The Cloud FinOps Playbook for Google Cloud
A practical guide to adopt, build, and scale Cloud FinOps
Created by Eric Lam, Bruce Warner, Pathik Sharma
Discover how to take control of Google Cloud costs and drive financial accountability across your organization. Learn to apply FinOps principles using GCP-native tools, automate reporting, and foster collaboration between engineering and finance teams. Build a mature, scalable approach to cloud spend management.
Packt | May 2026 | 366 min
What You Will Learn
You will work through practical scenarios and step-by-step tutorials that connect FinOps concepts directly to Google Cloud tools. By following real-world examples, you will learn to automate cost management, analyze usage data, and implement financial guardrails that support collaboration between technical and financial teams.
Key Features
- Apply FinOps principles to optimize Google Cloud costs and manage AI workloads
- Use BigQuery, Looker Studio, and FinOps Hub for spend analysis and reporting
- Set budgets, quotas, and alerts to proactively manage and forecast cloud spend
Target Audience
Designed for FinOps practitioners, cloud architects, platform engineers, and DevOps professionals with experience in Google Cloud. If you want to optimize cloud spend, build financial accountability, and support business efficiency, this course will help you gain actionable skills-even if you are new to tools like BigQuery or GCP IAM.
