Cloud-Costs

If you are an Indian enterprise searching for a cloud cost optimization firm in 2026, you are looking at a market that has matured fast and confused buyers in the process. There are global system integrators with FinOps practices bolted onto larger services bundles. There are tool resellers who describe themselves as “FinOps platforms.” There are pure-play specialists. And there are India-headquartered firms with INR-priced engagements that look very different from the global price-list version. ...

Tools surface waste. They don’t kill it. The conversation with a Series B fintech CTO that explains why $300K of optimization stays on the table — and what the human-judgment layer looks like in practice.

The cloud cost crisis isn’t a technical problem — it’s a communication problem. What CFOs see, what CTOs miss, and how to bridge them before the next board meeting.