# Blog | PointFive

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Insights on cloud and AI cost optimization, FinOps, and engineering efficiency from the PointFive team.

Notes on cloud costs, AI usage, and infrastructure from PointFive's engineers and customers.

## [One change.  Five days.  82% less cost.](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/how-one-bigquery-optimization-cut-storage-costs-82-percent-in-five-days)

September 2, 2026 6 min read

PointFive helped a global consumer goods company cut BigQuery storage costs by 82% in five days. One optimization across 435 datasets, $330K+ in annualized savings, and no data moved.

[Read the BigQuery story](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/how-one-bigquery-optimization-cut-storage-costs-82-percent-in-five-days)

## New from PointFive

### [Introducing PointFive Labs](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/introducing-pointfive-labs)

September 16, 2026

[Read story](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/introducing-pointfive-labs)

### [PointFive Brings OCI Cost Visibility Into Your Multi-Cloud View](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/pointfive-brings-oci-cost-visibility-into-your-multi-cloud-view)

September 2, 2026 4 min read

[Read story](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/pointfive-brings-oci-cost-visibility-into-your-multi-cloud-view)

## [Fewer tokens.  Lower cost?  Not necessarily.](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/token-reduction-is-not-cost-reduction)

[Explore the research](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/token-reduction-is-not-cost-reduction)

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- ### [Best Tools to Track Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot Spend in 2026](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/how-to-track-coding-agent-spend-across-your-team)

October 9, 2026 9 min read

- ### [What Is FinOps for AI? Cost per Successful Task, AI ROI, and Better AI Users](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/what-is-finops-for-ai)

October 8, 2026 11 min read

- ### [Efficient Observability: Open-Source APM Alternatives to Datadog in 2026](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/open-source-apm-alternatives)

October 7, 2026 10 min read

- ### [Open-Source LLM Observability Tools in 2026: Langfuse, Phoenix, OpenLLMetry, and More](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/open-source-llm-observability-tools)

October 7, 2026 8 min read

- ### [Deployed and Forgotten: LLM Cost Optimization on Bedrock, Microsoft Foundry, and Google Cloud](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/llm-cost-optimization-cost-per-successful-task)

October 6, 2026 6 min read

- ### [Production AI Agents Cost More Than They Should. Find the Bottleneck.](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/production-ai-agent-cost-optimization)

October 6, 2026 6 min read

- ### [Prompt-induced waste in coding agents](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/prompt-induced-waste-in-coding-agents)

October 6, 2026

- ### [Safe Automated Remediation: Responsibility Without the Burden](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/safe-automated-cloud-remediation)

October 6, 2026 7 min read

- ### [What Is Agentic FinOps? Stop Being the Bottleneck](https://www.pointfive.co/blog/what-is-agentic-finops)

October 6, 2026 9 min read

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