Cloud Economics

FinOps Maturity Model™

Evaluate your FinOps maturity across the 5 pillars of the FinOps Foundation. Master your cloud costs and align spending with business value.

FinOps-mature companies save 20-30% on cloud costs
5
Pillars
16
Criteria
5
Levels

Visibility

Ability to see and understand cloud spending

50
NoneInvoicesDashboardReal-timePredictive

Cost detail level (service, tag, resource)

50
GlobalServiceProjectTeamResource

Unified view of multi-provider costs

50
Mono-cloudSilosAggregatedUnifiedNormalized

Allocation

Tag consistency and coverage

50
NonePartialMandatoryAutomatedValidated

Cost allocation to teams

50
NoneShowbackPartial chargebackChargebackUnit economics

Budget tracking and alerts

50
NoneAnnualMonthlyAlertsAutomated

Optimization

Resource size optimization

50
NeverAd-hocQuarterlyContinuousAutomated

Reserved Instances / Savings Plans usage

50
None<25%25-50%50-75%>75%

Detection and removal of unused resources

50
NoneManualReportsAlertsAuto-cleanup

Spot/preemptible instance usage

50
NeverTestDevNon-prodFault-tolerant prod

Governance

Deployment and cost rules

50
NoneDocumentedEnforcedAutomatedPreventive

Alerts on abnormal spending

50
NoneManualThresholdsBasic MLAdvanced AI

Ability to predict future costs

50
NoneLinearTrendMLScenarios

Culture

Team accountability

50
IT onlyInfraLeadsTeamsIndividual

Team awareness and training

50
NoneOnboardingRegularCertifiedCulture

Finance/Tech/Business interaction

50
SilosMeetingsRegularIntegratedFinOps team