2026 State of Kubernetes Optimization Report
Discover the real GPU, CPU, and Memory utilization in Kubernetes applications across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
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Where did we get this data from?
This report is based on our analysis of tens of thousands of Kubernetes clusters across AWS, GCP, and Azure, covering January 1 to December 31, 2025, and until April 2026 for GPU utilization. All utilization data was collected before these organizations enabled Cast AI’s automation features, providing a baseline of how clusters perform under typical conditions without automated optimization.
Pricing data is sourced from publicly available cloud provider APIs: the AWS Price List Query API, GCP Cloud Billing Pricing API, and Azure Retail Prices, sampled continuously at intervals of less than 60 seconds throughout the same period. For year-over-year comparisons, the same methodology was applied to 2025 and 2024 data from the prior year’s report.
YoY comparison
data spanning multiple years
Jan ’25 – Apr ’26
Analysis timeline
CPU and GPU
Instances covered
Cloud providers analyzed
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2026 State of Kubernetes Optimization Report
Discover the the real GPU, CPU, and Memory utilization in Kubernetes applications across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.