17 observations · 8 reports · 3 publishers

R&D Spend as % of Revenue.

Every R&D Spend as % of Revenue observation from our practitioner benchmark corpus. Latest: Clouded Judgement (2026).

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Observations
17
Reports
8
Publishers
3
Latest
Clouded Judgement
2026-01-23
23 percent
Clouded Judgement
2026
median
Public SaaS companies
Clouded Judgement: The Year of Multi-Modal AI and SaaS Valuation Analysis →
23 percent
Clouded Judgement
2026
median
Public SaaS companies
Clouded Judgement: Platform of Platforms →
48 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
Snowflake current; unsustainably high for mid-growth transition
Snowflake's Fall from Grace: From 100x Oversubscribed IPO to Valuation Collapse →
60 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
25th percentile
SaaS companies FY-21
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
35 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
median
SaaS companies FY-21
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
22 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
75th percentile
SaaS companies FY-21
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
45 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
25th percentile
SaaS companies FY-22
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
31 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
median
SaaS companies FY-22
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
22 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
75th percentile
SaaS companies FY-22
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
55 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
25th percentile
SaaS companies FY-23
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
33 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
median
SaaS companies FY-23
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
23 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
75th percentile
SaaS companies FY-23
Organizational Debt Kills: Why Software Companies Must Rethink Headcount Planning →
33 percent
OnlyCFO
2024
average
Vertical SaaS at scale vs. 27% for horizontal SaaS
Software's Future is Vertical: Financial & Operational Dynamics of Vertical SaaS →
20-30 %
ICONIQ
2024
typical range at critical scale
companies past $25M revenue
ICONIQ Engineering Series 2024: State of Modern Engineering Organizations →
29% percent
OnlyCFO
2023
average
Top 10 fastest-growing public cloud companies (NTM revenue growth 27-33%)
Innovation or Distribution? Analyzing R&D vs S&M Spend in SaaS →
20-30% percent
OnlyCFO
2023
target
Mature/public SaaS companies
Innovation or Distribution? Analyzing R&D vs S&M Spend in SaaS →
26 percent
Clouded Judgement
2021
median
Public SaaS companies at scale
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