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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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2.7 B $ 7.89 - $ 3.65 B chinaChina
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TAOP
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6.99 M - 2.4 % $ 115 M chinaChina
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AMSWA
36.1 M - -2.14 % $ 369 M usaUSA
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280 M - - $ 32.7 B usaUSA
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SPNS
304 M - - $ 2.43 B curacaoCuracao
Aspen Technology Aspen Technology
AZPN
383 M - - $ 16.8 B usaUSA
BlackBerry Limited BlackBerry Limited
BB
140 M $ 3.87 -1.4 % $ 2.29 B canadaCanada
Altair Engineering Altair Engineering
ALTR
125 M - - $ 9.4 B usaUSA
Avaya Holdings Corp. Avaya Holdings Corp.
AVYA
1.32 B - - $ 3.47 M usaUSA
BigCommerce Holdings BigCommerce Holdings
BIGC
77.6 M - - $ 371 M usaUSA
BlackLine BlackLine
BL
162 M $ 52.21 -0.42 % $ 3.24 B usaUSA
Bumble Bumble
BMBL
2.5 M $ 3.61 -1.1 % $ 436 M usaUSA
BSQUARE Corporation BSQUARE Corporation
BSQR
31 M - 0.53 % $ 38.6 K usaUSA
Bentley Systems, Incorporated Bentley Systems, Incorporated
BSY
258 M $ 39.24 0.44 % $ 12.4 B usaUSA
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
CHKP
319 M $ 186.52 -1.07 % $ 20.6 B israelIsrael
A10 Networks A10 Networks
ATEN
51.4 M $ 17.32 -1.51 % $ 1.28 B usaUSA
Bridgeline Digital Bridgeline Digital
BLIN
5.01 M $ 0.87 5.67 % $ 9.06 M usaUSA
Blackbaud Blackbaud
BLKB
516 M $ 55.37 -2.75 % $ 2.8 B usaUSA
Avalara Avalara
AVLR
206 M - - $ 8.28 B usaUSA
Cheetah Mobile Cheetah Mobile
CMCM
258 M $ 6.94 -0.14 % $ 9.92 B -
CyberArk Software Ltd. CyberArk Software Ltd.
CYBR
208 M $ 455.75 0.46 % $ 20.1 B israelIsrael
Borqs Technologies Borqs Technologies
BRQS
21.9 M - -23.51 % $ 9.87 M chinaChina
Bill.com Holdings Bill.com Holdings
BILL
272 M $ 46.67 -3.27 % $ 4.83 B usaUSA
salesforce.com salesforce.com
CRM
8.64 B $ 227.95 -2.39 % $ 219 B usaUSA
Endava plc Endava plc
DAVA
292 M $ 6.72 -2.33 % $ 2.5 B -
Box Box
BOX
261 M $ 26.09 -1.81 % $ 3.76 B usaUSA
CrowdStrike Holdings CrowdStrike Holdings
CRWD
230 M $ 454.81 -0.04 % $ 111 B usaUSA
CDK Global CDK Global
CDK
875 M - 0.06 % $ 6.34 B usaUSA
Citrix Systems Citrix Systems
CTXS
625 M - - $ 13.2 B usaUSA
Ceridian HCM Holding Ceridian HCM Holding
CDAY
948 M - - $ 10.6 B usaUSA
Calix Calix
CALX
378 M $ 57.92 -1.9 % $ 3.82 B usaUSA
Alteryx Alteryx
AYX
131 M - - $ 3.42 B usaUSA
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DSGX
102 M $ 88.02 -0.63 % $ 7.45 B canadaCanada
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BTBT
29.6 M $ 2.35 1.73 % $ 330 M usaUSA
DocuSign DocuSign
DOCU
573 M $ 56.89 -4.68 % $ 11.6 B usaUSA
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited
KC
6.44 B $ 11.86 -4.05 % $ 43.4 B chinaChina
Coupa Software Incorporated Coupa Software Incorporated
COUP
222 M - - $ 6.12 B usaUSA
ACI Worldwide ACI Worldwide
ACIW
792 M $ 42.88 -1.4 % $ 4.52 B usaUSA
Globant S.A. Globant S.A.
GLOB
802 M $ 68.52 1.54 % $ 7.32 B luxembourgLuxembourg
E2open Parent Holdings E2open Parent Holdings
ETWO
308 M - - $ 1.02 B usaUSA
Absolute Software Corporation Absolute Software Corporation
ABST
36.8 M - - $ 811 M canadaCanada