What Erlang Solutions does

Erlang Solutions Ltd. is a UK-headquartered technical consultancy and product vendor founded in 1999, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the publicly listed Danish software group Trifork. The firm specializes in Erlang, Elixir, and other languages running on the BEAM virtual machine, with a workforce in the 101-250 range distributed between London and continental European hubs in Haarlem and Chicago-area presences. Its leadership team includes Erlang co-creator Robert Virding and founder Francesco Cesarini, underwriting the firm's positioning as the most credentialed BEAM specialist in the market. The business delivers five revenue streams: time-and-materials consulting on distributed system architecture; embedded development teams for migration and feature work; tiered multi-year support subscriptions (Basic, Business, Enterprise, Extended); trainer-led training and an official Erlang/Elixir certification programme; and code/architecture reviews including the SAFE security audit service for Erlang/Elixir codebases.

The product portfolio layers proprietary and open source software on top of the services book. MongooseIM is a massively scalable XMPP-based instant messaging server used by enterprise customers across messaging, healthcare, and telecom. WombatOAM is an operations and monitoring platform purpose-built for BEAM systems, integrating with Grafana, Datadog, PagerDuty, Prometheus, and others. SAFE provides security audit tooling developed in collaboration with Eötvös Loránd University. Tourio is a recently launched AI-powered multilingual visitor guide for museums and galleries, with proprietary hallucination-reduction testing. Adjacent technologies include EMQ X (MQTT for IoT) and ejabberd migration services, while RabbitMQ specialist work is delivered through affiliated firm Seventh State. Distribution is sales-led and enterprise-focused; long tail developer adoption is driven through open source downloads, Erlang Ecosystem Foundation sponsorship, and an active conference presence at ElixirConf, Code BEAM, and MQ Summit.

The customer base spans healthcare (Pando Health, HCA Healthcare), FinTech (Kivra, Klarna, Vocalink/Mastercard), broadcasting and media (TV4, Bleacher Report), consumer/gambling (Bet365, Adidas Runtastic, WhatsApp), and telecom/networking (Cisco, Ericsson, Pivotal). Pricing is quote-based for most engagements, with publicly disclosed tiered support packages only; most service revenue is recurring or repeated-relationship in nature rather than transactional. The company has not raised external venture funding and operates within Trifork's group structure as part of a wider portfolio that also covers Cloud Operations, Cyber Protection, Digital Health, and Smart Enterprise/IOT verticals.

Name

Erlang Solutions

Legal name

Erlang Solutions Ltd.

Website

https://erlang-solutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Erlang Solutions is a UK-headquartered, Trifork-owned technical consultancy and product vendor specializing in Erlang, Elixir, and BEAM-based distributed systems for enterprise clients in healthcare, FinTech, telecom, and media. It pairs professional services with proprietary products including MongooseIM, WombatOAM, SAFE, and Tourio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Distributed Systems Consultancy

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

ERP/CRM/HRIS Implementation & Integration (BPAEAAAE)

Keywords

• Erlang consulting
• Elixir development
• BEAM VM services
• Distributed systems engineering
• Realtime messaging platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Expert consultancy engagements providing guidance on distributed system architecture, scalability optimization, and technology adoption. Delivered remotely or on-site through distributed teams of developers, engineers, and project managers.
2. Development Services: Embedded development team services where expert developers join client projects as technical leads, mentors, or full teams. Covers prototyping, OTP migration, testing, and ongoing feature development.
3. Support and Maintenance: Tiered support packages (Basic, Business, Enterprise, Extended) providing ongoing system maintenance, troubleshooting, and expert availability for mission-critical systems. Includes response time guarantees and resolution plans.
4. Training and Certification: Trainer-led courses in Erlang and Elixir for beginners through advanced levels, including Phoenix, LiveView, BEAM VM, and architecting for scalability. Corporate bespoke training and industry certification programs also offered.
5. Code and Architecture Reviews: System health checks and in-depth code/architecture reviews providing comprehensive reports with actionable recommendations for performance optimization, bottleneck prevention, and quality improvement.
6. Security Audits (SAFE): Security audit services for Erlang and Elixir codebases, available as manual audits (2-5 business days) or CI/CD integrated automated scanning with Docker-based deployment supporting GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Semaphore CI, Bitbucket, and Jenkins.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Erlang Solutions provides expert consultancy, development, support, training, and certification services for building massively scalable distributed systems on the Erlang, Elixir, and BEAM VM technology stack. It also develops and maintains proprietary and open-source products including MongooseIM (instant messaging server), WombatOAM (monitoring platform), SAFE (security auditing), and Tourio (AI visitor guide).

