Software Stocks Fall As Datadog, HubSpot Earnings Raise Questions Over AI Pricing

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10:20 AM ET 08/06/2026

Software stocks sold off on Thursday amid disappointing second quarter earnings reports and guidance from Datadog (DDOG) and HubSpot (HUBS). Software companies with "consumption"-based business models like Datadog, including Snowflake (SNOW) and MongoDB (MBD), were among the losers. Traditional software-as-a-service vendors, led by Salesforce (CRM), charge fixed monthly or annual subscription fees based on the number of users. Newer players,…

Software Stocks Fall As Datadog, HubSpot Earnings Raise Questions Over AI Pricing

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