What LockSelf does

LockSelf is a privately held French cybersecurity SaaS company that sells a sovereign suite of tools for managing, sharing, and storing organizational credentials and sensitive documents. Its core products are LockPass (an enterprise password manager), LockTransfer (an encrypted file-transfer service positioned as a French alternative to WeTransfer), LockFiles (an encrypted document vault), and a Dashboard module for security monitoring and compliance reporting. The platform is built on AES-256 CBC symmetric encryption for files, RSA 2048-bit asymmetric encryption for password vaults, and TLS 1.2+ for client-server communications, with client-side encryption architecture ensuring LockSelf never holds user decryption keys. The company has held CSPN certification from ANSSI since 2018, and offers deployment via certified French sovereign clouds (Outscale SecNumCloud, Scaleway) or On-Premises via Docker.

LockSelf operates a hybrid sales-led and product-led go-to-market model. Enterprise customers engage via demos, while smaller accounts can self-serve through a 14-day free trial (no credit card required) with up to 10 licenses and browser extensions across Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Firefox. Pricing is per-seat, annual, and starts at €3.2/user/month for Starter (2–250 users) and €5.3/user/month for Premium (250+ users), with On-Premises priced equivalently to Premium. The company reports 3,000+ customers spanning banking (BNP Paribas, Société Générale), insurance (Intériale, DARVA), healthcare (AP-HP, CHU de Martinique), telecom (Sogetrel, 4,000+ employees), public housing (CDC Habitat), media (France TV), conglomerate (Bouygues), professional services (EY), education (Paris Dauphine), and software/agriculture (ISAGRI). It claims quantified compliance outcomes including up to 30% NIS2 and 20% DORA coverage.

The company was founded in 2018 by two former Epitech graduates and remains founder-controlled with no disclosed external investors; it is organized as a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée) with €278,216 in share capital, headquartered in Levallois-Perret / Asnières-sur-Seine, France. Operating geographies extend beyond France to Spain and the United Kingdom, though marketing and certifications remain primarily anchored in French regulatory frameworks (CSPN, SecNumCloud, HDS, ISO 27001). Primary customer segments are regulated industries (finance, healthcare, public sector) and large enterprises, with SMEs, IT services firms, chartered accountants, and start-ups as secondary segments.

Name

LockSelf

Legal name

LockSelf SAS

Website

https://lockself.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LockSelf is a French cybersecurity SaaS company offering an ANSSI CSPN-certified suite — LockPass (password manager), LockTransfer (file transfer), LockFiles (document vault), and a Dashboard — for regulated enterprises and public-sector organizations requiring sovereign data hosting.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Software (Password Management & Secure File Sharing)

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

akta.pro primary industry

Secrets Management (Passwords, API Keys, Tokens) (HDADAFAD)

Keywords

• Password management software
• Secure file transfer
• Cybersecurity suite
• Data encryption software
• Sovereign cloud security

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (Standard/Premium): Annual subscription model with per-user licensing. Standard offer starts at 2 licenses. Premium offer includes additional customization, directory synchronization, and advanced features. Prices from €3.2/month/user for Starter tier and €5.3/month/user for Premium tier.
2. On-Premises Hosting: Same features as Premium but hosted on customer's own servers. Deployment and updates performed via Docker. Includes all modules (LockPass, LockTransfer, LockFiles) and dedicated support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

LockSelf sells a sovereign French cybersecurity suite comprising four products: LockPass (centralized password manager), LockTransfer (encrypted file transfer replacing WeTransfer), LockFiles (sensitive document vault), and a security Dashboard for compliance monitoring. The suite uses AES-256 CBC and RSA 2048-bit client-side encryption, is CSPN-certified by ANSSI, and is offered as SaaS (Standard/Premium) or On-Premises via sovereign French cloud providers (Outscale, Scaleway).

Product overview

LockSelf is a 100% French cybersecurity suite comprising four integrated products: LockPass (centralized password manager), LockTransfer (secure file transfer), LockFiles (document vault/archiving), and Dashboard (security monitoring). The suite provides unified user management across all solutions, with AES-256 and RSA encryption certified by ANSSI CSPN, and supports both sovereign cloud hosting (Scaleway, Outscale/SecNumCloud) and On-Premises deployment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LockPass: Password manager for businesses to centralize, secure, and manage organizational credentials with ANSSI CSPN certification.
• LockTransfer
• LockFiles
• Dashboard

Products and services

• LockPass Centralized password manager that enables organizations to securely store, manage, and share passwords with granular access controls, AES-256/RSA encryption, password generation, and full action traceability. CSPN-certified by ANSSI and targeted at IT decision-makers (DSI, RSSI) in regulated enterprises.
• LockTransfer Secure file transfer solution providing end-to-end encrypted document exchange with password protection, deposit receipts, expiration time controls, and full transfer traceability. Positioned as a sovereign French alternative to WeTransfer for businesses and regulated organizations.
• LockFiles Digital vault for secure storage and archiving of sensitive documents, confidential projects, and business-critical files with encryption and controlled access. Targeted at organizations needing to centralize confidential document management.
• LockSelf Dashboard

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 30% NIS2 compliance coverage
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Outscale (3DS)coreTechnology or IntegrationOutscale provides sovereign Private Cloud infrastructure for LockSelf's premium and On-Premises offerings. Offers SecNumCloud qualified hosting for highest security requirements. LockSelf is a reseller of Outscale's cloud solutions.
• ScalewaycoreTechnology or IntegrationScaleway provides Public Cloud infrastructure for LockSelf's standard cloud offering. French cloud provider with HDS and ISO27001 certifications. Data stored in France during trial period.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Keeper Security: Enterprise password and secrets management platform listed as a competitor in LockSelf's comparison content; competes in regulated, compliance-driven segments similar to LockSelf's target verticals.
• Bitwarden: Open-source password manager with business/enterprise tiers; cited alongside LastPass and Keeper in LockSelf's comparison pages and competes on price-sensitive European customers.
• LastPass: Global SaaS password manager with team and business tiers; LockSelf explicitly publishes comparison pages against LastPass, making them their primary competitive reference in the French/European SMB market.
• Tresorit: End-to-end encrypted file storage and sharing SaaS from Switzerland; directly comparable to LockFiles/LockTransfer with overlapping enterprise zero-trust file sharing positioning.
• 1Password: Enterprise password manager with strong consumer brand; competes head-on with LockPass for regulated enterprise customers and is a global incumbent against which LockSelf positions its sovereign alternative.
• Dashlane: Premium password manager for businesses and individuals; directly competes in the same enterprise password vault category with SSO, policy enforcement, and secure sharing features.
• KeePass: Free open-source password manager; CDC Habitat is cited as migrating from shared KeePass databases to LockSelf, making KeePass the substitution target LockSelf positions against.

Emerging players

• NordPass: Password manager from Nord Security (NordVPN's parent); targets the same SMB/enterprise password management niche with similar per-seat pricing and feature set.

Regional players

• Wallix: French cybersecurity vendor with PAM (privileged access management) and password vault solutions; competes with LockSelf for French/European regulated enterprise wallet-of-cyber spending.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Entra ID (Password Protection): Identity platform bundled into Microsoft 365; includes passwordless and credential protection features that compete with LockPass where enterprises have standardized on Microsoft identity and access.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lockself

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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