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OpenAir
Websiteurl
openair.com
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
1999
Operating statusenum
Acquired
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
51–100
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersBoston, United States
HQ citystring
Boston
HQ countrystring
United States
HQ regionstring
North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Keyword5 values
professional services automation, project management software, time tracking software, expense management software, resource management software
Industry1 code
1Professional Services Automation (PSA) & Services ERP
CodeHDAEAEAFPrimaryYes
NAICS code1 code
  • Software Publishers513210
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Prepackaged Software7372
Product category
Professional Services Automation (PSA) Software
Social media profiles1 record
Distribution channels1 record

Each record includes

Title, Type, Scope, Target buyer, Description, Source

Cost components5 values
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeSoftware
Software
Core offering1 text field

OpenAir provides web-based professional services automation (PSA) software that includes timesheets, expense reports, and project management capabilities for professional service firms. Following its 2018 acquisition by Oracle, the product is offered as NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro, enabling project-based organizations to manage resources, projects, finances, and collaboration from a unified cloud platform with native integration to Oracle NetSuite's ERP and CRM.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

SuiteProjects Pro is Oracle NetSuite's professional services automation (PSA) platform, formerly known as OpenAir before acquisition. The solution provides an integrated suite for managing the complete project lifecycle including resource management, project planning and execution, financial management, time and expense tracking, and collaboration tools.

Product and service1 record
1NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro (formerly OpenAir)
CategoryProfessional Services Automation Software
Description

Oracle NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro is a professional services automation (PSA) solution that enables project-based organizations to manage resources, projects, finances, and collaboration from a unified platform. It provides an integrated suite for managing the complete project lifecycle including resource management, project planning and execution, financial management, time and expense tracking, and collaboration tools, with native integration to Oracle NetSuite ERP and CRM.

Scale indicator1 record

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Recent move2 records

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Expansion highlight3 records

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Peers10 records
1Wrike
TypeEmerging player
Description

Wrike offers project and work management with adjacent resource and time tracking features, increasingly competing for PSA-adjacent use cases among professional services teams.

2Certinia
TypeDirect peer
Description

Certinia (formerly FinancialForce) is a leading pure-play PSA platform built natively on Salesforce, competing head-to-head with OpenAir/SuiteProjects Pro for project-based services firms needing resource, project, and financial management.

3Kantata
TypeDirect peer
Description

Kantata (which absorbed Mavenlink) is a direct PSA competitor offering resource management, project accounting, and time/expense tracking aimed at professional services organizations of similar size to OpenAir's ICP.

4Kimble Applications
TypeDirect peer
Description

Kimble is a PSA specialist focused on professional services firms with resource planning, project financials, and forecasting capabilities that directly overlap OpenAir's SuiteProjects Pro feature set.

5Productive.io
TypeDirect peer
Description

Productive is a PSA tool for agencies and professional services firms, offering project budgeting, time tracking, resource scheduling, and profitability analytics that map closely to OpenAir's SuiteProjects Pro capabilities.

6Planview
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Planview is an established enterprise portfolio and resource management vendor with PSA-adjacent capabilities, serving larger services organizations where OpenAir also competes.

7Salesforce
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Salesforce competes indirectly via PSA partners (notably Certinia) and through its own AppExchange ecosystem; it shapes the competitive landscape in which OpenAir/SuiteProjects Pro must position against CRM-native PSA solutions.

8Projectworks
TypeDirect peer
Description

Projectworks is a PSA platform for project-based services businesses, covering resourcing, project delivery, time tracking, and billing in direct competition with OpenAir's workflow scope.

9Scoro
TypeDirect peer
Description

Scoro combines PSA features (project management, time/billing, resource planning) with broader work management, serving similar professional services customers to OpenAir, particularly in the mid-market.

10Oracle NetSuite
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

OpenAir's own parent platform, NetSuite, embeds SuiteProjects Pro within a broader ERP/CRM suite; understanding the parent product is critical because SuiteProjects Pro's positioning is tightly coupled with NetSuite ERP adoption.

