Growth Metrics

Datadog (DDOG) Research & Development (2017 - 2025)

Datadog's annual Research & Development came in at $1.5 billion in FY2025, up 34.33% year-over-year from $1.2 billion in FY2024.

Datadog has reported Research & Development for 9 years, with the latest figure at $1.5 billion in FY2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 27.63% year-over-year to $435.3 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.6 billion (up 34.23% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.5 billion, up 34.33% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for FY2025 stood at $1.5 billion, up from $1.2 billion in the prior year.
  • The five-year high for Research & Development was $1.5 billion in FY2025, with the low at $419.8 million in FY2021.
  • Average Research & Development over 5 years is $967.1 million, with a median of $962.4 million recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Research & Development surged 99.3% in 2021 and increased 19.77% in 2024.
  • Tracing DDOG's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $419.8 million in 2021, then soared by 79.23% to $752.4 million in 2022, then advanced by 27.93% to $962.4 million in 2023, then climbed by 19.77% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then surged by 34.33% to $1.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $1.5 billion (FY2025), $1.2 billion (FY2024), and $962.4 million (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Yr)
1 Sap Se 261.57 Bn 243.60 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 181.55 Bn 171.98 Bn 8.69 Bn 5.99 Bn
3 Shopify 154.72 Bn 148.98 Bn 1.55 Bn -
4 Uber Technologies 144.47 Bn 143.43 Bn 11.88 Bn -
5 ServiceNow 128.74 Bn 123.56 Bn 2.83 Bn -
6 Adobe 106.28 Bn 99.39 Bn 5.73 Bn -
7 Cadence Design Systems 102.00 Bn 100.60 Bn 1.26 Bn -
8 Intuit 91.50 Bn 84.72 Bn 6.77 Bn -
9 Automatic Data Processing 89.51 Bn 86.28 Bn 2.87 Bn -
10 Datadog 87.38 Bn 82.62 Bn 797.20 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 1.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 962.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 752.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 419.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 210.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 111.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 55.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 24.73 Mn