Gross Retention excludes expansion - it shows pure churn / contraction loss. The gap between NRR and GRR is the expansion lift.
Currently at all-time peak NRR of 105%.
Synopsys is below the Dev Tools Public median by -7.5pp (cell median: 113%)
Synopsys (SNPS) is a dev tools company at the public stage. As of its most recent disclosure (FY-2025), Synopsys reported a Net Revenue Retention rate of 105% - a mid-pack result for B2B SaaS at this segment.
Synopsys is currently at or near its all-time NRR peak.
Within its peer set (dev tools companies at public stage in the $500k+ acv band), Synopsys's NRR is below the cell median of 113%. Compare against the full peer cell aggregate for distribution and top performers.
Contract shape and forward-booked revenue.
Health scores, usage, and time-to-value when disclosed.
Revenue, ARR, and team-size denominators for the productivity ratios.
Forward-booked revenue by maturity. Renewal pipeline visibility.
Support tiers: Standard · Premier · Strategic
CS team segments: named accounts direct business · indirect business (channel)
CSM model: hybrid
Education programs: Copilot knowledge assistants
Computed from the data above. Shows where value comes from and where leakage hides.
Named CS initiatives across recent disclosures (newest first).
Foundation for the next frontier in AI for chip design.
"introducing the foundation for the next frontier in AI - AgentEngineer™ technology for chip design"
Provides architecture design expertise, customized IP subsystems, hardening, and signal and power integrity analysis.
"To accelerate IP integration and silicon bring-up, our IP Accelerated initiative provides architecture design expertise"
Generative AI assistive and creative capabilities for chip design.
"Synopsys.ai Copilot generative AI assistive and creatives capabilities, allowing engineers to accelerate"
AI-driven design capabilities delivering productivity gains and autonomous engineering workflows.
"Our AgentEngineer technology is advancing rapidly, and we have several customer engagements underway"
Integration of physics analysis into the design phase for multi-die systems.
"2026 is the year we begin delivering on the technology promise of Synopsys plus Ansys."
Delivering first wave of integrated physics analysis and EDA solutions in H1 2026.
"delivering our first Synopsys-Ansys joint solutions in the first half of 2026"
Moving from NRE plus use fee to a model including royalties for custom IP blocks.
"change the business model from an NRE plus a use fee to NRE plus use fee plus royalty and upside"
Moving from optimization-based AI to agentic AI that transforms engineering workflows and implementation details.
"Agentic AI will transform engineering workflows... tasking agent engineer technology with implementation details."
Challenges acknowledged by management. Useful peer signals - your team is probably not alone.
Impact of export restrictions and execution challenges related to the evolving IP landscape.
"While we felt the impact of export restrictions and execution challenges related to the evolving IP landscape"
Weakness in Design IP segment leading to resource reallocation to higher growth opportunities.
"We saw overall strength in our Design Automation segment, partially offset by weakness in our Design IP segment."
Trade restrictions negatively impacting business in China, particularly in Design IP.
"China export control restrictions... negatively impacted our business in China, including in our Design IP segment"
Impact of entity list and technology restrictions on customer commitment and IP business.
"China headwinds persist... cumulative impact of the restrictions... having an impact on our customer commitment"
Muted growth in IP segment due to roadmap alignment and schedule delivery for specific titles.
"We continue to expect muted FY 2026 growth in IP with sequential improvement given our roadmap"
Cumulative impact of export restrictions and local competition in China leading to revenue decline.
"China environment, where the cumulative impact of restrictions is something that we are seeing"
Curated quotes about customer outcomes, retention, renewals.
"Customers were questioning whether or not they will invest in a multi-year commitment with Synopsys."
"The industry is increasingly requiring more sophisticated subsystems and chiplet-based solutions to combat complexity."
"As we deliver more value to customers, we expect to share in that value creation as contracts are renewed and expanded."
"how do we build from the subscription license... to subscription plus consumption for the agents to utilize our product."
"We are a company that has proved that we commit and deliver to, and we do what we say."
"When we go to renewals with customers, we always sit down with all the improvements that we've made and align with them on what the benefits are to them."
Side-by-side NRR, customer cohorts, commercial structure, and CS motion.
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