1、 2023 Boston Consulting Group1To keep up with the rapidly evolving cloud industry,BCG will be publishing the Cloud Cover series:regular snapshots of this dynamic area.Our goal is to share the latest cloud data,insights,and news,with a particular focus on three major cloud service providers(CSPs):Ama

2、zon Web Services(AWS),Microsos Azure,and Googles Cloud Platform.With well over half of the industrys market share byrevenue,these three CSPs significantly influence cloud trends in terms of services,sustainabilitycommitments,global coverage,and growth and penetration.Cloud Cover:Introducing a Standa

3、rdizedPricing IndexMARCH 30,2023 By Jordan Galhardo-Burnett,Michael Engelhardt,Sukand Ramachandran,Prasanna Santhanam,and Filippo ScognamiglioREADING TIME:8 MIN 2023 Boston Consulting Group2In this inaugural snapshot,we will share our findings in these key areas of activity and also introducethe Nim

4、bus Pricing Index(NPI),a rigorously standardized index designed to help executives answersome essential and vexing questions,including:What is the average list price per head for a basiccloud package?How do costs vary by region?What is the highest-priced location to operate in?What isthe lowest pric

5、ed?The NPI will finally allow companies to make real price comparisons over time andacross geographies.More on the NPIThe NPI is a packaged index,indicating the global average price of a standard cloud setup across thecloud vendors referenced above.The NPI provides a deep dive into cost variation ov

6、er time and acrosslocations,driven by factors such as tax rates,regulation,and costs of labor and infrastructure.Theindex pricing is based on a workload with the following characteristics,which have been selected dueto their common usage across firms and industries:A few caveats:the pricing is indic