--- title: "Survey Credits Engineering Teams With Keeping Lid on Cloud Costs" url: https://daily.dev/posts/survey-credits-engineering-teams-with-keeping-lid-on-cloud-costs-2afftda1x source_url: https://devops.com/survey-credits-engineering-teams-with-keeping-lid-on-cloud-costs/ type: article source: "DevOps.com" published: 2024-05-10T12:29:57.085Z updated: 2024-05-10T12:29:56.170Z tags: ["cloud", "finance"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Survey Credits Engineering Teams With Keeping Lid on Cloud Costs **[DevOps.com](https://daily.dev/sources/devops)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A survey credits engineering teams with keeping cloud costs under control, but there is room for improvement. The survey reveals that 51% of respondents believe costs are higher than they should be, 81% said their cloud costs are 'about where they should be' with engineering ownership, and 88% see significant variance in actual cloud spend versus forecast. Lack of cloud cost visibility impacts the ability to carry out roles and there is concern about job security if cloud costs surge. Only a third of respondents can accurately allocate cloud costs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#finance](https://daily.dev/tags/finance) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/survey-credits-engineering-teams-with-keeping-lid-on-cloud-costs-2afftda1x)