Cloud Computing Statistics 2026
This page collects figures on how many businesses use cloud computing and what they buy, how much is spent on public cloud worldwide, how revenue and market share split between AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle, and how organizations manage cost, waste and multiple providers. Adoption figures come from official surveys by Eurostat (EU enterprises with 10 or more employees, 2025) and Statistics Canada (2023). Spending and share figures come from IDC, Gartner, Omdia and Synergy Research Group, and provider revenue comes from Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Oracle earnings releases and SEC filings for quarters ending in 2026. Cost and multi-cloud figures come from 2026 surveys by Flexera, the FinOps Foundation and Parallels.
By the TopToolAdvisor research desk · Updated November 6, 2026 · 51 figures from 16 sources
Quick answer
Public cloud spending passes $1 trillion in 2026 (IDC), and cloud infrastructure services alone reached $168 billion in Q3 2026, up 55%, with Amazon at 26%, Microsoft at 19% and Google at 16% of that market (Synergy Research). Adoption is still uneven: 52.74% of EU enterprises paid for cloud in 2025, from 49.3% of small firms to 84.67% of large ones (Eurostat). Organizations estimate 29% of their IaaS and PaaS spend is wasted, the first rise in five years (Flexera).
Key figures
- $1 trillionIDC forecasts worldwide public cloud services spending will pass $1 trillion in 2026, growing about 21%.IDC
- $168 billionSynergy Research Group estimates enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $168 billion in Q3 2026, up 55% year over year.Synergy Research Group
- 26%Amazon held 26% of the worldwide cloud infrastructure services market in Q3 2026, according to Synergy.Synergy Research Group
- 52.74%52.74% of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees paid for cloud computing services in 2025, according to Eurostat.Eurostat
- 49.3%Among small EU enterprises (10 to 49 employees), 49.3% used paid cloud services in 2025, up 7.48 percentage points from 2023.Eurostat
- $46.0 billionAWS segment sales were $46.0 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 39% year over year.Amazon
- 29%Organizations estimate that 29% of their IaaS and PaaS spend was wasted in 2026, the first rise after five years of decline, according to Flexera.Flexera
- 73%73% of organizations operated hybrid cloud estates in 2026, up three percentage points from 2025, according to Flexera.Flexera
What the figures show
Cloud is now the default way to buy business software, but not yet the default way to run a business. Eurostat found 52.74% of EU enterprises paid for cloud services in 2025, and Statistics Canada found 48% of Canadian businesses used cloud in 2023. The gap by size is wide: 84.67% of large EU firms buy cloud services against 49.3% of small ones. Almost all cloud buyers start with SaaS such as email and office software, while only about a quarter buy development platforms and fewer than a third run ERP or CRM in the cloud.
Spending is rising faster than adoption because existing users are moving heavier workloads, especially AI. IDC expects public cloud spending to pass $1 trillion in 2026, with PaaS growing more than 37%, and Gartner forecasts IaaS spending of $292 billion in 2026, up 31.3%. Synergy Research measured cloud infrastructure revenue at $168 billion in Q3 2026, up 55%, and says AI-specific services now make up about a third of the market.
The three largest providers still hold about two thirds of cloud infrastructure, but the order of growth has changed. AWS reported $46.0 billion of Q3 2026 sales, up 39%, and remains the largest provider, yet its share fell to 26% in Synergy's estimate as Microsoft (Azure revenue up 48%) and Google Cloud (revenue roughly doubled to $30.7 billion) grew faster. Oracle's cloud infrastructure revenue grew 121%. Contracted backlogs of $677 billion at Microsoft, $560.8 billion at Google Cloud and $664 billion at Oracle point to continued growth if that capacity is delivered.
Cost control has not kept pace. Flexera's 2026 survey found 85% of organizations name managing cloud spend as a top challenge and estimated waste on IaaS and PaaS rose to 29%, the first increase in five years. FinOps teams are spreading, and 98% of FinOps practitioners now manage AI spend. Most organizations also run more than one environment: 73% operate hybrid estates in Flexera's sample, and 94% of IT leaders surveyed by Parallels worry about vendor lock-in.
