FinOps—short for Cloud Financial Operations—is the practice of managing cloud costs efficiently by bringing engineering, finance, and business teams together. FinOps has grown exponentially since the FinOps Foundation was launched in 2019, and a growing number of experts are sharing their insights in podcast form.

Whether you’re an engineer faced with AWS billing surprises or a finance leader trying to make sense of cloud costs, these top 7 FinOps podcasts offer expert insights and real-world lessons (plus, sometimes a much-needed dose of humor).

1.nCast: The Cloud Cost Optimization Podcast

nCast is a podcast hosted by James Wilson, VP of Engineering at nOps, who brings in engineering and FinOps leaders to talk about their experience in the trenches—navigating AWS cost challenges, optimizing Kubernetes, and tackling real-world cloud cost management issues.

Engaging and informative, nCast dives into AWS billing horror stories, hot takes on new technologies like Karpenter and Multi Pod Autoscaler, as well as insights from major events like KubeCon. Recent episodes explore finance vs engineer battles, new automation tools to reduce manual FinOps work, as well as the latest advancements in GenAI.

With candid discussions featuring AWS insiders, startup founders, engineers and FinOps practitioners, nCast delivers perspectives from the people tackling the toughest cloud optimization challenges.

2.FinOpsPod

The FinOps Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline of FinOps through best practices, education, and standards. Their official podcast, FinOpsPod, features diverse voices from the FinOps Foundation community, serving as a platform for real world practitioners to share experiences and insights.

Episodes delve into topics such as managing unexpected cloud expenses, building effective FinOps teams, and automating cloud governance.

3.Screaming in the Cloud

Hosted by Corey Quinn of the popular newsletter “Last Week in AWS”, the podcast Screaming in the Cloud is known for sharp wit and unfiltered takes. It focuses on the practical realities of cloud adoption, including cost considerations, architectural trade-offs, and evolving industry trends.

Screaming in the Cloud covers topics ranging from AWS services and cloud cost management to Kubernetes and infrastructure challenges. Guests share their experiences, lessons learned, and practical advice. While it’s focused on AWS news in addition to pure cost optimization, it’s an extremely valuable (and entertaining) listen for anyone embedded in AWS or the world of cloud management.

4.Jon Myer Podcast

The Jon Myer Podcast, hosted by — well, Jon Myer — covers topics like multi-cloud management, FinOps automation, AI in cloud computing, and AWS cost optimization. Guests range from cloud engineers to executives, offering insights based on firsthand experience.

While the show covers technical topics, it stands out for its informal, conversational tone and the mix of humor, personality and engaging interview style of its host. Jon Myer’s background as a former AWS solutions architect brings a unique perspective, often leading to deeper discussions on cloud cost control, infrastructure as code, and emerging cloud technologies.

5.What’s New in Cloud FinOps

What’s New in Cloud FinOps? hosted by “the FinOps Guys” a.k.a Stephen Old and Frank Contrepois focuses on the latest industry developments, recapping FinOps news each month and discussing the real world impact.

In theory, there two monthly episodes, one discussing the top stories from the month and another featuring a friend of the show to talk to the podcast about a topic of their choosing.

6.Faces in FinOps

Faces in FinOps is a podcast by cloud optimization company ProsperOps that highlights the people shaping cloud financial management. Each episode features conversations with FinOps practitioners and thought leaders, focusing on real-world experiences and insights from the field.

Many of the episodes are hosted by Jon Myer, of podcast #4 on this list.

7.FinOps Fridays

FinOps Fridays is a podcast hosted by Hunter Willis, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Apptio by IBM. The podcast consists of a video series covering a range of topics across the journey to cloud, from pre-migration to cloud-native. It dives into the technical and cultural challenges that organizations face on their unique journey as they build the financial discipline required for cloud.

Some of the latest episodes include discussions on breaking down data silos, building alignment across FinOps stakeholders, and managing effective cloud migrations.

About nOps

nOps is a purpose-built FinOps platform that enables organizations to maximize cloud value by optimizing cost efficiency, financial accountability, and cloud performance—without manual intervention. It’s an all-in-one solution with automated cost allocation, real-time visibility, and intelligent compute & commitment management. nOps helps teams achieve up to 60% cost reduction while aligning cloud investments with business objectives.

FinOps features include:

  • Business Contexts: understand 100% of your AWS costs with automated dashboards, reports, container cost allocation, budgets & cost tracking, and more
  • Commitment Management: automatic life-cycle management of your AWS Reserved Instances and Savings Plans with the industry’s only 100% utilization guarantee
  • nOps Essentials: automate time-consuming cloud optimization tasks like pausing idle resources, scheduling resources, optimizing storage, etc.
  • Compute Copilot: automatically optimizes your compute resources end-to-end, reducing waste at the container, node and pricing level with complete Kubernetes visibility
  • AWS MAP Tracker: maximizes MAP funding, automatically tags resources, and tracks credits for efficient cloud migration

You can book a demo to try out these G2 5-star rated features with your own AWS account.

nOps was recently ranked #1 with five stars in G2’s cloud cost management category, and we optimize $2 billion in cloud spend for our FinOps customers.