What XWiki SAS does

XWiki SAS is a French open-source software company founded in 2004-2005 by Ludovic Dubost and headquartered in Paris, with a delivery office in Iași, Romania. The company develops the XWiki platform, an open-source structured wiki used by over 800 teams worldwide to build wikis, documentation portals, intranets, and lightweight business applications; the product is differentiated by its "Structured Wiki" concept, real-time collaboration, and a broad integration library (Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, Collabora, OnlyOffice, JIRA, OpenProject, Liferay, Office 365, Google). Customers include Amazon (20,000 users managing millions of pages), Naval Group, SNCF, SCOR, SFR Altice, Lenovo, CNFPT, and Dinsic, spanning enterprise and government verticals.

Name

XWiki SAS

Legal name

XWiki SAS

Website

https://xwiki.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

XWiki SAS is a French open-source software company that provides a structured wiki platform for enterprises and governments to build wikis, documentation, intranets, and business applications as a self-hosted or cloud alternative to Confluence, Notion, and SharePoint, serving 800+ teams worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Wiki and Knowledge Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Knowledge Management & Wikis (BPAMAMAH)

Keywords

• Open source wiki software
• Knowledge management platform
• Enterprise collaboration software
• Structured wiki platform
• Intranet and documentation

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: XWiki generates recurring revenue through subscriptions for XWiki Pro and XWiki Cloud services. XWiki Cloud is ISO 27001 certified hosted infrastructure with subscription pricing.
2. Pro Applications and Extensions: Individual Pro Apps sold from 95€ to 2140€+, and XWiki Pro package from 570€, providing extended functionality including analytics, admin tools, collaboration features, and integrations.
3. Professional Services: Custom development, consulting, design, data import, training, and support services delivered by dedicated project managers, senior developers, and architects. Includes implementation and configuration services.
4. Support Services: Technical support packages offered at various levels to meet customer needs, with expert support for the whole wiki included in XWiki Pro.
5. Training Services: Training offerings to help customers maximize value from XWiki platform implementation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

XWiki SAS provides the open-source XWiki platform for organizations to build wikis, documentations, intranets, knowledge bases, and collaborative business applications, available as a free self-hosted download (XWiki Standard), an extended bundle with Pro Applications and support (XWiki Pro from €570), and ISO 27001 certified managed cloud hosting (XWiki Cloud). The company also delivers custom-built digital workplace, knowledge base, procedures management, extranet, and bespoke application solutions through its professional services team.

Product overview

XWiki SAS offers a modular open-source platform for knowledge management and collaboration. The core product is XWiki Standard, an open-source structured wiki supporting cloud or on-premises deployment for building wikis, documentations, and intranets. This core platform is extended through XWiki Pro (bundled with full Pro Applications suite and support) and individual Business Apps & Connectors (including Active Directory, Collabora, OnlyOffice, OpenProject, Google Apps, Microsoft Entra ID, and Office365 integrations). XWiki Cloud provides ISO 27001 certified hosting. Beyond standard solutions, XWiki offers Custom Solutions including Knowledge Base, Procedures Management, Extranet and Communities, Digital Workplace, and Custom Apps built by their project team. The XWiki Store serves as the marketplace for Pro Applications and extensions. Related products include CryptPad (encrypted office suite) and Cristal. The platform also supports AI capabilities through an MCP server for knowledge management and process automation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• XWiki Standard: The core XWiki platform product for building wikis, documentations, and intranets.
• XWiki Pro
• XWiki Cloud
• CryptPad

