---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001441683-24-000040"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APPN"
cik: "0001441683"
company_name: "APPIAN CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T00:17:01.088953+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Appian Q1 cloud subscription revenue up 24% to $86.6M; operating loss narrows to $19.5M

## Summary
- Cloud subscription revenue $86.6M, up 24% YoY; total subscriptions revenue $117.7M, up 19%.
- GAAP operating loss narrowed to ($19.5M) from ($35.3M); non-GAAP operating loss ($3.7M).
- GAAP net loss per share ($0.45) vs ($0.51); non-GAAP net loss per share ($0.24) vs ($0.27).
- Cloud subscription revenue retention rate 120% as of March 31, 2024.
- Cash and investments $170.1M; operating cash flow $18.9M vs ($25.3M) a year ago.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001441683-24-000040
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APPN
- cik: 0001441683
- company_name: APPIAN CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168324000040/0001441683-24-000040-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168324000040/appn-20240502.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  APPIAN CORP reported the first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue Total revenue was $149.8 million, net income GAAP net loss was $(32.9) million, EPS GAAP net loss per share was $(0.45).
  - Period: the first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: Total revenue was $149.8 million
  - Net income: GAAP net loss was $(32.9) million
  - EPS: GAAP net loss per share was $(0.45)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: increased 19% year-over-year to $117.7 million. Professional services revenue was $32.1 million, a decrease of 11% compared to the first quarter of 2023. Total revenue was $149.8 million, up 11% compared to the first quarter of 2023. Cloud subscription revenue retention rate was 120% as of March 31, 2024. • Operating loss and non-GAAP operating loss: GAAP
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1441683/000144168324000040/0001441683-24-000040-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.