The State Of AI Costs In 2025

Webinar recap: FinOps In The AI Era — A Critical Recalibration

CloudZero and Benchmarkit sat down for a webinar to talk about findings from a new survey on FinOps in the AI Era. Here are the top takeaways.

Practice Vs. Performance: Two Reports On The State Of FinOps

Two surveys, two vantage points, one uncomfortable conclusion about FinOps in 2026.

Azure Tagging In 2026: A Complete Guide to Organizing Resources, Costs, and Governance

Discover how organize your Azure cloud resources in this complete Azure tagging guide. We discuss what tags are — and how to organize costs even when your tags aren’t perfect.

AWS EC2 Billing Explained: What Drives Your Costs And How To Control Them

Avoid unpleasant surprises with AWS EC2 billing — understand the charges linked to your bill and how to keep costs down.

How To Design AI-Native SaaS Architecture That Scales Without Killing Your Margins

With an AI-native SaaS architecture, AI is woven into the core logic of the service. Learn the process and how to protect your margins at the architectural level.

Surging AI Costs Are Eroding Business Efficiency: New CloudZero Report

FinOps for cloud is in year 13. FinOps for AI is on day one. Cloud efficiency across all segments is down 15% year-over-year. To stay profitable, AI users need AI cost visibility.

FinOps 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.

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.

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.