Products and services

• XWiki Standard Foundational open-source wiki platform available as a free download, enabling organizations to build wikis, documentations, intranets, and knowledge bases on cloud or on-premises deployment.
• XWiki Pro Extended XWiki bundle priced from €570 including the full set of productivity and business-oriented Pro Applications (Admin Tools, Analytics, Calendar, Forum, Tasks, PDF Viewer, etc.) and expert technical support.
• Business Apps & Connectors Collection of business applications and connectors available individually or as part of XWiki Pro, including Active Directory, Collabora, OnlyOffice, OpenProject, Google Apps, Microsoft Entra ID, and Office365 integrations.
• XWiki Cloud ISO 27001 certified managed cloud hosting for XWiki, offering a subscription-based alternative to on-premises deployment with free testing instance creation.
• Confluence Migration Toolkit Standalone product (priced from €2,140+) for migrating organizations from Atlassian Confluence to XWiki, including technical support, all Pro Apps, and recommended extensions.
• Knowledge Base (custom solution) Custom XWiki-based knowledge base solution for managing and sharing organizational knowledge, delivered by XWiki's professional services team.
• Procedures Management (custom solution) Custom XWiki-based solution for streamlining business operations through well-documented procedures, enabling lower costs and increased efficiency.
• Extranet and Communities (custom solution) Custom XWiki-based solution for sharing information with clients, vendors, and stakeholders while maintaining secure access controls.
• Digital Workplace (custom solution) Custom XWiki-based centralized online platform for modern company operations, providing a tailored digital workplace.
• Custom Apps (custom solution) Tailored custom applications built on the XWiki platform by XWiki's dedicated team to address specific business needs that standard products cannot fulfill.
• CryptPad Open-source end-to-end encrypted office suite (documents, spreadsheets, forms, kanban, whiteboards, drive, team spaces) offered as a related product in XWiki's product ecosystem.
• Consulting Services Advisory and consulting engagements delivered by XWiki's experienced team to help organizations design and implement XWiki-based knowledge and collaboration solutions.
• Custom Development Services Custom software development on the XWiki platform delivered by XWiki's senior developers and architects, including bespoke feature and application development.
• Installation & Configuration Services Professional services for installing, configuring, and integrating XWiki deployments within customer IT environments.
• Support Services Technical support packages offered at various levels, with expert support for the whole wiki included in the XWiki Pro package.
• Training Services Training offerings to help customers maximize the value of their XWiki platform implementation.
• Data Import Services Professional services for migrating and importing existing customer data into XWiki implementations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20% of employee time saved by eliminating information search
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and minor.

• Euro-Office CoalitionflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026XWiki is part of the Euro-Office coalition (with IONOS, Nextcloud, Eurostack, OpenProject, Soverin, Abilian, BTactic, OpenXchange, Office.eu, and Tuta) developing a European sovereign open-source office suite as an alternative to Microsoft 365 and Google Docs. Euro-Office launched June 9, 2026. The initiative aims to reduce European dependence on American technology platforms amid data privacy concerns and geopolitical tensions.
• Ing. Büro Steffen Rehfuß - Knowledgebase ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerKnowledgebase consulting company specializing in XWiki development, support, configuration and training services. Based in Germany. XWiki shares customer information including name, email, phone, and project use case with this partner for marketing purposes related to specific XWiki services.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft SharePoint: Microsoft's enterprise content, intranet, and knowledge management platform bundled with Microsoft 365 — referenced by XWiki as a primary alternative. Serves the same wiki/intranet use cases but inside the Microsoft ecosystem rather than as an open-source product.

Emerging players

• Slab: Knowledge base / wiki SaaS targeted at internal company documentation — same use case and buyer profile as XWiki for mid-market teams seeking structured knowledge organization.
• BookStack: Open-source wiki / knowledge base application targeting small-to-mid teams with simpler UI than XWiki — competing in the self-hosted wiki space with a more lightweight enterprise feature set.
• Outline: Team knowledge base and wiki platform with a modern, collaborative writing experience — directly comparable structured-wiki product targeting the same Segment of growing teams as XWiki Standard.
• Document360: Knowledge base platform for product, customer-facing, and internal documentation — overlapping with XWiki's "knowledge base" custom solution and serving similar IT/Support leads.
• Tettra: Internal knowledge management and wiki for Slack-first teams — same internal-wiki category as XWiki with an emphasis on AI-assisted Q&A workflows.
• MediaWiki (Wikimedia Foundation): Open-source wiki engine that powers Wikipedia — same foundational category as XWiki (open-source wiki platform) but focused on public wiki publishing rather than enterprise knowledge management. XWiki is often cited as MediaWiki's enterprise-oriented counterpart.

Direct peers

• Atlassian Confluence: Atlassian's flagship team wiki and knowledge management product — the direct competitor XWiki explicitly positions against with dedicated migration toolkits and comparison pages. Serves the same enterprise collaboration use case via wiki and structured pages.
• Notion: All-in-one workspace combining wikis, docs, and lightweight databases — directly compared by XWiki as an alternative. Targets the same team collaboration and knowledge organization use cases with structured content blocks.

Others

• Nextcloud (Office/Collaboration): Open-source content collaboration platform and Euro-Office coalition co-member — not a direct wiki competitor but a sovereign-product suite ally for joint EU go-to-market and a partial overlap in collaborative document/integration use cases.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/XWiki
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@xwiki
• Facebookfacebook.com/xwiki
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/xwiki
• Instagraminstagram.com/xwiki_com

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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 →

Frequently asked questions about XWiki SAS