What Obeo does

Obeo (Obeo S.A.S.) is a French enterprise software company founded in 2005 that specializes in visual and model-driven engineering tools built on the Eclipse platform. The company's product portfolio is organized around three pillars: (1) the Capella ecosystem for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) — including Capella itself plus commercial extensions Team for Capella, Publication for Capella, and Cloud for Capella; (2) Obeo SmartEA, a collaborative web-based Continuous Enterprise Architecture solution supporting ArchiMate, BPMN, and TOGAF standards; and (3) Sirius, an open-source technology for creating custom domain-specific modeling workbenches, extended commercially via Obeo Enterprise for Sirius and Obeo Designer. The company also contributes and maintains open-source projects including Acceleo (code generation), M2Doc (document generation), SysON (SysML v2 support), EMF Compare, EGit, and Information System Designer.

The company serves enterprise and government customers in aerospace and defense (Thales, French Ministry of Defense, ESA), logistics (La Poste), insurance (MAIF), and social security (CNAV), with a sales-led go-to-market combining direct enterprise sales, partner networks, professional services (consulting, coaching, custom development, training, support), and a community-led motion via open-source downloads. Its revenue streams include commercial software licenses and subscriptions (Obeo SmartEA, Team/Publication/Cloud for Capella, Obeo Enterprise for Sirius), professional services, and freemium open-source products with optional commercial support. Obeo is the 5th largest contributor to the Eclipse Foundation globally, with approximately 20 committers, and maintains offices in seven locations across France (Nantes HQ, Paris/Saclay, Toulouse), Canada (Vancouver), Japan (Tokyo), India (Pune), and Australia (Melbourne). The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional investors or external funding beyond a 2013 EIT Digital Accelerator grant.

Name

Obeo

Legal name

Obeo S.A.S.

Website

https://obeosoft.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Obeo is a French enterprise software company that develops open-source and commercial model-driven engineering tools on the Eclipse platform, serving aerospace, defense, government, and enterprise customers with MBSE (Capella) and Enterprise Architecture (SmartEA) solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Enterprise Architecture Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG), Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) (BPAEAKAC)

Keywords

• Model-based systems engineering
• Enterprise architecture software
• Visual modeling tools
• Domain-specific modeling
• Open-source MBSE platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Carquefou

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Commercial products including Obeo SmartEA, Team for Capella, Publication for Capella, Cloud for Capella, and Obeo Enterprise for Sirius sold as licenses or subscriptions with support and maintenance.
2. Professional Services: Consulting, coaching, custom development, training, and support services for implementation, customization, and deployment of modeling solutions.
3. Open Source Products: Open-source products (Sirius, Acceleo, M2Doc) freely available with commercial support options and Open Innovation project funding.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Obeo develops and sells open-source and commercial model-driven engineering software built on the Eclipse platform, including the Capella MBSE ecosystem for systems engineering, the Obeo SmartEA continuous enterprise architecture platform supporting ArchiMate/BPMN/TOGAF, and Sirius-based commercial extensions for custom domain modeling, collaborative web modeling, and industrial deployment. Revenue is generated through enterprise software subscriptions/licenses and accompanying professional services (consulting, training, custom development, support).

Product overview

Obeo develops a portfolio of open-source and commercial modeling tools centered on the Eclipse platform, organized around three core pillars: (1) the Capella ecosystem for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), comprising Capella itself, Team for Capella, Publication for Capella, and Cloud for Capella; (2) Obeo SmartEA for Continuous Enterprise Architecture supporting ArchiMate, BPMN, and TOGAF standards; and (3) Sirius as the foundational open-source technology for creating custom domain-specific modeling workbenches. Sirius is extended commercially by Obeo Designer (for industrial deployment) and Obeo Enterprise for Sirius (for enterprise collaboration via web). The portfolio also includes open-source code generation tools (Acceleo), document generation (M2Doc), systems evaluation (Obeo Enterprise for POOSL), and information system design (Information System Designer), all interoperable through standardized data formats and PostgreSQL/Java-based APIs. Key open-source projects led by Obeo include SysON (SysML v2 support), EMF Compare, EGit, and the Capella MBSE workbench, all governed under the Eclipse Foundation and The Open Group.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Obeo SmartEA: Graphical and collaborative Continuous Enterprise Architecture solution using ArchiMate, BPMN and TOGAF standards.
• Team for Capella
• Publication for Capella
• Cloud for Capella
• Sirius
• Obeo Enterprise for Sirius
• Obeo Designer
• Acceleo
• M2Doc
• Obeo Enterprise for POOSL
• Information System Designer

