40% Of Companies Now Spend More Than $10M A Year On AI, New Report Finds

The AI surge has put a 15% dent in Cloud Efficiency Rates, even as FinOps maturity has accelerated.

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.

OpenAI API Cost Per Token Explained: How to Calculate, Compare Models, And Control Your AI Costs

Confused by what the OpenAI API cost per token is? You’re not alone. Learn what it really means, why your token usage could surprise you over time, and how to optimize your OpenAI costs.

AI Vendor Lock-In: How AI Is Creating A New Dependency Problem

Building AI from scratch is costly and slow. Plugging into third-party AI platforms is faster, but can also lead to AI vendor lock-in. Here’s how you escape that without slowing innovation.

AI Is Forcing A Return To Hybrid And Multi-Cloud (Here’s What To Do Now)

Many of the same teams that spent years consolidating onto a single cloud are rethinking their stack. Here’s why hybrid and multi-cloud are back, how AI factors into it, and what you can do moving forward.

How To Calculate Customer Retention Cost in 2026: The Hidden SaaS Metric

Discover what customer retention cost is, how to calculate it, retention cost examples, and how you can improve customer retention costs.

How To Conduct A Cloud Cost Analysis: A Step-By-Step Framework

A cloud cost analysis helps you find answers to important questions involving cloud spend. Here are three tips for performing a successful analysis.

Track OpenAI Spend: Explain Where Your OpenAI Budget Goes

Tracking your OpenAI spend is possible, even predictable. But you’ll need to treat it with the same precision you apply to cloud compute and storage cost management. Here’s how.

Webinar Recap: What It Really Takes To Make AI Profitable

In this CloudZero webinar recap, finance and FinOps leaders explain why AI spend breaks forecasting models, how to establish ownership, and which unit economics actually make AI investments predictable and profitable.

Oracle Cloud Pricing: A Comprehensive Guide To Oracle Cloud Costs

Need to optimize Oracle Cloud costs, but not sure how OCI pricing works? CloudZero brings you a comprehensive guide.