Business cloud adoption by company size
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52.74% of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees paid for cloud computing services in 2025, according to Eurostat.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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52.74% of EU enterprises used paid cloud computing services in 2025, mostly for e-mail, office software and storage of files.
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Among small EU enterprises (10 to 49 employees), 49.3% used paid cloud services in 2025, up 7.48 percentage points from 2023.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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Among small businesses, the share of enterprises using paid cloud computing services increased in the same time period by 7.48 pp to 49.3% (Figure 3).
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66.78% of medium-sized EU enterprises (50 to 249 employees) bought cloud services in 2025, compared with 59.09% in 2023.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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In 2025, 66.78% of medium-sized enterprises used purchased cloud computing services compared with 59.09% in 2023.
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84.67% of large EU enterprises (250 or more employees) bought cloud computing services in 2025, 6.9 percentage points more than in 2023.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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The share of enterprises using paid cloud computing services was particularly high among large enterprises where 84.67% reported purchasing such services in 2025, an increase of 6.9 pp compared with 2023.
- 5.
48% of Canadian businesses used cloud computing in 2023, making it the most widely used information and communication technology in Statistics Canada's survey.
Statistics Canada, The Daily: Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use, 2023 (Sep 2024)
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In contrast to AI technologies, the most commonly used ICT in 2023 was cloud computing (48%), marking an increase of 3 percentage points from 2021.
- 6.
81% of Canadian businesses in the information and cultural industries used cloud computing in 2023, the highest rate of any sector.
Statistics Canada, The Daily: Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use, 2023 (Sep 2024)
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Businesses in the information and cultural industries sector were also the most likely to use cloud computing (81%) in 2023.
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Share of EU enterprises buying cloud services by size, 2025
Eurostat survey of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees, 2025.
- Small (10 to 49)49.3%
- Medium (50 to 249)66.8%
- Large (250+)84.7%
Source: Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises
What businesses buy: SaaS, IaaS and PaaS
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96.44% of EU enterprises that paid for cloud in 2025 bought at least one software as a service (SaaS) product.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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Of the EU enterprises using paid cloud computing services, the majority (96.44%) purchased at least one cloud Software as a Service (SaaS)
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77.25% of EU cloud-buying enterprises also bought at least one infrastructure as a service (IaaS) product in 2025, such as database hosting, file storage or computing power.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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Large proportion (77.25%) purchased also at least one cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
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26.08% of EU enterprises using paid cloud bought platform as a service (PaaS) for building, testing or deploying applications in 2025.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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Slightly over 1 out of 4 (26.08%) enterprises used cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- 10.
Email is the most common cloud service: 85.15% of EU enterprises using paid cloud ran email in the cloud in 2025.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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Among the enterprises that reported using paid cloud computing, some 85.15% relied on a cloud solution for their e-mail (see Table 1).
- 11.
30.12% of EU cloud-using enterprises bought cloud ERP and 27.91% bought cloud CRM in 2025.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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for planning their processes and resources (enterprise resource planning - ERP) (30.12%) and for managing information about their customers (customer relationship management – CRM) (27.91%)
- 12.
40.89% of all EU enterprises bought at least one sophisticated cloud service in 2025, which Eurostat classifies as high dependence on cloud.
Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026)
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In 2025, 52.74% of EU enterprises reported using paid cloud services and a high proportion (40.89% of the total) reported purchasing at least one of the sophisticated services and were hence classified as highly dependent on cloud services (see Figure 6).
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EU cloud users buying platform as a service (PaaS) by size, 2025
Share of EU enterprises that pay for cloud, by size class, 2025.
- Small22.6%
- Medium34.5%
- Large52.9%
Source: Eurostat, Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises
Public cloud spending forecasts
- 13.
IDC forecasts worldwide public cloud services spending will pass $1 trillion in 2026, growing about 21%.
IDC, Global Public Cloud Spending to Surpass $1 Trillion in 2026, Driven by PaaS and AI Platform Adoption (Mar 2026)
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Total public cloud services spending: >$1 trillion (+21% YoY)
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PaaS is the fastest-growing part of public cloud in IDC's forecast, expanding more than 37% in 2026.
IDC, Global Public Cloud Spending to Surpass $1 Trillion in 2026, Driven by PaaS and AI Platform Adoption (Mar 2026)
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PaaS will be the fastest-growing deployment model, expanding over 37% year-over-year in 2026.
