Deferred Revenue
Datadog, Inc. Deferred Revenue increased by 3.1% to $1.23B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 29.7%, from $949.14M to $1.23B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Revenue shows an upward trend with a 42.3% CAGR. This is a positive signal — higher values indicate stronger performance for this metric.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests strong sales of subscription-based services or bundled offerings, providing a predictable pipeline for future revenue recognition.
Detailed definition
Represents cash payments received from customers in advance of the company fulfilling its performance obligations, speci...
Peer comparison
High-growth software and services companies typically maintain larger deferred revenue balances relative to pure hardware manufacturers.
deferred_revenue_currentHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $264.65M | $300.95M | $371.99M | $454.81M | $444.25M | $478.74M | $543.02M | $562.43M | $567.47M | $636.50M | $765.74M | $767.47M | $801.56M | $795.82M | $961.85M | $949.14M | $966.44M | $974.26M | $1.19B | $1.23B |
| QoQ Change | — | +13.7% | +23.6% | +22.3% | -2.3% | +7.8% | +13.4% | +3.6% | +0.9% | +12.2% | +20.3% | +0.2% | +4.4% | -0.7% | +20.9% | -1.3% | +1.8% | +0.8% | +22.5% | +3.1% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +67.9% | +59.1% | +46.0% | +23.7% | +27.7% | +33.0% | +41.0% | +36.5% | +41.3% | +25.0% | +25.6% | +23.7% | +20.6% | +22.4% | +24.1% | +29.7% |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Datadog, Inc.'s deferred revenue?
- Datadog, Inc. (DDOG) reported deferred revenue of $1.23B in Q1 2026.
- How has Datadog, Inc.'s deferred revenue changed year-over-year?
- Datadog, Inc.'s deferred revenue increased by 29.7% year-over-year, from $949.14M to $1.23B.
- What is the long-term trend for Datadog, Inc.'s deferred revenue?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Datadog, Inc.'s deferred revenue has grown at a 42.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $204.83M to $1.19B.
- What does deferred revenue mean?
- Money collected from customers for products or services that haven't been delivered yet but will be within a year.