minimize waste

AI waste has a new shape.

Idle servers and forgotten volumes were cloud problems. Today, AI waste builds inside agent loops, model over-provisioning, and prompt inefficiency that never surfaces as a line item until it’s compounding across your infrastructure. CloudZero traces it to the source, so you can act on it while the fix still matters.

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The waste you can’t see is already in your margins (your challenge)

When your CFO asks why AI margins are shrinking, saying “the bill was too vague” isn’t an acceptable answer. Waste isn’t just overspend, it’s the reason you can’t tell your board what your AI investment is returning.

Waste, found at the level it actually happens (what changes)

Per-resource. Per-model. Per-prompt. Per-user. CloudZero’s dimensional allocation finds inefficiency where legacy tools see only totals. The result is a clear view of which AI spend is producing outcomes and which isn’t.

Pinpoint waste at every level

A line item called “OpenAI” tells you nothing about what to fix. CloudZero attributes AI spend to the user, model, and prompt behind it. Inefficient agents, model overkill, and uncached calls stop hiding in aggregate totals and start showing up as specific decisions to make.

Catch anomalies immediately

When Duolingo’s AI bill spiked 10x overnight, CloudZero surfaced root cause in hours, not the weeks a monthly bill review would have taken. CloudZero captures every event as it streams and alerts the team that owns it, while the fix still matters.

Make cost-aware engineering decisions

Most AI and cloud waste isn’t a billing problem, it’s a decision problem. CloudZero puts cost intelligence into how engineers work, so model, prompt, caching, and architecture choices factor cost as the decision happens. Engineering prevents waste, instead of finance discovering it.

Why CloudZero?

Most platforms find waste at the level it’s billed. CloudZero finds it at the level it’s caused, at the time it’s caused, across AI and cloud.

70%

Of token spend traced to a single user at HUDL

401$

Cost per hour of an average anomaly, if uncaught

$19.6B

In anomalous spend caught across CloudZero customers

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Supercharge Your FinOps Maturity

Achieve 100% cost allocation, establish a common language for all cloud stakeholders, and get ongoing consultation from a FinOps expert.

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Reach 100% cost allocation — regardless of your tagging quality Get a single source of truth for all cloud cost data Unite cloud stakeholders over a common language Receive support from a designated FinOps Account Manager Reach 100% cost allocation — regardless of your tagging quality Get a single source of truth for all cloud cost data Unite cloud stakeholders over a common language Receive support from a designated FinOps Account Manager Reach 100% cost allocation — regardless of your tagging quality Get a single source of truth for all cloud cost data Unite cloud stakeholders over a common language Receive support from a designated FinOps Account Manager

Maximize The ROI Of Your Cloud Investment

CloudZero gives engineers the cost intelligence they need to build cost-efficient cloud software. When you build intelligently from day one, you set yourself up for efficient scaling over time.

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Confidently Report To Investors And Close The Books Each Quarter

Communicate your cloud ROI with ease! Our new board slides template helps you highlight key insights, simplify data, and showcase cloud cost metrics for impactful, stress-free presentations.

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Eliminate Wasteful Spending

Power Immediate And Ongoing Cloud Savings

With the complete visibility CloudZero provides, CloudZero customers save an average of 22% in year one — and power efficient growth as they scale in the cloud.

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Single Source Of Truth

Give All Cloud Stakeholders The Same Accurate Data

CloudZero unifies all cloud data in a single pane of glass, eliminating data inconsistencies and driving alignment over business-relevant metrics.

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Engineering Empowerment

Drive A Culture Of Cost-Conscious Engineering

Every engineering decision is a buying decision. Through an intuitive Explorer and AI-powered alerts, CloudZero turns every engineer into a smart cloud shopper.

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Cloud Cost Optimization For Modern FinOps Teams

Ingest Spend From All Cloud, PaaS, And SaaS Vendors

CloudZero AnyCost™ ingests 100% of your spend, ensuring engineers see all the costs associated with their full tech stacks.

CloudZero AnyCost™

Automate Cost Intelligence With CloudZero Analytics

Different teams manage different costs. CloudZero Analytics gives users one-click access to the insights most relevant to them.

CloudZero Analytics

Get Best-In-Category Kubernetes Visibility

CloudZero allocates 100% of your Kubernetes spend, at hourly granularity, and in full unity with the rest of your spend data.

Kubernetes visibility

Optimize Your Unit Costs

CloudZero unit costs — cost per customer, product, feature, team, etc. — let you make make and manage educated budgets.

Budgets

Partner With A FinOps Expert

Your FinOps Account Manager (FAM) will implement prescriptive best practices and provide ongoing consultation.

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Reduced cloud spend by 23% and powered advanced analytics

Analytics is a key next step in the cloud cost intelligence framework. Our most powerful CloudZero users are already adept at using the platform to find cost insights, but Analytics extends that same power to anyone with a vested interest in keeping our cloud use cost-efficient. We’ve only just begun to see how significant of an impact this can have on our cloud ROI.