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Cloud automation involves the utilization of automated tools and processes to execute workflows within a cloud environment, streamlining tasks that would typically require manual intervention. Its purpose is to reduce or eliminate manual efforts involved in provisioning and managing cloud computing resources, thereby enhancing workflow efficiency and enabling teams to establish continuous deployment strategies.
The primary components of cloud automation include software and services. Software comprises a collection of instructions and data that dictate how a computer executes specific tasks or functions, including applications, programs, and operating systems. It can be deployed across various modes such as private, public, and hybrid, catering to organizations of diverse sizes, ranging from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to large enterprises. Cloud automation software finds application across multiple industries, including banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI), healthcare, information technology (IT) and telecommunications (telecom), manufacturing, retail, among others.
Tariffs have influenced the cloud automation market by increasing costs for imported servers, networking equipment, and data center hardware required to support automated cloud environments. These higher infrastructure costs have impacted cloud service providers and large enterprises, particularly in regions such as Asia-Pacific and Europe that rely heavily on global supply chains. Software components supporting public and hybrid cloud deployments have experienced indirect pricing pressure due to elevated infrastructure expenses. On the positive side, tariffs have encouraged greater efficiency in cloud operations, increased adoption of software-driven automation solutions, and accelerated investments in localized data centers to reduce long-term dependency on imported hardware.
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The cloud automation market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $233.49 billion in 2025 to $271.98 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.5%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to growing cloud infrastructure adoption, rising operational complexity in IT environments, need to reduce manual provisioning errors, increased use of DevOps practices, demand for faster application deployment.
The cloud automation market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $501.59 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 16.5%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to expansion of hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, increasing focus on operational cost optimization, rising demand for scalable automation tools, growing need for real-time infrastructure governance, adoption of autonomous cloud operations. Major trends in the forecast period include automated cloud resource provisioning, policy-based infrastructure management, workflow orchestration across multi-cloud environments, self-service cloud operations, continuous deployment and configuration automation.
The increasing adoption of DevOps toolchains is expected to drive growth in the cloud automation market in the coming years. DevOps toolchains consist of integrated tools and processes used in DevOps practices to automate and streamline software development, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Their adoption is rising due to factors such as the growing complexity of software development and the demand for speed, efficiency, and collaboration. Cloud automation allows DevOps teams to automate repetitive tasks, accelerate software delivery, enhance agility, and optimize resource usage, thereby improving the productivity, scalability, and reliability of DevOps toolchains. For example, in July 2025, Getint, a Poland-based software company, reported that by 2027, 80% of organizations are expected to incorporate a DevOps platform into their toolchains, up from just 25% in 2023. Consequently, the expanding use of DevOps toolchains is propelling the growth of the cloud automation market.
Major players in the cloud automation market are focusing on developing innovative solutions, such as serverless orchestration platforms, to streamline and scale AI and cloud workflows. Serverless orchestration platforms are cloud-based tools that enable developers to execute complex processes-like AI model training, fine-tuning, and inference-without managing the underlying infrastructure. For instance, in June 2024, Union.ai, a US-based AI infrastructure company, launched early access to Union Serverless, a cloud-based serverless orchestration platform. The platform allows developers to efficiently run large-scale AI workflows, offering scalability, flexibility, and simplified management for both enterprise and research teams.
In January 2023, Dell Inc., a US-based company offering a hybrid cloud solution and cloud infrastructure platform services, successfully acquired Cloudify Technologies Pvt. Ltd. for approximately up to $100 million. This strategic acquisition is geared towards enhancing Dell's cloud services business, with a particular focus on the DevOps space. The move is intended to foster innovation in Dell's edge offerings and strengthen its position in the cloud orchestration and automation sector. The acquisition aligns with Dell's broader strategy to provide comprehensive solutions for both public and private cloud opportunities. Cloudify Technologies Pvt. Ltd., based in Israel, is a company that specializes in providing cloud automation services through its open-source DevOps automation platform.
Major companies operating in the cloud automation market are Google LLC; Microsoft Corporation; Dell Technologies Inc.; Amazon Web Services Inc.; International Business Machines Corporation; Cisco Systems Inc.; Oracle Corporation; VMware Inc.; Terraform by HashiCorp; LogicMonitor Inc.; Morpheus Data LLC; Pulumi Corporation; CloudBolt Software; Cloudify Platform Ltd.; Mirantis Inc.; Red Hat Inc.; Workato; SnapLogic; Cast AI; ServiceNow; Azuqua
North America was the largest region in the cloud automation market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the cloud automation market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
The countries covered in the cloud automation market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain
The cloud automation market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services such as infrastructure provisioning, orchestration, and deployment automation. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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