What Spallian does

Spallian is a Paris-based French software publisher that builds sovereign data and territorial intelligence solutions primarily for French public-sector buyers — municipalities, inter-municipalities, public agencies, and large private operators with territorial footprints (e.g., CPAM de Paris, Suez Eau France). The company combines three in-house competencies — software development, data analysis, and strategic consulting — and is anchored by its proprietary SPALLIAN APPLICATION BUILDER® (SAB®) low-code platform, which combines native C++ performance with JavaScript flexibility, runs on dedicated servers fully managed in-house, and supports OpenID SSO and Iframe-based embedding into client sites. SAB® powers two productized SaaS offerings: SCOD® (a territorial open-data cockpit aggregating 200+ data sources across municipal, inter-municipal, departmental, and regional levels, priced from €450/month ex-VAT for 10 users) and thelma® (formerly TellMyCity), a citizen-reporting application with a mobile app, real-time request-management back office, and statistics dashboard, deployed in French cities since 2014.

Spallian's revenue model combines recurring SaaS subscriptions (SCOD®, thelma®), fixed-price custom application development on SAB® with subsequent recurring SaaS fees, and professional services for data qualification and methodology consulting. Distribution relies on direct enterprise sales with consultative "Schedule a demo" flows, supplemented by indirect distribution via French public-procurement catalogs (UGAP, CANUT, RESA, Crayon, SHI) and a self-service B2C channel via thelma.app for individual citizens. The customer base is dominated by French local government — ~35+ thelma ambassador cities plus additional SCOD and SAB deployments — with select enterprise accounts (CPAM de Paris executive dashboard, Suez Eau France territorial CRM, Banque des Territoires PVD educational tool). The firm is RGPD/GDPR-compliant with EU-hosted data and explicitly markets itself as 100% European sovereign technology, an important positioning lever for risk-averse French public buyers. Operational metrics include 99.99%–99.999% service availability over the last 10 years, an average of ~2,000 active users per week across the platform, and ~6,000 annual citizen reports handled by thelma® in Grand Montauban with a 5-business-day average handling time.

The company is privately held as SPALLIAN SAS (RCS Paris 528 688 419), headquartered at 44 rue Chanzy, 75011 Paris, with reported share capital of €6,069,240. Leadership is anchored by founder and CEO Renaud Prouveur, supported by a named Associate CTO (Stéphane Bouvier) and department heads across Data Analytics, Territorial Intelligence, Development, and Operations. The firm maintains a strong content presence through the Spallian Data Lab (dataviz and open-data analyses distributed across its website, Medium, Behance, and data.gouv.fr) and has received the Les Lauriers de la Prévention 1st Prize (Quality of Life at Work category) in 2024.

Name

Spallian

Legal name

SPALLIAN SAS

Website

https://spallian.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Spallian is a Paris-based French software publisher that builds sovereign data and territorial intelligence solutions for French municipalities, public agencies, and large operators, anchored by its proprietary SAB® low-code platform, the SCOD® open-data cockpit (200+ sources), and the thelma® citizen-reporting application deployed since 2014.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Smart Data Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Advertising Agencies (541810), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (541910)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Application Platforms (HDAEAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital PR & Social Media Communications (MPAAADAJ), Capital Markets Advisory (IPO Readiness, SPAC, ECM/DCM Advisory) (BPAHAOAL)

Keywords

• Territorial data software
• Open data cockpits
• Low-code application builder
• Citizen engagement applications
• Smart data consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. SCOD® SaaS subscription: Recurring SaaS subscription for the SCOD® open-data cockpit, priced per territory analyzed (regional or national) and per number of users (starts at €450/month ex. VAT for 10 users).
2. thelma® subscription: Recurring subscription paid by municipalities and inter-municipalities to deploy the thelma® citizen-reporting program (described in the Montauban testimonial as a "coût d'abonnement très modique"); citizens/end-users register free of charge.
3. SAB® fixed-price custom development + SaaS: Custom business applications developed at a fixed price with the SaaS subscription cost set from the initial development quote; recurring SaaS fee follows the one-time build.
4. Data analytics & strategic consulting services: Professional services for data qualification, consolidation, and methodology — performed as part of the two-step data-project methodology (specification then development/deployment), often bundled with SAB® or SCOD® engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Spallian is a French software publisher that develops and delivers software solutions and consulting services built around its proprietary SPALLIAN APPLICATION BUILDER (SAB®) low-code platform. The company sells three named products — SAB® for custom business applications, SCOD® (SPALLIAN COCKPIT OPEN DATA) for territorial open-data management, and thelma® (formerly TellMyCity) for citizen reporting — complemented by its SPALLIAN Data Lab data-analysis and consulting service.

