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Software and Cloud Prices

What the government's price indexes say about software, hosting and computer equipment, against inflation.

Quarterly · Sources: BLS

The latest · Q4 2026

Computer equipment prices rose 22.5% in the year to August 2026, against 3.4% for consumer prices.
Software publishers' prices fell 2.2% over the same year, and are 5.0% below their October 2025 high.
Since December 2019, software prices are up 13% and hosting prices 12%. Consumer prices are up 29%.

+22.5%

Computer equipment prices, year to August 2026

−2.2%

Software publishers' prices, same year

+0.3%

Hosting and data processing prices, same year

+3.4%

Consumer prices, same year

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Computer equipment prices rose 22.5% in the year to August 2026. Software publishers' prices fell 2.2%.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, producer price indexes. CIOPages CIOnomics, Software and Cloud Prices, Q4 2026.

Since December 2019, software prices have risen 13%, less than half the 29% rise in consumer prices.

Bureau of Labor Statistics. CIOPages CIOnomics, Software and Cloud Prices, Q4 2026.

Hosting and data processing prices rose 0.3% in the year to August 2026.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, producer price index. CIOPages CIOnomics, Software and Cloud Prices, Q4 2026.

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