- 15.
The United States is the largest public cloud market in IDC's 2026 forecast at $647 billion, ahead of Western Europe at $255 billion.
IDC, Global Public Cloud Spending to Surpass $1 Trillion in 2026, Driven by PaaS and AI Platform Adoption (Mar 2026)
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Leading regions: United States ($647B), Western Europe ($255B), APeJC ($84B)
- 16.
Gartner forecasts worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) spending of $292 billion in 2026, up 31.3%.
Gartner, Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 15% in 2027, Totaling $7.35 Trillion (Oct 2026)
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 292 31.3 367 25.7
- 17.
Gartner expects IaaS spending to reach $367 billion in 2027, growth of 25.7%.
Gartner, Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 15% in 2027, Totaling $7.35 Trillion (Oct 2026)
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 292 31.3 367 25.7
- 18.
Omdia forecasts global cloud infrastructure services spending will grow 27% in 2026.
Omdia, Omdia: Global cloud infrastructure spending rose 29% in Q4 2025 as hyperscalers scaled AI infrastructure investment (Mar 2026)
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Looking ahead to 2026, Omdia forecasts that global cloud infrastructure services spending will grow by 27%
- 19.
Gartner forecasts end-user public cloud spending in India of $17.5 billion in 2026, up 28.1% from $13.7 billion in 2025.
Gartner, Gartner Forecasts End-User Public Cloud Spending in India to Surpass $17 Billion in 2026 (Jun 2026)
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End-user spending on public cloud services in India is forecast to grow 28.1% to total $17.5 billion in 2026, up from $13.7 billion in 2025, according to Gartner, Inc, a business and technology insights company.
- 20.
Gartner expects Australian organizations to spend more than A$33.6 billion on public cloud services in 2026, up 17.9%.
Gartner, Gartner Forecasts Australian Organizations Will Spend More Than A$33 Billion on Public Cloud in 2026 (May 2026)
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Australian organizations are expected to spend more than A$33.6 billion on public cloud services in 2026, an increase of 17.9% from 2025, according to the latest forecast from Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.
Cloud infrastructure market size and market share
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Synergy Research Group estimates enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $168 billion in Q3 2026, up 55% year over year.
Synergy Research Group, Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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The growth rate increased for the twelfth successive quarter, with Q3 spending on cloud services jumping by an unprecedented 55% year over year to reach $168 billion.
- 22.
AI-specific cloud services account for around a third of the cloud infrastructure market in Synergy's Q3 2026 estimate.
Synergy Research Group, Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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AI-specific cloud services now account for around a third of the total market.
- 23.
Amazon held 26% of the worldwide cloud infrastructure services market in Q3 2026, according to Synergy.
Synergy Research Group, Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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Q3’s worldwide market share for these companies was 26%, 19%, and 16%, respectively.
- 24.
Microsoft held 19% of the worldwide cloud infrastructure market in Q3 2026, per Synergy.
Synergy Research Group, Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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Q3’s worldwide market share for these companies was 26%, 19%, and 16%, respectively.
- 25.
Google held 16% of the worldwide cloud infrastructure market in Q3 2026, per Synergy.
Synergy Research Group, Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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Q3’s worldwide market share for these companies was 26%, 19%, and 16%, respectively.
- 26.
The United States accounts for 44% of the world cloud infrastructure market and had the fastest growth among major countries in Q3 2026.
Synergy Research Group, Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026)
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Notably, the US, which is by far the largest market, also had the highest growth rate among the major countries. It now accounts for 44% of the world market.
- 27.
Omdia estimates global cloud infrastructure services spending reached $110.9 billion in Q4 2025, up 29% year on year.
Omdia, Omdia: Global cloud infrastructure spending rose 29% in Q4 2025 as hyperscalers scaled AI infrastructure investment (Mar 2026)
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According to Omdia, global spending on cloud infrastructure services reached US$110.9 billion in Q4 2025, reflecting year-on-year growth of 29%.
- 28.
AWS led the global cloud infrastructure market in Q4 2025 with a 32% share, by Omdia's count.
