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Revenue Recognition
 3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2026
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]  
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Revenue Disaggregation

Information regarding the components of Autodesk's net revenue from contracts with customers by product family, geographic location, and product type is as follows: 
 Three Months Ended April 30,
20262025
Net revenue by product family:
Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations$970 $809 
AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 474 411 
Manufacturing367 309 
Media and Entertainment86 76 
Other 37 28 
Total net revenue$1,934 $1,633 
Net revenue by geographic area:
Americas
U.S.$682 $585 
Other Americas162 140 
Total Americas844 725 
Europe, Middle East and Africa761 627 
Asia Pacific329 281 
Total net revenue$1,934 $1,633 
Net revenue by product type:
Design$1,612 $1,361 
Make224 179 
Other98 93 
Total net revenue$1,934 $1,633 
Payments for subscriptions are typically due in annual installments or upfront. Autodesk does not have any material variable consideration, such as obligations for returns, refunds, warranties, or amounts due to customers for which significant estimation or judgment is required as of the reporting date.

Remaining performance obligations consist of total short-term, long-term, and unbilled deferred revenue. As of April 30, 2026, Autodesk had remaining performance obligations of $7.81 billion, which represents the total transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations, which are generally recognized over the next three years. We expect to recognize $5.38 billion or 69% of our remaining performance obligations as revenue during the next 12 months. We expect to recognize the remaining $2.42 billion or 31% of our remaining performance obligations as revenue thereafter.

The amount of remaining performance obligations may be impacted by the specific timing, duration, and size of customer subscription and support agreements, the specific timing of customer renewals, and foreign currency fluctuations.

Contract Balances

We receive payments from customers based on a billing schedule as established in our contracts. Contract assets relate to performance completed in advance of scheduled billings. Contract assets were not material as of April 30, 2026 and January 31, 2026. Deferred revenue relates to billings in advance of performance under the contract. The primary changes in our contract assets and deferred revenues are due to our performance under the contracts and billings.

Revenue recognized during the three months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, that was included in the deferred revenue balances at January 31, 2026 and 2025, was $1.61 billion and $1.35 billion, respectively. The satisfaction of performance obligations typically lags behind payments received under revenue contracts from customers.
Cloud Computing Arrangements
Autodesk enters into certain cloud-based software hosting arrangements that are accounted for as service contracts. Costs incurred for these arrangements are capitalized for application development activities, if material, and immediately expensed for preliminary project activities and post-implementation activities. Autodesk amortizes the capitalized development costs straight-line over the fixed, non-cancellable term of the associated hosting arrangement plus any reasonably certain renewal periods. The capitalized costs are included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Long-term other assets” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Capitalized costs were $387 million and $380 million at April 30, 2026, and January 31, 2026, respectively. Accumulated amortization was $187 million and $175 million at April 30, 2026, and January 31, 2026, respectively. Amortization expense for the three months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, was $12 million and $10 million, respectively.
Costs to Obtain a Contract with a Customer Sales commissions earned by our internal sales personnel and our solution providers are considered incremental and recoverable costs of obtaining a contract with a customer. The ending balance of assets recognized from costs to obtain a contract with a customer was $820 million as of April 30, 2026, and $913 million as of January 31, 2026. These assets are recorded in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and “Long-term other assets” in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The liabilities associated with the commission costs were $382 million and $550 million as of April 30, 2026 and January 31, 2026, respectively. These liabilities are included in “Accounts payable”, “Accrued compensation”, and “Long-term other liabilities,” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Amortization expense related to assets recognized from costs to obtain a contract with a customer was $172 million during the three months ended April 30, 2026. Amortization expense related to assets recognized from costs to obtain a contract with a customer was $96 million during the three months ended April 30, 2025. Autodesk did not recognize any contract cost impairment losses during both the three months ended April 30, 2026 and 2025.