ServiceNow (NOW) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)
ServiceNow posted quarterly Cost of Revenue of $940.0 million for Q1 2026, up 44.39% year-on-year from $651.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 468.63% on a QoQ basis from -$255.0 million in Q4 2025.
ServiceNow (NOW) has 16 years of Cost of Revenue data on file, last reported at $940.0 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Cost of Revenue rose 44.39% year-over-year to $940.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.2 billion (up 31.9% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.0 billion, up 30.43% from the prior year.
- Cost of Revenue for Q1 2026 stood at $940.0 million, up from -$255.0 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Cost of Revenue topped out at $1.7 billion in Q4 2022 and bottomed at -$540.0 million in Q4 2024.
- The 5-year median for Cost of Revenue is $651.0 million (2025), against an average of $534.4 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Cost of Revenue surged 125.08%; it then slumped 132.19% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Cost of Revenue shows it stood at $1.7 billion in 2022, then plunged by 132.19% to -$533.0 million in 2023, then retreated by 1.31% to -$540.0 million in 2024, then soared by 52.78% to -$255.0 million in 2025, then jumped by 468.63% to $940.0 million in 2026.
- The last three Cost of Revenue figures came in at $940.0 million (Q1 2026), -$255.0 million (Q4 2025), and $774.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 3.02 Bn |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 4.02 Bn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 1.33 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 1.62 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 940.00 Mn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 211.49 Mn |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 1.71 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 3.07 Bn |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 1.79 Bn |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 209.23 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 940.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 940.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -255.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -255.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 774.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 774.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 724.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 724.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 651.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 651.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -540.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -540.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 584.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 584.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 960.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 960.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 923.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 923.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -533.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -533.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 496.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 496.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 471.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 471.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 438.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 438.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.66 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.66 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 400.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 400.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 722.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 722.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 673.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 673.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.31 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.31 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 579.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 579.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 329.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 329.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 299.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 299.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -334.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | -334.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 252.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 252.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 426.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 426.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 223.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 223.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -322.28 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | -322.28 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 362.98 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 362.98 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 393.90 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 393.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 186.25 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 186.25 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 319.16 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 319.16 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 289.32 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 289.32 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 310.87 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 310.87 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 283.70 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 283.70 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -144.14 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -144.14 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 217.87 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 217.87 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 222.39 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 222.39 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 203.74 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 203.74 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 17.53 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 17.53 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 166.49 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 166.49 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 56.36 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 56.36 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 158.61 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 158.61 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 133.91 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 133.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 117.90 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 117.90 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 79.72 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 79.72 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 76.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 76.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 162.98 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 162.98 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 84.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 84.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 58.94 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 58.94 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 69.42 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 69.42 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2013 | -21.95 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2013 | -21.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 47.34 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 47.34 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 15.78 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 15.78 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 18.31 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 18.31 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 60.83 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 60.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 9.64 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 9.64 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 21.24 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 21.24 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 11.93 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 11.93 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 4.76 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 4.76 Mn |