Product overview

Erlang Solutions offers a portfolio of professional services and proprietary/open-source products centred on scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems built on the BEAM virtual machine. Its core service offering spans consulting, development, support, training, and certification for Erlang and Elixir technologies. The product portfolio includes MongooseIM (enterprise instant messaging server), WombatOAM (BEAM monitoring and operations platform), SAFE (security audit service for Erlang/Elixir code), and Tourio (AI-powered visitor guide for museums). The company also provides affiliated services for RabbitMQ (via Seventh State), Kubernetes containerisation, EMQ X (IoT MQTT messaging), and ejabberd support. Training and certification programmes cover Erlang and Elixir from beginner to advanced levels, taught by language inventors including co-creator Robert Virding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MongooseIM: A massively scalable, easy customizable open source Instant Messaging server built on Erlang/OTP technology.
• WombatOAM
• SAFE (Security Audit for Erlang & Elixir)
• Tourio

Products and services

• Consulting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.999% uptime achievable for mission-critical systems
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration16 records

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and strategic.

• Trifork GroupflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerErlang Solutions is part of Trifork Group, a fast-growing software innovation company. The partnership enables clients to partner with other group companies and access best-of-breed technical partnerships. Trifork's expertise spans Cloud Operations, Cyber Protection, Digital Health, Smart Building & IoT, and Smart Enterprise.
• Seventh State (RabbitMQ Specialists)coreTechnology or IntegrationSeventh State was formed from the specialists who originally built and delivered RabbitMQ services within Erlang Solutions. They continue that work independently while maintaining close partnership, offering RabbitMQ consultancy, health checks, 24/7 support, and troubleshooting.
• Erlang Ecosystem FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerProud sponsors and contributors to the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation. Together with the foundation, the company aims to aid more developers and companies experience the benefits of languages on the BEAM VM through community support and development initiatives.
• ElixirConf EUcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerProud partners of ElixirConf EU conference series, spreading the culture of Share. Learn. Inspire. to help grow the BEAM community through conferences around the world and online.
• Code Sync (Code BEAM)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartners with Code Sync family of conferences including Code BEAM Europe and Code BEAM America. Company presents at these events and sponsors to build community and generate leads.
• Eötvös Loránd UniversitystrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerSAFE security audit product developed in collaboration with ELTE-Soft and researchers from Eötvös Loránd University, a prominent Computer Science institution. Based on solid theoretical foundation and extensive research.
• ELTE-SoftstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in development of SAFE security audit methodology, contributing academic rigor and research-based approach to vulnerability detection in BEAM-based systems.
• Pivotal (RabbitMQ Creators)strategicTechnology or IntegrationTrusted by Pivotal, the creators of RabbitMQ. Erlang Solutions has been supporting RabbitMQ since its inception with deep knowledge of the product and its underlying Erlang language.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Confluent: Confluent builds commercial offerings around Kafka (a distributed streaming platform) and provides training, support, and consulting — directly analogous to Erlang Solutions' model of packaging open-source distributed messaging infrastructure (RabbitMQ, MongooseIM) into enterprise services and subscriptions.
• DataStax: DataStax monetizes Apache Cassandra with subscription support, training, and consulting for distributed NoSQL workloads — the same open-source-plus-services pattern Erlang Solutions applies to BEAM-based technologies.
• Lightbend: Lightbend (Akka/P Scala framework) provides enterprise training, consulting, and support for reactive distributed systems on the JVM — a near-perfect parallel to Erlang Solutions' reactive, fault-tolerant BEAM stack positioning.
• Percona: Percona is a pure-play open-source database services firm offering support, consulting, and managed services around MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB — structurally similar to Erlang Solutions' open-source products plus tiered support business model.
• Hazelcast: Hazelcast develops a distributed in-memory data grid and offers enterprise support, training, and consulting for high-concurrency, low-latency workloads — comparable to Erlang Solutions' BEAM VM-based messaging and IoT offerings.
• Codeline Tech: Codeline is a smaller Elixir/Phoenix-focused consultancy offering development, training, and product services — a niche peer in the Erlang/Elixir ecosystem competing for similar client engagements.

Broad incumbents

• VMware (Tanzu / Pivotal): As the creator of RabbitMQ and steward of the Spring/Cloud Foundry ecosystem, VMware is a much larger incumbent that overlaps with Erlang Solutions on messaging middleware and distributed-systems support — but with a portfolio spanning hundreds of products rather than BEAM specialization.
• Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that designs and builds large-scale distributed systems for enterprises; it competes for some of the same digital transformation engagements Erlang Solutions wins via consultative selling.

Regional players

• Pilot.co (Erlang consulting): Pilot is a Russian-based Erlang and Elixir consultancy offering similar staff augmentation, training, and audit services — a direct operational analog to Erlang Solutions, though concentrated in a different geographic market.

Others

• Seventh State: Seventh State was formed from Erlang Solutions' original RabbitMQ specialists and operates as an independent RabbitMQ consulting/support firm — a close commercial partner with overlapping customer and capability profiles on the RabbitMQ stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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 →

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