Revenue Beat and Raised Full-Year Revenue Guide
Q3 total revenue of $450M, up ~18% year-over-year (16% constant currency); company beat the high end of guidance and raised full-year total revenue guide to $1.734B–$1.736B (~17% growth at midpoint, 15% cc).
Acceleration in Sales-Led Subscription Revenue
Sales-led subscription revenue of $376M in Q3, up 21% YoY (19% cc); full-year sales-led subscription revenue guide raised to $1.434B–$1.436B (20% growth at midpoint, 18% cc).
CRPO Milestone and Strong Contract Backlog
CRPO crossed $1.0B for first time (~$1.06B), growing 19% as reported (15% cc); RPO grew 22% (18% cc), signaling strong multi‑year commitments and near-term revenue visibility.
Material Large-Deal Momentum
Count of customers with ACV > $100k exceeded 1,660 (up 14% YoY) with ~60 net additions QoQ; commitments > $1M grew >30% YoY and multiple 7‑figure new logo and expansion deals closed across security, observability and search.
Robust Profitability and Gross Margins
Q3 non‑GAAP operating margin of 18.6%, subscription gross margin of 82% and total gross margin of 78%; adjusted free cash flow of ~$54M in Q3 (~12% margin). Full‑year non‑GAAP operating margin guide updated to ~16.3%.
Strong AI Adoption Metrics
More than 2,700 Elastic Cloud customers using Elastic as a vector database and total AI customers >3,000; >470 customers with ACV ≥ $100k using Elastic for AI (including >410 using as vector DB); AI use cases have penetrated over 25% of the $100k ACV cohort.
Product and Technical Milestones
GA launch of Agent Builder; Elastic inference service expanded with Jina AI multilingual rerankers; Elastic Workflows (technical preview); Cloud Connect for self‑managed customers; Elasticsearch GPU plug‑in technical preview (12x faster indexing).
Performance and Cost Efficiency Leadership
Engineering improvements reduced RAM requirements for vector search by ~100x in last 18 months and claim up to 8x faster vector search vs OpenSearch; innovations (BBQ, Disk BBQ, Acorn) drove performance and cost advantages referenced in multiple customer wins.
Share Repurchase and Capital Return
Returned ~$186M to shareholders in Q3 (≈2.4M shares); cumulatively repurchased 3.8M shares and completed ~60% of the $500M repurchase program.
Notable Public Sector and Strategic Wins
CISA SIEM as a service win with additional federal agencies onboarding; strategic partnerships (Dell, NVIDIA) and joint initiatives to position Elastic in AI infrastructure stacks.