In ancient times, tools were made from readily accessible natural materials — think stone axes, wrought iron nails, and grinding stones. Sure, these tools got the job done, but not without a lot of manual work. Fast forward to today, and we find that the majority (57%) of companies are using native tools to power their cloud cost management programs or FinOps practices. A mere 21% percent say they use a FinOps-specific solution. These are the latest findings from the FinOps Foundation’s State of FinOps Report, a study of 1,245 FinOps practitioners. Native tools refer to vendor-provided tools —…