Amid the economic slowdown, enterprises are tightening budgets and seeking out any and all waste — and cloud is one of the top culprits. Cloud spend skyrocketed in 2020 to help companies adapt to changing customer needs. But cloud’s ease of access, complex instance types and sizes, and thousand-page bills make it easy to mismanage. Luckily, there are multiple paths and many solutions to help enterprises get cloud costs under control. This report helps cloud leaders navigate the options to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each path to cloud optimization.