Omdia, Omdia: Global cloud infrastructure spending rose 29% in Q4 2025 as hyperscalers scaled AI infrastructure investment (Mar 2026)
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AWS remained the leader in the global cloud infrastructure market in Q4 2025, with a 32% market share and 24% year-over-year revenue growth, up from the previous quarter.
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Microsoft Azure was second in Q4 2025 with a 22% share and 39% revenue growth, according to Omdia.
Omdia, Omdia: Global cloud infrastructure spending rose 29% in Q4 2025 as hyperscalers scaled AI infrastructure investment (Mar 2026)
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Microsoft Azure remained the world’s second-largest cloud service provider in Q4 2025, with a 22% market share and year-on-year revenue growth of 39%.
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Cloud infrastructure market share, Q3 2026
Synergy Research Group estimate of worldwide IaaS, PaaS and hosted private cloud revenue, Q3 2026.
- Amazon26%
- Microsoft19%
- Google16%
Source: Synergy Research Group, Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Oracle revenue
- 30.
AWS segment sales were $46.0 billion in the third quarter of 2026, up 39% year over year.
Amazon, Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Results (Oct 2026)
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AWS segment sales increased 39% year-over-year to $46.0 billion.
- 31.
AWS segment operating income was $17.8 billion in Q3 2026, up from $11.4 billion a year earlier.
Amazon, Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Results (Oct 2026)
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AWS segment operating income was $17.8 billion, compared with $11.4 billion in third quarter 2025.
- 32.
Microsoft Cloud revenue was $63.9 billion in the quarter ended September 30, 2026, up 30%.
Microsoft, Microsoft Fiscal Year 2027 First Quarter Earnings Press Release (Oct 2026)
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Microsoft Cloud revenue was $63.9 billion and increased 30% (up 31% in constant currency)
- 33.
Azure revenue grew 48% year over year in Microsoft's quarter ended September 30, 2026.
Microsoft, Microsoft Fiscal Year 2027 First Quarter Earnings Press Release (Oct 2026)
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Azure revenue increased 48%
- 34.
Microsoft's commercial remaining performance obligation, its contracted future revenue, rose 73% to $677 billion at September 30, 2026.
Microsoft, Microsoft Fiscal Year 2027 First Quarter Earnings Press Release (Oct 2026)
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Commercial remaining performance obligation increased 73% to $677 billion
- 35.
Google Cloud revenue was $30,709 million in Q3 2026, roughly double the $15,157 million of Q3 2025.
Alphabet, Alphabet Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 (Oct 2026)
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Google Cloud 15,157 30,709 41,041 75,505
- 36.
Google Cloud operating income was $11,121 million in Q3 2026, compared with $3,594 million a year earlier.
Alphabet, Alphabet Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 (Oct 2026)
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Google Cloud 3,594 11,121
- 37.
Alphabet reported $560.8 billion of revenue backlog related to Google Cloud at September 30, 2026.
Alphabet, Alphabet Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 (Oct 2026)
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As of September 30, 2026, we had $ 567.7 billion of remaining performance obligations (“revenue backlog”), of which $ 560.8 billion related to Google Cloud.
- 38.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS) revenue was $7.4 billion in the quarter ended August 2026, up 121%.
Oracle, Oracle Announces Q1 Results Driven by Triple Digit Growth in Cloud Infrastructure Revenues (Sep 2026)
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Q1 Cloud Infra (IaaS) Revenue up 121% in USD and up 120% in constant currency to $7.4 billion.
- 39.
Oracle's remaining performance obligations reached $664 billion, up $209 billion year over year.
Oracle, Oracle Announces Q1 Results Driven by Triple Digit Growth in Cloud Infrastructure Revenues (Sep 2026)
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Remaining Performance Obligations or RPO up $209 billion year-over-year to $664 billion
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AWS segment net sales by quarter ($ millions)
Amazon supplemental financial information, quarterly AWS net sales in millions of US dollars.
Source: Amazon, Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Results
Cloud waste and cost management
- 40.
Organizations estimate that 29% of their IaaS and PaaS spend was wasted in 2026, the first rise after five years of decline, according to Flexera.
Flexera, The new era of cloud: What 2026 data tells us about spend, scale and strategy (Mar 2026)
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After five years on the downtrend, wasted cloud spend on IaaS and PaaS increased to 29% this year.
- 41.
