.com/guide/ai-roi-board-slides/): Download our new slides template to show your board you have AI ROI in full visibility with complete accuracy\.
- [ROI in the AI Era: A Critical Recalibration](https://www.cloudzero.com/guide/roi-in-the-ai-era-a-critical-recalibration/): If your cloud cost desk was flipped by AI, you’re not alone\. We asked 475 organizational leaders about their own experience, and we share our learnings in this new survey report\.
- [FinOps 101: An Intro To The Basics Of FinOps](https://www.cloudzero.com/guide/finops-101/)

## Landing Pages
- [AI Benchmark Tool](https://www.cloudzero.com/go/ai-benchmark-tool/)
- [Amway](https://www.cloudzero.com/go/ct-amway/)
- [Wellmark](https://www.cloudzero.com/go/ct-wellmark/)
- [OneStream](https://www.cloudzero.com/go/ct-onestream/)
- [MarketAxess](https://www.cloudzero.com/go/ct-marketaxess/)

## Press Releases
- [40% Of Companies Now Spend More Than $10M A Year On AI, New Report Finds](https://www.cloudzero.com/press-releases/20260212/): The AI surge has put a 15% dent in Cloud Efficiency Rates, even as FinOps maturity has accelerated\.
- [CloudZero survey says: 78% of finance execs can’t fully tie AI spending to business outcomes](https://www.cloudzero.com/press-releases/20260624/): Survey reveals finance leaders face intensified pressure to deliver proof of return on AI\.
- [CloudZero, The AI ROI Company, launches the financial control plane for AI](https://www.cloudzero.com/press-releases/20260528/): As AI spending hits $2\.6 trillion, CloudZero gives finance, IT, and engineering a shared system to connect every AI dollar to the business outcome it produces\.
- [CloudZero launches Claude Code Plugin, putting AI\-native cost intelligence inside engineering workflows](https://www.cloudzero.com/press-releases/20260303/): New plugin brings CloudZero’s full cost model — including an MCP server and nine pre\-packaged skills — directly into Claude Code, so engineers can investigate cloud and AI spend in minutes, without dashboards or context\-switching
- [CloudZero Achieves the AWS AI Competency](https://www.cloudzero.com/press-releases/20260203/): CloudZero has achieved the AWS AI Competency, recognizing its deep expertise in helping organizations optimize AI infrastructure costs on AWS\. By combining generative and autonomous AI solutions with FinOps for AI practices, CloudZero enables teams to understand which AI investments are delivering real business value — and which aren't\.

## Webinars
- [Our Customer Success AI bill tripled\. Here's why we're spending more\.](https://www.cloudzero.com/webinar/customer-success-ai-bill/): CloudZero's CS team built an AI system that worked, then watched spend triple in a quarter\. The team wants to double down\. SVP Matt Katz makes the capital case to finance: AI drove the results, more investment will drive more, and pulling back risks losing the gains\. CPO Scott Castle breaks down how the underlying data actually gets built\.
- [Build vs\. Buy in the AI era](https://www.cloudzero.com/webinar/build-vs-buy/): Unlock velocity and efficiency with purpose\-built cost intelligence\. 
- [Cost Intelligence for the AI Era](https://www.cloudzero.com/webinar/ai-hub/): What happens when you give Claude Code real cost intelligence, not raw invoices\.
- [Building the Finance Function for the Future](https://www.cloudzero.com/webinar/finance-cloud-cost-clarity/): Modernizing finance for cloud\-first and AI\-driven businesses, featuring women leaders\.
- [FinOps in the AI Era: A Critical Recalibration](https://www.cloudzero.com/webinar/finops-in-the-ai-era-a-critical-recalibration/): In our second annual cloud cost benchmarking survey, conducted with Benchmarkit, we gathered 475 responses from senior leaders across cloud\-mature, AI\-active organizations\. Learn why traditional FinOps practices are breaking under AI cost pressure, how leading organizations are shifting toward transaction\-level visibility and unit economics, and what it takes to connect AI spend directly to margin, pricing, and sustainable growth\.

