Cloud waste remains one of the most persistent and expensive problems in enterprise IT. Studies show nearly 30% of cloud spend is wasted due to misconfigured resources, underutilized instances, and overlooked inefficiencies. PointFive, the Tel Aviv-based pioneer in Cloud Efficiency Posture Management (CEPM), is aiming to address that challenge with its latest innovation: Pointer, a context-aware AI agent designed to make cloud cost visibility and optimization accessible to everyone in an organization.
“Pointer gives users a direct way to explore their infrastructure, reveal inefficiencies, and improve their efficiency posture through simple natural language,” said Sharon Gross, VP of Product at PointFive. “Our goal is to remove barriers that slow down efficient cloud operations.”
Turning Complexity Into Conversation
Pointer reimagines cloud cost management as a dialogue rather than a dashboard. Users can ask questions in plain language, such as “What are my top AWS cost drivers this month?” or “Explain this inefficiency, how can I remediate?” They receive immediate, actionable insights. Its context-aware design ensures answers are tailored to the page or dataset the user is viewing, including Opportunities, Anomalies, Resources, Teams, and Commitment Optimizations.
This eliminates the friction of switching between interfaces or running complex queries. Finance teams, engineering leads, and operations managers can all access the same actionable insights without specialized training. Pointer can even guide users toward remediation, helping teams act on optimization opportunities quickly and efficiently.
Integrating AI Across the Platform
Pointer is the latest addition to PointFive’s growing suite of AI tools. Earlier in the year, the company introduced AI Prompt Remediation, which generates ready-to-run remediation code that engineers can deploy directly in their existing agentic IDEs, avoiding workflow disruptions or the need for new tools. This approach allows organizations to translate insights into action within minutes, rather than hours or days.
PointFive also developed the Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, which embeds cost intelligence directly into engineering workflows. By integrating with LLM-compatible platforms such as ChatGPT and Claude, developers can query cost data, explore optimization opportunities, and receive recommendations without leaving their CI/CD pipelines or development environments.
Meanwhile, the AI-Enhanced Analytics Engine, known as Data Explorer, allows users to explore cost insights using natural language. Data Explorer translates questions into optimized SQL queries, uncovering hidden inefficiencies and making deep-dive analysis accessible to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Pointer sits atop this ecosystem, providing a conversational interface that connects data, insights, and actions in one place.
Making Cloud Efficiency Proactive
PointFive’s CEPM framework emphasizes continuous monitoring, context-rich insights, and rapid remediation. By correlating usage data with cost patterns and enabling one-click fixes, the platform helps organizations maintain efficient, optimized cloud environments. Customers often report 20-40% savings, but the more significant benefit lies in operational confidence: teams know their cloud infrastructure is optimized, transparent, and manageable.
Pointer strengthens that vision by putting cloud intelligence into the hands of all stakeholders. It allows organizations to move beyond reactive cost management toward proactive, data-driven efficiency, with insights delivered in real time.
See Pointer in Action
Pointer will be showcased at Gartner IOCS from December 9 to 11 at booth 546, where attendees can experience the AI agent firsthand. Visitors can see how Pointer interprets cloud questions, surfaces inefficiencies, and recommends actionable remediation steps.
Organizations interested in exploring Pointer or evaluating the broader PointFive CEPM platform can stop by the booth or contact the PointFive sales team for more information. With Pointer, PointFive is redefining how cloud costs are managed, making efficiency conversational, actionable, and accessible to everyone in the enterprise.