85% of organizations in Flexera's 2026 survey named managing cloud spend as a top challenge.
Flexera, Flexera Finds Cloud Value is Rising While AI Waste Grows (Mar 2026)
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While managing cloud spend remains a top challenge (85%), organizations are applying more mature FinOps practices, with 63% having established FinOps teams and 64% reporting value delivered to business units.
- 42.
63% of organizations had an established FinOps team in 2026, per Flexera's survey of more than 750 cloud decision-makers and users.
Flexera, Flexera Finds Cloud Value is Rising While AI Waste Grows (Mar 2026)
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While managing cloud spend remains a top challenge (85%), organizations are applying more mature FinOps practices, with 63% having established FinOps teams and 64% reporting value delivered to business units.
- 43.
76% of large enterprises in Flexera's 2026 survey spend more than $5 million a month on public cloud.
Flexera, The new era of cloud: What 2026 data tells us about spend, scale and strategy (Mar 2026)
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Large enterprises continue to scale, with 76% spending more than $5 million a month on public cloud.
- 44.
98% of FinOps practitioners in the State of FinOps 2026 survey now manage AI spend, up from 31% two years earlier.
FinOps Foundation, State of FinOps 2026 Report (Feb 2026)
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98% now manage AI spend (up from 31% two years ago).
- 45.
90% of FinOps practices manage SaaS spend or plan to within a year, according to the FinOps Foundation's 2026 survey.
FinOps Foundation, State of FinOps 2026 Report (Feb 2026)
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90% now manage SaaS or plan to in the coming year (up 25%)
- 46.
57% of FinOps practices manage private cloud costs in 2026, up 18% on the previous survey.
FinOps Foundation, State of FinOps 2026 Report (Feb 2026)
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57% manage private cloud (up 18%)
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Technology categories FinOps teams manage, 2026
FinOps Foundation State of FinOps 2026 survey of 1,192 practitioners.
- SaaS (now or within a year)90%
- Licensing64%
- Private cloud57%
- Data center48%
Source: FinOps Foundation, State of FinOps 2026 Report
Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud use
- 47.
73% of organizations operated hybrid cloud estates in 2026, up three percentage points from 2025, according to Flexera.
Flexera, The new era of cloud: What 2026 data tells us about spend, scale and strategy (Mar 2026)
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Hybrid cloud remains the dominant architecture, with 73% of organizations operating hybrid estates, up three percentage points from last year.
- 48.
83% of organizations in Flexera's 2026 survey run active enterprise workloads on AWS, slightly ahead of Azure at 79%.
Flexera, Flexera Finds Cloud Value is Rising While AI Waste Grows (Mar 2026)
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For public cloud provider usage, AWS (83%) was slightly ahead of Azure (79%) for active enterprise workloads; Google Cloud Platform remains a distant third.
- 49.
49% of IT professionals surveyed by Parallels in the US, UK and Germany said their organization runs a multi-cloud environment, up from the prior year.
Parallels, 94% of IT Leaders Fear Vendor Lock-In as AI Reality Check Forces EUC Strategy Reset, Parallels Survey Finds (Feb 2026)
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49% now operate multi-cloud environments, up from last year
- 50.
94% of organizations in Parallels' 2026 survey were concerned about vendor lock-in.
Parallels, 94% of IT Leaders Fear Vendor Lock-In as AI Reality Check Forces EUC Strategy Reset, Parallels Survey Finds (Feb 2026)
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The survey found that 94% of organizations are concerned about vendor lock-in, up from last year’s already elevated anxiety around long-term viability and support.
- 51.
49% of organizations in the same survey were considering or planning a move back to on-premises or hybrid models.
Parallels, 94% of IT Leaders Fear Vendor Lock-In as AI Reality Check Forces EUC Strategy Reset, Parallels Survey Finds (Feb 2026)
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49% are actively considering or planning a move back to on-premises or hybrid models
Common questions
- How much is spent on public cloud in 2026?
- IDC forecasts worldwide public cloud services spending will pass $1 trillion in 2026, up about 21%, with SaaS more than half of the total. Gartner's narrower IaaS forecast is $292 billion for 2026, up 31.3%.
- What is the market share of AWS, Azure and Google Cloud?
