How Appian makes money

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FY2025

How does Appian make money? This Sankey traces every dollar of revenue through the income statement — into cost of revenue, R&D, SG&A, and taxes — and shows what's left as profit. Pick any fiscal year, recent quarter, or the trailing twelve months. Straight from SEC filings.

Appian Corporation · FY2025 · year ended 2025-12-31

Revenue$727MGross profit$527M · 73%Cost of revenue$200M · 27%Operating income$0 · 0%Operating expenses$527M · 72%R&D$172M · 24%SG&A$113M · 16%Selling & marketing$241M · 33%Pre-tax income$6M · 1%Other income$6M · 1%Net income$0 · 0%Income tax$5M · 1%Cloud Subscriptions$437M · 60%Professional Services$150M · 21%License Subscriptions$106M · 15%Maintenance & Support$33M · 5%

Each fiscal year from SEC filings. Percentages are share of revenue, so the green profit nodes read directly as gross / operating / net margin. Line items a company doesn't break out are derived from their siblings so the flows balance; small residuals show as “Other.” For informational purposes only.