CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD) announced on April 22, 2026, the findings of a commissioned Total Economic Impact (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting. The report concluded that a composite organization utilizing CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security achieved a 264 percent return on investment (ROI) over a three-year period. According to the study, the platform reached its payback period in less than six months, driven by significant operational efficiencies and the mitigation of security risks.
To conduct the analysis, Forrester interviewed several CrowdStrike customers to create a composite organization representing a global enterprise with 15,000 employees and annual revenues of 5 billion dollars. The study quantified the financial impact of deploying the Falcon Cloud Security suite, which includes Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) capabilities. The findings indicated that the composite organization realized total benefits of 12.8 million dollars over three years, compared to costs of 3.5 million dollars, resulting in a net present value (NPV) of 9.3 million dollars.
A primary driver of these financial gains was the consolidation of security tools. The study reported that the composite organization saved an average of 3.2 million dollars by decommissioning legacy security products and reducing the complexity of its security stack. Furthermore, the Falcon platform’s unified agent architecture allowed for a 50 percent improvement in security operations center (SOC) efficiency. This productivity gain was attributed to streamlined workflows and a reduction in the volume of false-positive alerts, which previously required manual intervention from security analysts.
The Forrester study also highlighted a 75 percent reduction in the likelihood of a significant data breach. By providing continuous visibility across multi-cloud and hybrid environments, the Falcon platform enabled the composite organization to identify and remediate vulnerabilities more rapidly. The report noted an 85 percent reduction in the time required to secure new cloud workloads, facilitating faster business scaling without a proportional increase in security overhead.
Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike, commented on the results, stating that the study confirms the platform's ability to deliver both security outcomes and business value. Bernard noted that as organizations face increasing pressure to optimize cloud spending, the ability to consolidate multiple point products into a single, integrated platform becomes a critical factor in operational strategy. The study also cited qualitative benefits, including improved collaboration between security and development teams and enhanced compliance reporting capabilities.