- Synergy Research Group estimates Amazon held 26%, Microsoft 19% and Google 16% of worldwide cloud infrastructure services in Q3 2026. Omdia's Q4 2025 estimate, using a different definition, put AWS at 32% and Azure at 22%.
- What percentage of businesses use cloud computing?
- Eurostat found 52.74% of EU enterprises with 10 or more employees paid for cloud services in 2025, ranging from 49.3% of small firms to 84.67% of large ones. Statistics Canada found 48% of Canadian businesses used cloud computing in 2023.
- How much cloud spending is wasted?
- Respondents to Flexera's 2026 State of the Cloud survey estimated that 29% of IaaS and PaaS spend is wasted, up for the first time in five years. 85% of the same respondents named managing cloud spend as a top challenge.
- How big is AWS compared with Azure and Google Cloud?
- AWS reported segment sales of $46.0 billion in Q3 2026, up 39%. Google Cloud reported $30.7 billion, about double a year earlier. Microsoft does not disclose Azure revenue in dollars but reported 48% Azure growth and $63.9 billion of total Microsoft Cloud revenue for the same quarter.
- How many companies use more than one cloud?
- Flexera found 73% of organizations run hybrid cloud estates in 2026 and that AWS and Azure each host enterprise workloads for about four in five respondents. In Parallels' survey of IT professionals in the US, UK and Germany, 49% run multi-cloud environments.
How we picked these figures
We chose figures that describe cloud adoption, spending, provider revenue and share, cost management and multi-cloud use, and read each one on the publisher's own page, press release or SEC filing. Adoption rates come from official business surveys: Eurostat covers EU enterprises with 10 or more employees and counts only paid cloud services, while Statistics Canada's latest published results describe 2023. IDC, Gartner and Omdia figures are forecasts or estimates with different market definitions, so totals are not comparable across firms. Market shares from Synergy and Omdia are research estimates for different quarters. Provider revenue comes from company filings, but each company defines its cloud segment differently, and Microsoft does not report Azure revenue in dollars. Flexera, the FinOps Foundation and Parallels sell cloud or FinOps related products or run practitioner communities, and their surveys reflect their respondents, which lean toward larger organizations. No single publisher accounts for more than about a fifth of the figures. Each quote is copied from the original publisher and fetched again by a script to confirm it still appears there. See the methodology.
Sources
- Alphabet. Alphabet Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2026 (Oct 2026).
- Amazon. Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Results (Oct 2026).
- Eurostat. Cloud computing - statistics on the use by enterprises (Jan 2026).
- FinOps Foundation. State of FinOps 2026 Report (Feb 2026).
- Flexera. The new era of cloud: What 2026 data tells us about spend, scale and strategy (Mar 2026).
- Flexera. Flexera Finds Cloud Value is Rising While AI Waste Grows (Mar 2026).
- Gartner. Gartner Forecasts Worldwide IT Spending to Grow 15% in 2027, Totaling $7.35 Trillion (Oct 2026).
- Gartner. Gartner Forecasts End-User Public Cloud Spending in India to Surpass $17 Billion in 2026 (Jun 2026).
- Gartner. Gartner Forecasts Australian Organizations Will Spend More Than A$33 Billion on Public Cloud in 2026 (May 2026).
- IDC. Global Public Cloud Spending to Surpass $1 Trillion in 2026, Driven by PaaS and AI Platform Adoption (Mar 2026).
- Microsoft. Microsoft Fiscal Year 2027 First Quarter Earnings Press Release (Oct 2026).
- Omdia. Omdia: Global cloud infrastructure spending rose 29% in Q4 2025 as hyperscalers scaled AI infrastructure investment (Mar 2026).
- Oracle. Oracle Announces Q1 Results Driven by Triple Digit Growth in Cloud Infrastructure Revenues (Sep 2026).
- Parallels. 94% of IT Leaders Fear Vendor Lock-In as AI Reality Check Forces EUC Strategy Reset, Parallels Survey Finds (Feb 2026).
- Statistics Canada. The Daily: Survey of Digital Technology and Internet Use, 2023 (Sep 2024).
- Synergy Research Group. Cloud Market Growth Rate Surges to Well Over 50% per Year; Q3 Revenues Reach $168 Billion (Oct 2026).
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