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Notes on FinOps, GreenOps and the cost of AI.

Sourced, practitioner-grade guides — methodology, real benchmarks and standards, not vendor filler. Written by the team building Cloudios.

FinOpsCloudHealthMigration

CloudHealth alternatives in 2026: a migration guide after Broadcom

Why FinOps teams are re-evaluating CloudHealth in 2026, what its pricing actually costs, the honest list of alternatives — and how to test one in parallel, read-only, before your renewal.

June 10, 20269 min readRead

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Claude & GPT API pricing in 2026: real cost per million tokens

Current Claude, GPT and Gemini API prices per million tokens, what caching and batch discounts actually save, a worked example — and why hard budget caps beat surprise invoices.

June 10, 20268 min readRead

GreenOpsCarbonSustainability

GreenOps explained: cloud carbon accounting from Scope 2 to embodied carbon

The full methodology behind cloud carbon accounting: usage → kWh → PUE → grid intensity, location vs market based, embodied (Scope 3) hardware, SCI (ISO 21031), water — and what AWS, Azure and GCP actually give you in 2026.

June 10, 202612 min readRead

FinOpsCommitmentsKPI

ESR: the FinOps KPI that replaces coverage %

Coverage and utilization can both be green while you lose money. Effective Savings Rate (ESR) is the metric that catches it — formula, real benchmarks (median 0%, p98 46%), and how laddering raises it.

June 10, 20269 min readRead

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FOCUS 1.2 and 1.3 explained: the cloud billing standard

What the FinOps Open Cost & Usage Specification actually standardizes: the four cost measures, virtual currencies and SaaS in 1.2, the Contract Commitments dataset in 1.3 — and who really supports it in 2026.

June 10, 20268 min readRead

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