Creanord

What Creanord does

Creanord Ltd. is a Helsinki-based, privately held provider of carrier-grade network performance monitoring and service assurance software, founded in 2000. The company's PULSure platform combines the PULScore centralized management center with PULSensor active probes delivered as both physical appliances (PULSensor 600, 1000, 4000) and virtual/CNF instances, all built on the standards-based TWAMP (Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol) for vendor-independent, multi-technology monitoring across 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and satellite networks.

Creanord serves communication service providers, mobile operators, wholesale carriers, cloud connectivity operators, critical communications providers, and large enterprises, with deployments in 60+ networks across 30+ countries. Notable customers include Eutelsat OneWeb for LEO satellite monitoring, a major Middle East mobile operator with 140M+ subscribers, and a Central European energy utility operating a private LTE 450 MHz network. The company also extends into mission-critical sectors including public safety and energy.

Revenue is generated through a mix of perpetual hardware licenses, subscription-based virtual probe and software contracts, and professional services for deployment and integration. Pricing is quote-based, structured as multi-year enterprise contracts. Go-to-market relies on direct enterprise field sales complemented by industry events (MWC Barcelona, Critical Communications World), content marketing, and ecosystem partnerships including Red Hat OpenShift certification and joint solutions with Nexus Telecom, Netradar, and Iquall Networks. AI/ML capabilities in PULScore support predictive outage detection, anomaly identification, and automated analytics over operational telemetry.

Name

Creanord

Legal name

Creanord Ltd.

Website

https://creanord.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Creanord is a Helsinki-based vendor of carrier-grade network performance monitoring and service assurance software, providing TWAMP-based active probes and analytics (PULSure/PULScore/PULSensor) to telecom operators, wholesale carriers, critical communications providers, and enterprises across 30+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Network Performance Monitoring and Service Assurance

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374), Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

Network Performance, Visibility & SLA Monitoring (Managed NPM/Observability) (HDAIAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Service Assurance & SLA/QoS Management (HDAFAMAL), Service Reliability Engineering (SLO/SLI) & Reliability Analytics (HDABAJAL)

Keywords

• Network performance monitoring
• SLA assurance
• 5G service assurance
• Active network probes
• Telecom service assurance

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Network Performance Monitoring Solutions: Creanord generates revenue through the sale of its PUL Suite platform, which includes both hardware appliances and virtual probe software. The company offers perpetual licenses for hardware deployments along with subscription-based virtual probe solutions. Professional services for deployment, integration, and optimization are bundled with enterprise engagements.
2. Subscription and Support Services: Ongoing revenue from software subscriptions, maintenance, and support contracts for virtual probe deployments. Annual support and software update agreements provide recurring revenue from existing customer base.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, integration, and consulting services for enterprise customers deploying Creanord's monitoring solutions across complex multi-vendor network environments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Creanord provides a carrier-grade SLA delivery and active network performance monitoring platform (PULSure) that combines the PULScore management center with PULSensor active probes (physical appliances and virtual/cloud-native variants) to verify service turn-up, assure quality of service, and validate SLAs across mobile, fixed, and satellite networks. The platform supports microsecond-accuracy TWAMP-based active measurement, AI/ML-powered analytics, and integrates with multi-vendor 2G/3G/4G/5G and non-terrestrial network environments for CSPs, mobile operators, wholesale carriers, and critical communications providers.

Product overview

Creanord offers the PULSure solution platform, a comprehensive network performance tracking and service assurance framework. The platform consists of PULScore as the centralized management center providing single pane of glass control, analytics, and reporting, combined with PULSensor probes available in both physical (Appliance) and virtual form factors. Physical probes include PULSensor 600 (compact edge monitoring), PULSensor 1000 (cost-efficient 5G/IP monitoring), and PULSensor 4000 (high-capacity monitoring with embedded TWAMP Reflector). Virtual probes (PULSensor Virtual 200-3000) support cloud deployments on IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and other platforms. The platform provides active network monitoring with microsecond-level accuracy, AI/ML-powered analytics, and supports solutions for 5G service assurance, cloud connectivity, critical communications, enterprise network SLA, and wholesale carrier SLA.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PULSure: Design framework for network performance and experience-tracking to customer-specific needs, enabling service providers to set, offer and track network experience-based SLAs and KPIs.
• PULScore
• PULSensor