Market position
Strengths4 records

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Weaknesses4 records

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Competitive moat3 records

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Key risks5 records

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Key highlights5 records

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Headline, Details, Source

Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Ideal customer profile1 record

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
Yes
API detail
Has APIbool
No

Docs URL, Description

AI maturity
App detail

Has app

Core technology
Revenue estimate
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Number of profiles
No data
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Funding overview

Funding stage, Last funding date, Total funding USD

Funding rounds2 records

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Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors4 records

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

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

M&A1 record

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Name, Acquisition type, Announced date, Completed date, Status, Website, News

Investment

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Name, Round, Announced date, Lead investor, Website, News

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

OpenAir

Professional Services Automation (PSA) Softwareopenair.com

OpenAir firmographics

Firmographics
Name
OpenAir
Website
https://openair.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
1999
Operating status
Acquired
Headcount range
51–100 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

OpenAir industry classification

Industry
Product category
Professional Services Automation (PSA) Software
NAICS
Software Publishers (513210)
SIC
Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro primary industry
Professional Services Automation (PSA) & Services ERP (HDAEAEAF)

Keywords

  • Professional services automation
  • Project management software
  • Time tracking software
  • Expense management software
  • Resource management software

Where OpenAir is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Boston
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Markets served

OpenAir business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Distribution channels1 record

OpenAir product offering

Product offering

Core offering

OpenAir provides web-based professional services automation (PSA) software that includes timesheets, expense reports, and project management capabilities for professional service firms. Following its 2018 acquisition by Oracle, the product is offered as NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro, enabling project-based organizations to manage resources, projects, finances, and collaboration from a unified cloud platform with native integration to Oracle NetSuite's ERP and CRM.

Product overview

SuiteProjects Pro is Oracle NetSuite's professional services automation (PSA) platform, formerly known as OpenAir before acquisition. The solution provides an integrated suite for managing the complete project lifecycle including resource management, project planning and execution, financial management, time and expense tracking, and collaboration tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro (formerly OpenAir) Oracle NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro is a professional services automation (PSA) solution that enables project-based organizations to manage resources, projects, finances, and collaboration from a unified platform. It provides an integrated suite for managing the complete project lifecycle including resource management, project planning and execution, financial management, time and expense tracking, and collaboration tools, with native integration to Oracle NetSuite ERP and CRM.

Companies that use OpenAir

Customer profile

Ideal customer profiles1 record

OpenAir technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

OpenAir partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

OpenAir competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Emerging players

  • Wrike: Wrike offers project and work management with adjacent resource and time tracking features, increasingly competing for PSA-adjacent use cases among professional services teams.

Direct peers

  • Certinia: Certinia (formerly FinancialForce) is a leading pure-play PSA platform built natively on Salesforce, competing head-to-head with OpenAir/SuiteProjects Pro for project-based services firms needing resource, project, and financial management.
  • Kantata: Kantata (which absorbed Mavenlink) is a direct PSA competitor offering resource management, project accounting, and time/expense tracking aimed at professional services organizations of similar size to OpenAir's ICP.
  • Kimble Applications: Kimble is a PSA specialist focused on professional services firms with resource planning, project financials, and forecasting capabilities that directly overlap OpenAir's SuiteProjects Pro feature set.
  • Productive.io: Productive is a PSA tool for agencies and professional services firms, offering project budgeting, time tracking, resource scheduling, and profitability analytics that map closely to OpenAir's SuiteProjects Pro capabilities.
  • Projectworks: Projectworks is a PSA platform for project-based services businesses, covering resourcing, project delivery, time tracking, and billing in direct competition with OpenAir's workflow scope.
  • Scoro: Scoro combines PSA features (project management, time/billing, resource planning) with broader work management, serving similar professional services customers to OpenAir, particularly in the mid-market.

Broad incumbents

  • Planview: Planview is an established enterprise portfolio and resource management vendor with PSA-adjacent capabilities, serving larger services organizations where OpenAir also competes.
  • Salesforce: Salesforce competes indirectly via PSA partners (notably Certinia) and through its own AppExchange ecosystem; it shapes the competitive landscape in which OpenAir/SuiteProjects Pro must position against CRM-native PSA solutions.
  • Oracle NetSuite: OpenAir's own parent platform, NetSuite, embeds SuiteProjects Pro within a broader ERP/CRM suite; understanding the parent product is critical because SuiteProjects Pro's positioning is tightly coupled with NetSuite ERP adoption.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

OpenAir social profiles

Digital presence

OpenAir financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

OpenAir leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

OpenAir funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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

OpenAir M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A1 record

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about OpenAir

What does OpenAir do?

OpenAir provides web-based professional services automation (PSA) software that includes timesheets, expense reports, and project management capabilities for professional service firms. Following its 2018 acquisition by Oracle, the product is offered as NetSuite SuiteProjects Pro, enabling project-based organizations to manage resources, projects, finances, and collaboration from a unified cloud platform with native integration to Oracle NetSuite's ERP and CRM.

