Cloud, DevOps and platform engineering research shows how developers build, deliver and operate software across modern infrastructure. Explore SlashData’s developer research on cloud-native adoption, DevOps workflows, DORA metrics, internal developer platforms, distributed cloud, observability and FinOps. The reports and benchmarks in this topic area examine which technologies developers use, how practices vary across communities and which challenges shape software delivery. Use the findings to understand cloud and platform adoption through developer evidence rather than vendor claims alone.
For organisations that made changes to their cloud infrastructure over the last year, 31% of developers moved services from on-premise to public cloud, compared to 28% and 24% who moved from public cloud to private cloud and on-premise infrastructure, respectively.
The most common approach to internal platforms among respondents was having multiple teams collaboratively handle platform capabilities (41%).
There were 19.9M cloud native developers globally in Q1 2026, roughly 39% of the entire global developer population.
At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026, Liam Bollman-Dodd of SlashData joined Bob Killen of CNCF to discuss the latest State of Cloud Native report. The interview explored why the cloud native developer population has surged, how AI is reshaping infrastructure decisions, and why platform engineering is changing the way developers interact with cloud native tools.
Explore two DevOps maturity approaches—developer autonomy and centralised platforms—and how each shapes security practices, velocity, and operational consistency.
2025 SlashData–UpCloud study: 1 in 3 cloud leaders prioritize AI integration (US 40%, EU 28%), driving skills, vendor AI, and compliance.
