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Quarterly report 2027-Q1
added 10-28-2026

Microsoft Corporation Cost of Revenue | MSFT

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 Microsoft Corporation

2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
106 B 87.8 B 74.1 B 65.9 B 62.6 B 52.2 B 46.1 B 42.9 B 38.4 B 34.3 B 32.8 B 33 B 26.9 B 20.2 B 17.5 B 15.6 B 12.4 B 12.2 B 11.6 B -

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum Minimum Average
106 B 11.6 B 41.7 B

Quarterly Cost of Revenue Microsoft Corporation

2027-Q1 2026-Q4 2026-Q3 2026-Q2 2026-Q1 2025-Q4 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 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 2010-Q4 2010-Q3 2010-Q2 2010-Q1
29.7 B 29.5 B 26.8 B 26 B 24 B 24 B 21.9 B 21.8 B 20.1 B 19.7 B 18.5 B 19.6 B 16.3 B 16.8 B 16.1 B 17.5 B 15.5 B 16.4 B 15.6 B 17 B 13.6 B 14 B 13 B 14.2 B 11 B 12.3 B 11 B 12.4 B 10.4 B 10.4 B 10.2 B 12.4 B 9.9 B 9.74 B 9.27 B 11.1 B 8.28 B 8.46 B 8.06 B 9.9 B 7.84 B 7.98 B 7.72 B 9.87 B 7.21 B 7.47 B 7.16 B 10.1 B 8.27 B 7.63 B 5.98 B 8.32 B 5.14 B 5.74 B 4.79 B 5.69 B 4.17 B 4.16 B 3.95 B 5.64 B 3.78 B 3.71 B 3.9 B 4.83 B 3.14 B 3.17 B 2.76 B 3.63 B 2.84 B

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum Minimum Average
29.7 B 2.76 B 11.6 B

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173 M $ 34.16 1.04 % $ 2.1 B usaUSA
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208 M - - $ 18.1 B israelIsrael
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650 M $ 257.62 3.21 % $ 54.9 B usaUSA
salesforce.com salesforce.com
CRM
9.27 B $ 225.95 -1.41 % $ 215 B usaUSA
Appian Corporation Appian Corporation
APPN
200 M $ 48.74 -0.73 % $ 3.61 B usaUSA
F5 Networks F5 Networks
FFIV
574 M $ 324.32 -4.15 % $ 18.8 B usaUSA
Grid Dynamics Holdings Grid Dynamics Holdings
GDYN
269 M $ 13.68 2.4 % $ 1.16 B usaUSA
Bill.com Holdings Bill.com Holdings
BILL
315 M $ 49.72 2.92 % $ 4.97 B usaUSA
Intuit Intuit
INTU
123 M $ 352.32 3.29 % $ 97.2 B usaUSA
Bumble Bumble
BMBL
282 M $ 5.97 -0.33 % $ 657 M usaUSA
Intrusion Intrusion
INTZ
1.72 M $ 0.56 -0.27 % $ 11.1 M usaUSA
Avalara Avalara
AVLR
206 M - - $ 8.28 B usaUSA
9F 9F
JFU
25.3 M $ 2.4 4.73 % $ 565 M chinaChina
Box Box
BOX
245 M $ 43.25 -0.46 % $ 6.24 B usaUSA
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited
KC
8.06 B $ 7.95 2.25 % $ 32.7 B chinaChina
TSR TSR
TSRI
83.9 M - -0.07 % $ 28.7 M usaUSA
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
CHKP
362 M $ 141.28 -7.12 % $ 15.2 B israelIsrael
Eventbrite Eventbrite
EB
94.5 M $ 4.51 1.58 % $ 436 M usaUSA
Lightspeed POS Lightspeed POS
LSPD
627 M $ 11.19 2.94 % $ 1.72 B canadaCanada
Lyft Lyft
LYFT
3.7 B $ 16.63 2.88 % $ 6.83 B usaUSA
Manhattan Associates Manhattan Associates
MANH
472 M $ 253.23 1.95 % $ 15.3 B usaUSA
Domo Domo
DOMO
79.7 M $ 3.55 0.13 % $ 145 M usaUSA
MongoDB MongoDB
MDB
696 M $ 330.45 -6.38 % $ 26.8 B usaUSA
Mitek Systems Mitek Systems
MITK
6.27 M $ 18.0 -0.39 % $ 823 M usaUSA
MIND C.T.I. Ltd MIND C.T.I. Ltd
MNDO
9.54 M $ 0.88 -0.89 % $ 18 M israelIsrael
CrowdStrike Holdings CrowdStrike Holdings
CRWD
1.22 B $ 241.24 -3.67 % $ 60.4 B usaUSA
nCino nCino
NCNO
235 M $ 23.1 1.85 % $ 2.61 B usaUSA
Cloudflare Cloudflare
NET
553 M $ 265.31 -5.48 % $ 92.4 B usaUSA
Datadog Datadog
DDOG
687 M $ 215.92 -8.22 % $ 75 B usaUSA
ServiceNow ServiceNow
NOW
2.98 B $ 106.02 0.86 % $ 110 B usaUSA
NetScout Systems NetScout Systems
NTCT
177 M $ 37.6 -2.01 % $ 2.71 B usaUSA
Dropbox Dropbox
DBX
501 M $ 35.66 -1.64 % $ 9.57 B usaUSA
The Descartes Systems Group Inc The Descartes Systems Group Inc
DSGX
167 M $ 91.37 0.83 % $ 7.85 B canadaCanada
Okta Okta
OKTA
661 M $ 184.75 -11.28 % $ 32.5 B usaUSA
Opera Limited Opera Limited
OPRA
85.8 M $ 14.82 -3.86 % $ 1.33 B norwayNorway
Oracle Oracle
ORCL
2.06 B $ 118.89 -9.02 % $ 340 B usaUSA
OneSpan OneSpan
OSPN
63.8 M $ 25.46 -0.78 % $ 973 M usaUSA
eGain Corporation eGain Corporation
EGAN
24.3 M $ 5.86 -0.68 % $ 159 M usaUSA
8x8 8x8
EGHT
261 M $ 2.1 0.24 % $ 289 M usaUSA
Open Text Corporation Open Text Corporation
OTEX
1.38 B $ 26.5 -0.36 % $ 6.6 B canadaCanada
Limelight Networks Limelight Networks
LLNW
231 M - 1.65 % $ 340 M usaUSA
Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks
PANW
3.4 B $ 351.58 -3.91 % $ 263 B usaUSA
Materialise NV Materialise NV
MTLS
116 M $ 7.2 0.28 % $ 425 M belgiumBelgium
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PCTY
546 M $ 172.85 1.14 % $ 9.35 B usaUSA