Datadog (DDOG) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Datadog's (DDOG) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $789.9 million in Q1 2026, up 28.15% year-on-year from $616.3 million in Q1 2025, and up 4.35% quarter-over-quarter from $756.9 million in Q4 2025.

Datadog (DDOG) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Datadog's Operating Expenses history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $789.9 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 28.15% year-over-year to $789.9 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $3.0 billion, a 31.96% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $2.8 billion, up 31.69% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses advanced to $789.9 million in Q1 2026 per DDOG's latest filing, from $756.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $789.9 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $278.2 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $489.2 million (2024), against an average of $519.3 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses soared 76.5% in 2022 and advanced 12.23% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $407.3 million in 2022, then advanced by 12.23% to $457.1 million in 2023, then increased by 27.8% to $584.2 million in 2024, then climbed by 29.58% to $756.9 million in 2025, then increased by 4.35% to $789.9 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest DDOG Operating Expenses figures stand at $789.9 million (Q1 2026), $756.9 million (Q4 2025), and $715.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -269.42 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 11.28 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.22 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 2.66 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 1.25 Bn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 1.04 Bn
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 789.87 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 789.87 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 756.94 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 715.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 696.28 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 616.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 584.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 531.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 509.16 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 489.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 457.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 448.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 429.62 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 416.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 407.27 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 374.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 327.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 278.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 250.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 212.05 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 186.34 Mn