## Events
- [AWS re:Invent](https://www.cloudzero.com/events/reinvent-2/)
- [Chief Wine Officer Dinner](https://www.cloudzero.com/events/cwo/)
- [Ai4](https://www.cloudzero.com/events/ai4-2/)
- [Finance Alliance World: CFO Summit](https://www.cloudzero.com/events/finance-alliance-world-cfo-summit/)

## Integrations
- [Jira](https://www.cloudzero.com/integration/jira/)
- [Aiven](https://www.cloudzero.com/integration/aiven/)
- [GrapheneDB](https://www.cloudzero.com/integration/graphenedb/)
- [ClickHouse](https://www.cloudzero.com/integration/clickhouse/)
- [Kafka](https://www.cloudzero.com/integration/kafka/)

## Podcasts
- [Cost\-Aware Culture, Year\-Over\-Year Results](https://www.cloudzero.com/podcast/finops-in-full-bloom/jamesp/): James Pelton has built and exited a company, launched a YouTube channel with 83,000 subscribers, and currently runs roughly 10 income streams — most of them managed by AI agents he built himself\. In this episode, he gets specific: the agent that deleted his inbox, the three\-currency framework he uses to evaluate any business, and what acquirers actually look for when they come knocking\. If you've been curious about AI agents but don't know where to start, this is the episode to begin with\.
- [Pivoting Isn't Failing](https://www.cloudzero.com/podcast/finops-in-full-bloom/joann/): Joan "Coach J" Nelson didn't apply for jobs after her 2024 layoff — she went all in on herself\. In this episode, she walks through how she built a six\-figure AI consulting business using tiered offers, a referral\-first growth strategy, and a personal operating system anchored in weekly performance review\. For anyone navigating a career pivot or trying to monetize expertise in an AI\-enabled world, this episode is the playbook\.
- [The Telemetry Trap — and How to Avoid It](https://www.cloudzero.com/podcast/finops-in-full-bloom/brianm/): Brian Mullins, Head of Engineering at Diaceutics, has a simple philosophy: cost data should live where engineering decisions get made\. In this episode, he walks through how his team used granular telemetry and unit cost testing to double platform usage while holding costs flat — and how that same discipline now governs every AI workload they run\. From a $6K/month redundant job to catching a misfired warehouse tier, the examples are specific and the playbook is replicable\.
- [The Next FinOps Frontier: AI, SaaS, and Sustainability](https://www.cloudzero.com/podcast/finops-in-full-bloom/bindus/): In this episode of FinOps in Full Bloom, Bindu Sharma shares how Teradata evolved from reactive reporting to automated FinOps at scale \- while driving global sustainability conversations in parallel\.
- [The Finance Leader Who Audited AI Spend — And Won](https://www.cloudzero.com/podcast/finops-in-full-bloom/emilya/): Emily Allen, Director of Finance and Accounting at CloudZero, brings a perspective that is uncommon in FinOps discussions: she is the finance practitioner who actually runs the analysis herself\. In this episode, she walks through how she used CloudZero to audit internal AI usage, identified over\-reliance on high\-cost models, and initiated conversations that led to $30K in annualized savings — all without triggering the defensive reactions that finance\-driven cost reviews often produce\. For finance and FinOps leaders trying to get ahead of AI spend before it becomes a budget problem, this episode is a concrete starting point\.

## Tags
- [Cloud](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/tag/cloud/)
- [Cloud Cost Optimization](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/tag/cloud-cost-optimization/)
- [AWS](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/tag/aws/)
- [DevOps](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/tag/devops/)
- [Business And Finance](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/tag/business-and-finance/)

## Industries
- [Financial Technology](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/industry/financial-technology/)
- [SaaS](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/industry/saas/)
- [Cybersecurity](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/industry/cybersecurity/)
- [Software](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/industry/software/)
- [Information Technology](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/industry/information-technology/)

## Use Cases
- [Multi\-cloud visibility](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/use-case/multi-cloud-visibility/)
- [Unit economics](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/use-case/unit-economics/)
- [Cloud cost optimization](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/use-case/cloud-cost-optimization/)
- [Cost\-conscious engineering](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/use-case/cost-conscious-engineering/)
- [Single source of truth](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/use-case/single-source-of-truth/)

## Speakers
- [Umesh Rao](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/speaker/umesh-rao/)
- [Erik Peterson](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/speaker/erik-peterson/)
- [Ben Austin](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/speaker/ben-austin/)
- [Fred FinOps \(Larry Advey\)](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/speaker/fred-finops-larry-advey/)
- [Kevin Lamb](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/speaker/kevin-lamb/)

## Event Types
- [On\-Demand Webinar](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/event-type/on-demand-webinar/)
- [Industry Event](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/event-type/industry-event/)
- [CloudZero Event](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/event-type/cloudzero-event/)
- [Live Webinar](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/event-type/live-webinar/)

## Event Regions
- [Virtual](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/region/virtual/)
- [AMER](https://www.cloudzero.com/blog/region/amer/)

## Direction
- [Integrations](https://www.cloudzero.com/integrations/inbound/)

## Type
- [Cloud](https://www.cloudzero.com/integration-type/cloud/)
- [AI](https://www.cloudzero.com/integration-type/ai/)
- [Data](https://www.cloudzero.com/integration-type/data/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://www.cloudzero.com/sitemap_index.xml)