Products and services

• PULSure Comprehensive design framework and solution platform that combines the PULScore management center with PULSensor active probes (physical and virtual) to enable service providers to set, offer, and track network experience-based SLAs and KPIs across multi-vendor, multi-technology network environments.
• PULScore Single pane of glass management center providing centralized control over all performance tracking data, situations, incidents, probe states, configurations, KPI/SLA logic, data automation, and reporting. Features AI/ML-powered analytics for predictive outage forecasting and anomaly detection.
• PULSensor Appliance Physical hardware active probe family that simulates subscriber network experience to track and sense real-time network performance. Available in multiple models (PULSensor 600, 1000, 4000) supporting 500 to 10,000 concurrent measurements per probe for telecom service assurance deployments.
• PULSensor Virtual Virtual active probe product line available in scalability tiers (PULSensor Virtual 200 to 3000) supporting IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and all common hypervisors for cloud-based and virtualized network monitoring deployments.
• PULSensor 600 Miniature active probe designed for edge network and user experience monitoring in 5G and fiber deployments, featuring 2xSFP and 6xRJ45 ports and integrating with the PULSure platform.
• PULSensor 1000 Cost-efficient compact active probe for 5G, IP, and fiber network performance and user experience monitoring deployments.
• PULSensor 4000 High-capacity hardware probe platform that embeds the High Performance TWAMP Reflector for end-to-end 5G transport network monitoring, processing up to millions of packets per second with microsecond-level accuracy.
• High Performance TWAMP Reflector High-performance TWAMP reflector offering millions of packets per second processing capacity with microsecond-level accuracy for end-to-end 5G transport network monitoring. Delivered as a Virtual Network Function (VNF) for Telco Cloud environments or embedded within PULSensor 4000 hardware, replacing stacks of reflector devices with a single device per central location.
• MAT Suite Monitoring, Assurance, and Testing suite purpose-built for 5G standalone and cloud-native network functions (CNFs), enabling operators to validate network performance in virtualized environments and integrated with Iquall Networks solutions for joint 5G service assurance demonstrations at MWC 2025.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deployment across 60+ live networks in 30+ countries
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability4 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Nexus Telecom Switzerland AGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Strategic partnership for delivering combined service assurance and customer experience monitoring solutions. Nexus Telecom's customer experience management capabilities complement Creanord's network performance monitoring technology, enabling joint customers to correlate network metrics with end-user experience data.
• NetradarcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for 5G end-to-end performance monitoring capabilities. The collaboration enables combined network and device-level performance monitoring for 5G deployments, providing comprehensive visibility from the device to the network core.
• Red HatcoreTechnology or IntegrationCreanord's PUL Suite virtual probes are certified and supported on Red Hat OpenShift, enabling containerized network function (CNF) deployments. This certification validates Creanord's cloud-native monitoring capabilities for 5G and virtualized network environments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Viavi Solutions: Viavi provides network test, monitoring, and assurance solutions for communications service providers, including active probes and SLA assurance platforms. Their Observer platform and NITRO Mobile offering directly overlap with Creanord's SLA delivery and 5G service assurance capabilities.
• Netscout Systems: Netscout is a leading provider of network performance monitoring and diagnostics solutions for service providers and enterprises. Their nGeniusONE and Infinistream products directly compete with Creanord's PUL Suite in active and passive network performance monitoring for telecom operators.
• Spirent Communications: Spirent offers active network testing, assurance, and 5G validation solutions targeting CSPs and network equipment manufacturers. Their positioning around service assurance, SLA verification, and 5G core testing competes directly with Creanord's TWAMP-based active measurement and MAT Suite for 5G standalone.
• Infovista: Infovista provides service assurance and network performance management solutions for CSPs and enterprises, including SLA monitoring and customer experience analytics. Their Ativa platform competes with Creanord's PULSure in service assurance for fixed and mobile operators.
• Accedian (Cisco): Accedian, now part of Cisco, was a specialist in TWAMP-based active performance assurance and SLA monitoring for carriers and enterprises. Their solution overlaps almost identically with Creanord's PULSure platform, especially in wholesale carrier SLA and 5G assurance use cases.

Emerging players

• Anritsu: Anritsu provides test and measurement solutions for telecom networks including active probes and SLA monitoring tools. While primarily known for handset testing and lab instrumentation, their MasterClaw and operational monitoring offerings compete in adjacent performance assurance segments.
• Sandvine: Sandvine provides network analytics, traffic management, and service assurance solutions for CSPs. While focused more on traffic intelligence than TWAMP-based active monitoring, their service assurance portfolio competes with Creanord for the same operator budget and procurement cycles.
• Cisco ThousandEyes: ThousandEyes (acquired by Cisco) provides cloud and internet performance monitoring with growing focus on enterprise WAN and SaaS visibility. While it overlaps with Creanord's enterprise SLA and cloud connectivity use cases, its primary strength is internet observability rather than carrier-grade TWAMP.

Broad incumbents

• Nokia: Nokia offers network analytics and assurance as part of its NetGuard and AVA platforms, integrated with its 5G and core network solutions. Like Ericsson, Nokia's bundled approach competes with Creanord for operator budget, particularly in greenfield 5G deployments.
• Ericsson: Ericsson bundles network performance monitoring and service assurance within its broader 5G RAN and core portfolio, including Expert Analytics. While not a focused competitor to Creanord's standalone offering, its bundled approach threatens Creanord's footprint with Tier-1 CSPs that prefer single-vendor sourcing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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