New York, NY, USA, October 22nd, 2025, FinanceWire
In its latest feature, CityBiz highlighted seven standout players shaping the evolution of cloud governance and FinOps: PointFive, Spot by NetApp, emma, Finout, Vantage, AnglePoint, and Ternary. While each brings unique strengths, CityBiz positioned PointFive at the top of the list of platforms to watch for 2025, citing its innovative approach to embedding efficiency directly into engineering workflows.
As cloud adoption accelerates across industries, the focus is shifting from growth at all costs to sustainable efficiency. Enterprises now demand intelligent systems that translate cloud and SaaS data into action, automation, and accountability—fueling a new generation of FinOps and governance platforms built for precision management.
From Tracking to Continuous Optimization
According to the team, for years, FinOps platforms have been synonymous with dashboards, cost visibility, and monthly reporting. But CityBiz notes that 2025 marks a shift: the best tools no longer stop at “showing” where money goes. They drive action and automation across cloud and SaaS environments.
That’s precisely where PointFive stands out. Positioned as a Cloud Efficiency Posture Management (CEPM) platform, PointFive approaches cost efficiency as an engineering problem rather than a financial one. Its proprietary DeepWaste engine analyzes patterns across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes to surface inefficiencies that conventional monitoring systems tend to miss, such as idle compute resources, overprovisioned services, or misaligned architectures.
But PointFive doesn’t stop at detection. Instead of producing another static report, the platform automatically generates remediation tasks and pushes them directly into engineering workflows. Ownership is assigned, actions are prioritized, and optimization becomes continuous rather than reactive. This continuous optimization ensures that your cloud operations are always at their peak efficiency.
“While still younger than legacy FinOps suites,” the article said. “PointFive’s strength lies in rooting cost optimization into engineering practice rather than treating it as a separate discipline.”
The Rise of Cloud Efficiency Posture Management
CEPM is the discipline of measuring and improving the efficiency of an organization’s cloud footprint. CEPM tools continuously monitor infrastructure for inefficiencies, provide context, and streamline remediation, helping teams ensure their environments are efficient, optimized, and well-managed.
As dependence on cloud infrastructure grows, CEPM enables organizations to move beyond cost control toward agility and innovation. It works by integrating directly into cloud environments to analyze cost, usage, performance, and networking data, thus exposing inefficiencies such as idle workloads, misconfigured storage, and inefficient data transfers that often go unnoticed.
Rather than generating alerts or static reports, CEPM platforms prioritize findings, contextualize insights, and embed actionable remediation steps directly into engineering workflows through tools like Jira or ServiceNow. Automation then ensures fast resolution and continuous improvement, turning optimization into an ongoing process rather than a one-time effort.
A Signal of Change
CityBiz’s recognition of PointFive as a top FinOps platform to watch in 2025 underscores a broader shift in enterprise priorities of efficiency being an afterthought to an engineering discipline.
By reframing FinOps as Cloud Efficiency Posture Management, PointFive is positioning itself not just as another cost optimization tool, but as an enabler of smarter, leaner, and more accountable cloud operations.
As CityBiz noted, the most advanced FinOps platforms now help companies act, automate, and manage across cloud, SaaS, and engineering workflows. With CEPM at its core, PointFive is proving that in the next era of FinOps, efficiency is the new innovation.
About PointFive
PointFive specializes in cloud cost optimization and identifying cloud waste to help customers achieve greater efficiency. Utilizing its proprietary DeepWaste Detection Engine, built on cyber-inspired methodologies and advanced AI models, PointFive identifies cloud waste that traditional tools miss, providing actionable insights and long-term management solutions. The platform offers enterprises actionable insights and continuous management solutions, fostering collaboration between FinOps and engineering teams and driving sustainable, long-term cost efficiency.