Confluent IPO Presentation Deck
Gross Margin Healthy as Revenue Mix Shifts
Total Gross Margin
(Non-GAAP)
68%
FY'19
70%
FY'20
67%
Q1'20
71%
Q1'21
Confluent Platform
Revenue
Subscription Gross Margin
(Non-GAAP)
79%
Margin Drivers:
Growing
Confluent Cloud
revenue mix
FY'19
78%
FY'20
76%
Q1'20
Improving Cloud hosting
costs due to scale and
optimization
78%
Q1'21
Note: Wo define non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP subscription gross margin as GAAP gross margin and GAAP subscription gross margin, respectively, excluding stock-based compensation expense and employer taxes on employee stock transactions. Refer to the
slides in the section titled "GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations at the end of this presentation for a reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial metrics to the most directly comparable GAAP financial matricsView entire presentation