State of Cloud Cost in Indian Mid-Market SaaS 2026 (research paper — executive summary)

This is the executive summary of our 20-page research paper. Read the full paper with methodology, data appendix, and predictions → Indian mid-market SaaS — companies with 50 to 200 employees and monthly cloud spend between ₹5 lakh and ₹50 lakh — is the fastest-growing, worst-governed cloud cost segment in the country. This report synthesises primary research from 34 founder and engineering-lead conversations, qualitative mining of 128 inbound audit and calculator submissions, and secondary data