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Revenue (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Summary of Revenue Disaggregated by Geographic Markets | The following table sets forth revenue disaggregated by geographic markets based on the location of the customer and by subscription and service categories (dollars in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Geographic markets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 665,315 |  |  | 57 | % |  | $ | 576,760 |  |  | 60 | % |  | $ | 464,857 |  |  | 60 | %
International | 501,433 |  |  | 43 | % |  | 386,882 |  |  | 40 | % |  | 312,095 |  |  | 40 | %
Total revenue | $ | 1,166,748 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 963,642 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 776,952 |  |  | 100 | %
Subscriptions and services: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Confluent Platform - License(1) | $ | 131,917 |  |  | 11 | % |  | $ | 97,360 |  |  | 10 | % |  | $ | 84,025 |  |  | 11 | %
Confluent Platform - PCS(1) | 364,174 |  |  | 31 | % |  | 332,860 |  |  | 35 | % |  | 296,245 |  |  | 38 | %
Confluent Cloud(2) | 623,633 |  |  | 54 | % |  | 491,871 |  |  | 51 | % |  | 348,842 |  |  | 45 | %
Subscription | 1,119,724 |  |  | 96 | % |  | 922,091 |  |  | 96 | % |  | 729,112 |  |  | 94 | %
Services | 47,024 |  |  | 4 | % |  | 41,551 |  |  | 4 | % |  | 47,840 |  |  | 6 | %
Total revenue | $ | 1,166,748 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 963,642 |  |  | 100 | % |  | $ | 776,952 |  |  | 100 | %
(1)Includes revenue from Confluent Private Cloud, which was not material for the year ended December 31, 2025 (2)Includes revenue from Confluent WarpStream since the date of acquisition, which was not material for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024
Schedule of Activity of Deferred Contract Acquisition Costs | The following table summarizes the activity of deferred contract acquisition costs (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024
Beginning balance | $ | 118,739 |  |  | $ | 119,752 |
Capitalization of contract acquisition costs | 71,853 |  |  | 53,245 |
Amortization of deferred contract acquisition costs | (58,310) |  |  | (54,258) |
Ending balance | $ | 132,282 |  |  | $ | 118,739 |

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