Databases, monitoring and orchestration — the layer AI applications are actually built on.
Sorted by one-month move. “Vs target” compares the current price with the mean analyst price target — a figure from analysts, not from us.
| Company | Price · todayThe latest closing price, and how far it moved from the previous close in dollars and percent. | 1 MonthPrice change since the last close on or before the same date one month ago — a calendar month, not 21 trading days. | 1 YearPrice change since the last close on or before the same date one year ago. | Vs targetHow far the price sits below the average of analysts’ published 12-month price targets. Negative means the price has already risen past that average.Analysts’ figures, not ours. Not a forecast we make or endorse. |
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| NETCloudflare | $323.60-$10.34 (-3.10%) | ▲ 7.4% | ▲ 45% | ▲ 4%$160 … $400 |
| SNOWSnowflake | $332.43-$5.96 (-1.76%) | ▲ 2.2% | ▲ 50% | ▲ 28%$110 … $525 |
| DDOGDatadog | $229.92-$6.08 (-2.58%) | ▼ 6.5% | ▲ 68% | ▲ 24%$158 … $330 |
| MDBMongoDB | $383.56-$9.86 (-2.51%) | ▼ 11.7% | ▲ 21% | ▲ 19%$273 … $565 |
As of close, Sep 18, 2026 · prices from Yahoo Finance
Data: daily close · Reporting, not recommendations · Not financial advice.
Above the hardware sits the software layer AI applications are actually built on: databases, data pipelines, monitoring and orchestration. It is the plumbing that makes accelerators useful to a business.
The revenue model differs from hardware. These are largely subscription businesses with usage-based components, so growth compounds more steadily but is also more exposed to customers optimising their spending.
What moves it: consumption growth, net retention, and how much AI workloads add to existing usage.
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Models need data prepared, stored, served and monitored. Without that layer, accelerators have nothing useful to run against.
A measure of whether existing customers spend more or less over time, after churn. Above 100% means the existing base is growing on its own.
This sector sells the underlying platform other companies build on, rather than a finished end-user product.