Product overview

Spallian is a French software publisher that combines three core competencies — software development, data analysis, and strategic consulting — to deliver territorial intelligence solutions. Its product portfolio is built around the SPALLIAN APPLICATION BUILDER® (SAB®) low-code platform, which is used both to deliver custom business applications for clients and to power Spallian's two off-the-shelf SaaS offerings: SCOD® (SPALLIAN COCKPIT OPEN DATA), a territorial data cockpit for public policy management, and thelma® (formerly TellMyCity), a citizen reporting and engagement application used by French cities since 2014. The SPALLIAN Data Lab service line publishes analytical dashboards and dataviz that leverage the same underlying platform technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• thelma®: Citizen application for preserving shared spaces, facilitating communication between citizens, cities and their delegates/providers through reports, suggestions, and congratulations. Includes mobile app, real-time request management platform, and statistics dashboard.
• SAB® (SPALLIAN Application Builder)
• SCOD® (SPALLIAN COCKPIT OPEN DATA)

Products and services

• SAB® (SPALLIAN APPLICATION BUILDER) Low-code proprietary platform used to build custom business web applications that read or write data; supports OpenID SSO and iframe embedding into third-party sites; delivered as fixed-price custom builds with recurring SaaS subscriptions; targets organizations needing tailored internal applications.
• SCOD® (SPALLIAN COCKPIT OPEN DATA) SaaS open-data territorial cockpit for public-policy management; aggregates 200+ French data sources to provide panoramic, comparative portraits and multi-thematic ranking of territories; for municipalities, agglomerations, departments and regions managing public policy.
• thelma® (formerly TellMyCity) Citizen reporting and engagement program comprising a customizable mobile app for reports/suggestions/congratulations, a real-time request-management back office for delegates, and a statistics dashboard for elected officials; targets municipalities and inter-municipalities and is free for end-user citizens.
• SPALLIAN Data Lab Data-analysis and consulting service in which Spallian's analysts produce studies, dataviz and interactive dashboards on economic, social, political and societal topics for clients; functions both as a client-facing analytical engagement and a content engine.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,000+ annual reports handled via thelma® in Grand Montauban
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Banque des TerritoirescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration within the Action Cœur de Ville program via an AMI Open Data partnership with OpenDataFrance. Spallian co-developed the "Petites Villes de Demain" educational tool for territorial diagnosis with Banque des Territoires. Provides public-sector deployment pathways for Spallian's territorial solutions.
• DatactivistminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-investigation of social-housing open-data reuse barriers ("freins à l'exploitation de l'open data: l'exemple du logement social"); joint analytical work shared via Spallian's Medium channel.
• Pour L'ÉcominorGTM or Marketing PartnerMonthly dataviz partnership: Spallian's data analysts illustrate a current-affairs topic for Pour L'Éco (e.g., territorial inequalities in training, healthcare access, and political parity).
• IZHAK (agency)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDesigned and built the www.spallian.com website.
• Ian Lipinski (sponsorship)minorOthersPatronage: Spallian has supported French sailor Ian Lipinski from his first sailing races, including the Mini Transat.
• Evan Giltaire (sponsorship)minorOthersPatronage: Spallian supported Evan Giltaire during the Junior Karting World Championship; he has since joined the Sodi team.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OpenDataSoft: Paris-based open-data portal platform widely deployed across French municipalities and public agencies. Competes directly with SCOD® for the same territorial open-data buyers and similar SaaS-plus-public-sector GTM motion.
• CityKomi: French citizen-reporting mobile app deployed in French municipalities. Directly competes with thelma® in the same B2G citizen-engagement niche with similar mobile + back-office architecture.
• Fluicity: French civic-engagement platform serving cities and inter-municipalities with participatory-democracy and consultation modules. Competes with thelma® for the same French municipal civic-tech budgets.
• CitizenLab: Belgian citizen-engagement SaaS used by European cities for participatory democracy and citizen reporting. Closely comparable to thelma® in functionality and target buyer, with a broader European footprint.
• Civocracy: Civic-engagement platform focused on municipalities and public institutions. Overlaps with thelma® on citizen consultation, reporting, and local-government SaaS delivery.
• Simplicite Software: French low-code / no-code application platform used for custom business applications in the enterprise and public-sector market. Directly comparable to SAB® on low-code custom app delivery and target buyer.

Emerging players

• DataPublica: French open-data and territorial-intelligence specialist. Partial overlap with SCOD® on French open-data analytics for territorial stakeholders, with a smaller deployment footprint.

Others

• Datactivist: French open-data consulting firm specializing in public-sector data strategy. Already a Spallian co-investigation partner; adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct product competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini: Global IT services group with large French public-sector and smart-city practices. Competes with Spallian as a much broader incumbent able to bundle consulting, integration, and proprietary platforms into territorial projects.
• Sopra Steria: Major French IT services group with deep territorial-government client relationships across France. Broad incumbent that can offer end-to-end public-sector IT where Spallian competes as a specialist.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=wZS9QihZQtU
• Xx.com/spallianfr

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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