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Annual report 2025
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Adobe Cost of Revenue 2011-2026 | ADBE

Cost of Revenue is a financial metric that reflects all direct costs associated with the production of goods or the provision of services that directly led to revenue during the reporting period. It is the total amount of expenses incurred by the company to deliver its products or services, including both production costs and related expenses necessary for delivery or customer support.
What is included in the cost of revenue
Cost CategoryExamples
Production CostsMaterials, wages of production staff, depreciation of equipment
Service and SupportCustomer service, user support, technical assistance
Delivery and LogisticsPackaging, delivery of goods to customers
Hosting and InfrastructureServers, cloud platforms (especially for IT and SaaS companies)
Content and LicensesLicense purchases, production royalties (e.g., in streaming services)

Importance of the Metric
  • Helps to understand how costly the revenue-generating process is.
  • A high cost of revenue may indicate:
    Poor cost control
    Low operational efficiency
  • A low cost of revenue combined with high revenue indicates high profitability and business competitiveness.

Annual Cost of Revenue Adobe

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011
2.55 B 2.36 B 2.35 B 2.16 B 1.86 B 1.72 B 1.67 B 1.2 B 1.01 B 820 M 744 M 622 M 587 M 484 M 438 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum Minimum Average
2.55 B 438 M 1.37 B

Quarterly Cost of Revenue Adobe

2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2024-Q4 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q4 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1
642 M 638 M - 554 M 598 M 590 M - 580 M 572 M 568 M - 546 M 539 M 512 M - 467 M 444 M 447 M 428 M 427 M 415 M 452 M - 416 M 407 M 397 M - 295 M 281 M 259 M - 263 M 239 M 237 M - 203 M 202 M 199 M - 191 M 185 M 167 M - 158 M 155 M 149 M - 147 M 135 M 157 M - 120 M 131 M 108 M - 105 M 109 M 108 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum Minimum Average
642 M 105 M 332 M

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235 M $ 4.22 -1.52 % $ 438 M usaUSA
Aware Aware
AWRE
1.27 M $ 1.59 -5.36 % $ 33.4 M usaUSA
Alteryx Alteryx
AYX
131 M - - $ 3.42 B usaUSA
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. Sapiens International Corporation N.V.
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304 M - - $ 2.43 B curacaoCuracao
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383 M - - $ 16.8 B usaUSA
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77.4 M - - $ 192 K usaUSA
Dropbox Dropbox
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501 M $ 26.5 1.24 % $ 7.11 B usaUSA
Blackbaud Blackbaud
BLKB
465 M $ 49.29 -0.95 % $ 2.35 B usaUSA
Benefitfocus Benefitfocus
BNFT
123 M - - $ 362 M usaUSA
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
CHKP
319 M $ 163.82 3.66 % $ 18.1 B israelIsrael
Borqs Technologies Borqs Technologies
BRQS
21.9 M - -23.51 % $ 9.87 M chinaChina
Cheetah Mobile Cheetah Mobile
CMCM
258 M $ 7.56 8.78 % $ 10.8 B -
BlackBerry Limited BlackBerry Limited
BB
140 M $ 3.54 1.58 % $ 2.09 B canadaCanada
AGM Group Holdings AGM Group Holdings
AGMH
25.2 M $ 1.28 0.79 % $ 31 M chinaChina
Agilysys Agilysys
AGYS
77.2 M $ 79.99 -0.03 % $ 1.98 B usaUSA
Domo Domo
DOMO
75.5 M $ 4.32 2.13 % $ 156 M usaUSA
CleanSpark CleanSpark
CLSK
343 M $ 9.93 -6.89 % $ 2.8 B usaUSA
American Software American Software
AMSWA
36.1 M - -2.14 % $ 369 M usaUSA
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DSGX
102 M $ 71.42 4.74 % $ 6.04 B canadaCanada
Endava plc Endava plc
DAVA
292 M $ 5.56 4.91 % $ 2.5 B -
Asana Asana
ASAN
64.5 M $ 7.91 2.0 % $ 1.74 B usaUSA
Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
DBD
2.84 B $ 78.46 -1.93 % $ 2.89 B usaUSA
Datadog Datadog
DDOG
687 M $ 122.51 3.53 % $ 42.5 B usaUSA
salesforce.com salesforce.com
CRM
9.27 B $ 202.08 4.66 % $ 192 B usaUSA
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CYBR
208 M - - $ 18.1 B israelIsrael
Bit Digital Bit Digital
BTBT
29.6 M $ 1.75 -6.18 % $ 246 M usaUSA
Akamai Technologies Akamai Technologies
AKAM
1.73 B $ 101.28 -1.65 % $ 14.7 B usaUSA
AppFolio AppFolio
APPF
345 M $ 189.89 0.86 % $ 6.84 B usaUSA
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CYRN
15.3 M - -18.15 % $ 1.77 M usaUSA
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AVLR
206 M - - $ 8.28 B usaUSA
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AVYA
1.32 B - - $ 3.47 M usaUSA
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FICO
354 M $ 1 476.5 0.85 % $ 35.8 B usaUSA
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EVTC
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ABST
36.8 M - - $ 811 M canadaCanada
Ebix Ebix
EBIX
722 M - -30.99 % $ 36.3 M usaUSA
ChannelAdvisor Corporation ChannelAdvisor Corporation
ECOM
38.2 M - 0.02 % $ 668 M usaUSA
Creative Realities Creative Realities
CREX
23 M $ 3.76 -0.27 % $ 31.9 M usaUSA