94% of IT leaders struggle to optimize cloud costs

Biggest headache for IT leaders highlights the need for FinOps practices.
OSLO, Norway — 8 September, 2025 — A new global report reveals that 94% of IT leaders are facing challenges to optimize cloud costs, making it the most persistent and pressing challenge in IT cost management today. The findings underscore the mounting complexity of cloud environments and the urgent need for strategic financial operations (FinOps) practices.

Commissioned by Crayon, the report from Sapio* surveyed about 2,300 IT decision-makers across the US, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific