Datadog (DDOG) Research & Development (2018 - 2026)

Datadog's (DDOG) quarterly Research & Development came in at $435.3 million in Q1 2026, up 103.13% year-on-year from $214.3 million in Q1 2025, and up 4.16% quarter-over-quarter from $417.9 million in Q4 2025.

Datadog (DDOG) Research & Development (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Datadog's Research & Development history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $435.3 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 103.13% year-over-year to $435.3 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $1.3 billion, a 11.56% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $1.5 billion, up 34.33% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development advanced to $435.3 million in Q1 2026 per DDOG's latest filing, from $417.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $604.0 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $115.3 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $187.0 million (2024), against an average of $231.1 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development jumped 277.58% in 2024 and plunged 30.81% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $149.4 million in 2022, then grew by 7.11% to $160.0 million in 2023, then soared by 277.58% to $604.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 30.81% to $417.9 million in 2025, then rose by 4.16% to $435.3 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest DDOG Research & Development figures stand at $435.3 million (Q1 2026), $417.9 million (Q4 2025), and $238.7 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 496.00 Mn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 1.33 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 3.77 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 1.37 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 588.95 Mn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 508.44 Mn
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 435.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 435.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 417.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 238.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 239.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 214.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 604.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 187.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 187.01 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 173.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 159.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 156.87 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 147.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 144.97 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 149.36 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 205.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 115.27 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 150.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 209.18 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 112.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 94.78 Mn