Predictions: The State of Cloud Cost in 2025

Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Public Cloud End-User Spending to Total $723 Billion in 2025. Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to total $723.4 billion in 2025, up from $595.7 billion in 2024, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc. We analyzed AWS cloud cost data from hundreds of organizations, examining their use of emerging and legacy technologies, resource utilization patterns, and participation in AWS discount programs. Our insights reveal significant opportunities for cost optimization, though achieving these savings remains complex due to the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the cloud environment. Cloudidr is inventing a new category called Flex Compute (4th leg of the stool), customized for Non-steady state workloads. Flex Compute has multiple products customized for different types of workloads. Customers save 30-75% by directly purchasing through AWS/Azure/GCP instances/vms through Cloudidr at 10xx higher uptime. What you'll learn

• Tips and tricks on saving cost on EC2 instances deployed as Kubernetes control or worker nodes in self-managed clusters, as well as instances that run in ECS and EKS clusters.

• Monitoring, alerting and predicting on cluster idle spent , which is the cost of overprovisioning cluster infrastructure.

• Effectively implement Cloud Cost Management as part of your FinOps processes.

• Four common FinOps workflows required for Cloud.

• Effective ways to save money on your cloud spend.