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FinOps and Platform Engineering
Platform engineering enables fiscal accountability and unit-economic clarity built directly into the developer workflow.
Why Platform Engineering is central to FinOps
In an era of unchecked cloud consumption, FinOps is no longer just a finance function. Platform engineering helps enterprises move beyond "bill shock" to a state of proactive cost-efficiency by embedding financial rigor into the platform itself.
“FinOps and Platform Engineering were once siloed conversations. In 2025, the two have converged — integrated directly into platform capabilities through dynamic cost controls, auto-scaling, and AI-driven savings recommendations at build time.”
Ajay Chankramath
Ex Head of Platform Engineering and FinOps at Thoughtworks, CEO at Platformetrics
Trends in FinOps to look at in 2026
Built-in FinOps: Cost allocation, budget policies, and optimization controls are embedded directly into the platform layer (moving from bolt-on compliance to automated governance).
New decision-makers: Platform engineering leaders now drive decisions traditionally owned by Finance or the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), enforcing cost-effective architectures.
Capability blending: Cost visibility, forecasting, and optimization are converging into shared, automated platform capabilities.
COMING Q1 2026
Market guide for FinOps
Weave Intelligence is releasing the first comprehensive market guide designed specifically for the platform engineer’s perspective.
What this guide provides for your enterprise:
Evaluation criteria: A rigorous framework to assess tools based on platform-native integration.
Data-dacked trends: Analysis of the shift toward built-in FinOps
Representative vendors: A curated look at the landscape
Implementation best practices: Move from "choosing a FinOps tool" to "building a capability"
State of Platform Engineering Report: Volume 4
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Reference architecture for an AI/ML Internal Developer Platform on GCP
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Reference architecture of an Internal Developer Platform on Azure
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Reference architecture of an Internal Developer Platform on GCP
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Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) for Platform Engineers
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Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management for platform engineers
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State of AI in Platform Engineering 2025
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Observability for platform engineers
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Reference architecture of an Internal Developer Platform on AWS
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