One of the OG’s of cloud adoption
The good: Sample sizes on every graph, including some breakouts like the 622 large enterprise and 137 SMB respondents. Fantastic detail on cloud and SaaS spending. The meh: They chose not to discuss any of that in the methodology section which says ”trust us it’s a good survey.” There is also a ton of projection of the survey to the general cloud population which feels super odd in a few places like “33% of orgs spend more than $12m on cloud”
Flexera’s 2025 State of the Cloud Report—the de facto standard for cloud computing trends—started as a little more than a snapshot capturing responses to 15 or so questions on the adoption and use of cloud services. Now, it’s a highly anticipated report that explores the views of 759 global IT professionals and executive leaders. Representing a broad cross-section of industries and organizations, these cloud decision-makers and users weigh in on cloud consumption patterns, budget implications and optimization strategies.
Thanks to its long history, the report delivers important baselines and growth trends as well as dynamic insights on emerging topics and services as the industry evolves. For example, at its iteration, containers and AI were maybe a sparkle in the eye of some forward-thinking technologists. Today, the insights provided in this report are important resources for most IT teams. Three highlights of this year’s report include:
- FinOps practices are gaining in popularity
- AWS and Azure continue their battle for top cloud provider
- More organizations are turning to MSPs for cloud management