Is OpenAir a public or private company?

OpenAir is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently acquired.

When was OpenAir founded?

OpenAir was founded in 1999. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is OpenAir based?

OpenAir is headquartered in Boston, United States, in the North America region.

Who are OpenAir's main competitors?

Wrike is listed as an emerging player. Direct peers are Certinia, Kantata, Kimble Applications, Productive.io, Projectworks and Scoro. Broad incumbents are Planview, Salesforce and Oracle NetSuite.

Does OpenAir have an API?

No public API is recorded for OpenAir.

What industry is OpenAir in?

OpenAir's product category is Professional Services Automation (PSA) Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAEAEAF, Professional Services Automation (PSA) & Services ERP. Its NAICS code is 513210 and its SIC code is 7372.

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TechTargetSaaS integration easier said than doneExecutives at a Boston-area panel reported significant integration challenges when implementing SaaS applications like Salesforce.com and OpenAir Inc., citing underestimated technical difficulties and the need for midstream tool changes. Participants highlighted that integrating these solutions with existing on-premise systems was substantially harder than expected due to unknowns and mismatches in technology families. The group concluded that vendors should be more transparent about potential integration problems, particularly for customers operating outside their native app ecosystems.OwlerOpenAir’s Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding, Acquisitions & NewsThe article provides factual data regarding OpenAir, identifying it as a systems software company founded in 1999 with headquarters in San Mateo, USA. It reports that the company generates $63.8 million in revenue and employs 120 people, having raised no external funding. The text also lists Ultimus, Projector PSA, and BigTime as its primary competitors.GlobeNewswireOpenAir CEO Joins NetSuite Executives at NYSEMorris Panner, CEO of OpenAir, joined NetSuite executives at the NYSE closing bell ceremony on June 13, 2008, to celebrate the merger. OpenAir was acquired by NetSuite in June 2008 and has over 45,000 active users across 300 firms.GlobeNewswireOpenAir CEO to Moderate SIIA Corporate Strategy WebcastOpenAir CEO Morris Panner will moderate the SIIA Corporate Strategy Webcast on SaaS platforms on June 17 at 12:30 PM Eastern. Panelists include Treb Ryan, Ken Rudin, and Tom Herrmann. OpenAir, a NetSuite Company, has over 45,000 active users across 300 firms.GlobeNewswireOpenAir Participating in SIIA NetGain ConferenceOpenAir announced its participation in the SIIA NetGain Conference and CODiE awards, with CEO Morris Panner joining a panel on business models and presenting software division awards. The company is nominated for a third consecutive year in the "Best Business Application" category. The conference is scheduled for May 18-20 in San Francisco.GlobeNewswireOpenAir Sponsors Leading On-Demand European ConferenceOpenAir announced its sponsorship of Dreamforce Europe 2008, held May 7-8 at London's Barbican Centre, bringing together over 2,000 Salesforce.com users. The company, a SaaS project management provider, has more than 42,000 active users across 300 firms.GlobeNewswireOpenAir #21 Fastest Growing Company in MassachusettsOpenAir was named to the Boston Business Journal's 2007 Pacesetters list as the 21st fastest-growing private company in Massachusetts. The company reported 221% revenue growth from 2004 to 2007. CEO Morris Panner said the award belongs to customers.GlobeNewswireOpenAir to Host Alexander Consulting's Presentation of "Getting, Growing and Keeping Top Talent"OpenAir will host Dr. James Alexander's webinar on talent acquisition and retention on April 15, co-hosted by OpenAir VP Brian Martin. This is Alexander's second webinar with OpenAir, following an October presentation on turning technical experts into trusted advisors.GlobeNewswireOpenAir Enhances Its Already Robust Reporting CapabilitiesOpenAir announced new reporting functionality that lets users create custom calculations from other already-created custom calculations, expanding beyond built-in values and detail fields. The feature is available to current customers, with future enhancements planned for company-defined custom fields.GlobeNewswireOpenAir Selected by AlwaysOn as a Northeast 100 Top Private Company Award WinnerOpenAir was selected by AlwaysOn as one of the Northeast 100 Top Private Companies for 2008, recognized for creating new business opportunities in high-growth markets. The company will be honored at the AlwaysOn Venture Summit East in Boston from April 7-9, 2008.