This article details Bilibili's FinOps-driven approach to IT cost management, covering budgeting, resource utilization dashboards, financial metrics, cost modeling, SKU pricing, and operational practices that together saved the company hundreds of millions of yuan while supporting continued growth.
The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, together with Meitu and the FinOps Industry Promotion Alliance, is launching the 2023 China FinOps Industry Development Status Survey—a 37‑question, eight‑minute questionnaire open until November 13, offering participants a free copy of the forthcoming report on IT cost‑management trends.
Bilibili implements a FinOps‑driven, closed‑loop process that combines detailed cost insight, multi‑cloud optimization, and continuous operational controls—using dashboards, TCO models, SKU pricing, and automated billing—to cut IT spending by billions of yuan while maintaining performance and supporting business growth.
The article explains how IT organizations can shift from costly reactive firefighting to proactive planning, automation, and better vendor management to control expenses, reduce shadow IT, avoid sprawl, and ultimately improve operational efficiency and business ROI.