Products and services

• Obeo SmartEA A graphical, collaborative, web-based Continuous Enterprise Architecture solution enabling organizations to map their business and IT systems using ArchiMate, BPMN, and TOGAF standards, with collaborative modeling, impact analysis, branch management, and automated document generation capabilities.
• Sirius Open-source Eclipse-based technology for creating custom graphical modeling workbenches tailored to specific business domains, with diagrams, tables, and tree editors driven by a dynamic configuration interpreted at runtime within the Eclipse environment.
• Team for Capella An extension to the Capella MBSE tooling ecosystem that adds team collaboration capabilities for systems engineering projects managed with Capella.
• Publication for Capella An MBSE solution enabling Capella users to publish their system architecture models to a web server, making critical architecture models accessible and securely shared with dozens of users worldwide through role-based access controls.
• Cloud for Capella A cloud-hosted deployment option for Capella modeling projects, providing accessible infrastructure for systems engineering collaboration.
• Obeo Enterprise for Sirius A professional collaboration layer built on top of Sirius Web, extending the open-source web-based modeling platform with enterprise-grade capabilities including LDAP/OpenID Connect authentication, project access controls, fine-grained permissions managed via Teams, real-time diagram collaboration indicators, and scalable deployment.
• Obeo Designer An industrial-grade support and deployment offering for Sirius-based modelers, providing guaranteed response times, privileged access to fixes, and Open Innovation project options for financing feature evolution.
• Acceleo An open-source Eclipse-based template-driven code generator that transforms models created with UML, SysML, BPMN, or custom Domain Specific Languages into source code in languages such as Java, C, C++, Ada, PHP, and HTML/JavaScript.
• M2Doc An open-source documentation generator that produces MS Word documents from models using WYSIWYG templates created directly in Microsoft Word, enabling parameterized document generation from SmartEA and other Eclipse Modeling-based tools.
• SysON An Eclipse-based open-source editor supporting the SysML v2 standard for MBSE, developed by Obeo to address emerging systems modeling requirements.
• Obeo Enterprise for POOSL An evaluation tool for assessing the architecture of complex systems using the POOSL (Parallel Object-Oriented Specification Language) modeling approach.
• Information System Designer An open-source Eclipse-based tool for designing and developing an Information System within the Eclipse environment.
• EMF Compare An open-source Eclipse component for comparing and merging EMF (Eclipse Modeling Framework) models, enabling teams to track and reconcile changes across model versions.
• EGit An Eclipse Git integration project led by Obeo that provides Git version control capabilities within the Eclipse IDE.
• Capella A field-proven open-source MBSE workbench for systems engineering, developed in collaboration with Thales and widely deployed across aerospace, transport, energy, and defense sectors; Obeo co-leads the project and contributes core technologies including Sirius.

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Eclipse FoundationcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2008Strategic member and contributor since 2008. Obeo is the 5th largest contributor globally with approximately 20 committers. Leads major Eclipse modeling projects including Sirius, Acceleo, and EMF Compare. Provides enterprise-grade support and Open Innovation funding for Eclipse ecosystem.
• The Open GroupcoreTechnology or IntegrationMember supporting enterprise architecture standards including ArchiMate and TOGAF. Obeo SmartEA offers ArchiMate as the default framework for enterprise architecture processes.
• ThalescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term collaboration since 2007 for systems engineering tools. Sirius technology originated from collaboration with Thales. Obeo developed Capella ecosystem for Thales' industrial usage requirements.
• CNAVminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDeveloped business flow validation solution for social charge returns processing, handling 2 million records.
• MAIFminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDeveloped graphical modeling workbench for P&C insurance product configuration, enabling business users to configure products without technical complexity.
• HubSpotminorOthersEmail marketing platform used for Obeo mailing list and campaign management.
• BigMarkerminorOthersPlatform used for online event registration including Capella webinars, Capella Days, and SiriusCon.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sparx Systems (Enterprise Architect): Sparx Systems' Enterprise Architect is one of the most widely used standards-based modeling tools supporting ArchiMate, BPMN, SysML, and TOGAF — the same standards Obeo SmartEA targets — making it a direct competitor in enterprise architecture and systems engineering modeling.
• Bizzdesign (Horizzon / Studio): Bizzdesign's enterprise architecture platform (Horizzon, formerly BiZZdesign) supports ArchiMate and TOGAF natively and is a head-to-head competitor to Obeo SmartEA in the EA tooling market.
• Ardoq: Ardoq is a leading cloud-native enterprise architecture platform serving large organizations with collaborative, data-driven EA, competing directly against Obeo SmartEA in continuous EA initiatives.
• LeanIX: LeanIX is a SaaS enterprise architecture and SaaS management platform; while lighter on standards-based modeling, it competes with Obeo SmartEA for the same enterprise architecture practitioner budget.
• MEGA International: MEGA's HOPEX platform is an established enterprise architecture, risk, and governance suite supporting ArchiMate and TOGAF, competing directly with Obeo SmartEA among large European enterprises.

Broad incumbents

• Dassault Systèmes (Cameo Systems Modeler / CATIA Magic): Dassault's 3DEXPERIENCE platform includes Cameo Systems Modeler (MagicDraw) for SysML-based MBSE and CATIA MagicDraw, directly competing with Obeo's Capella and SysON offerings, particularly in aerospace and automotive.
• Siemens (Polarion / Teamcenter): Siemens' Polarion ALM and Teamcenter compete in MBSE, requirements, and systems engineering tooling, offering bundled enterprise alternatives to Obeo's Capella-centric stack for large industrial customers.
• IBM Engineering Systems Design (Rhapsody): IBM's Rhapsody and broader Engineering Lifecycle Management suite address model-based systems engineering for aerospace, defense, and industrial clients — overlapping directly with Obeo's MBSE positioning.
• PTC (Creo / Windchill): PTC's product development portfolio includes Creo for design and Windchill for PLM, with growing MBSE and systems engineering capabilities that compete with Obeo's Capella/Sirius stack in industrial customers.

Emerging players

• Avolution (abacus): Avolution's abacus platform provides enterprise architecture, capability modeling, and roadmapping tools with strong ArchiMate support, overlapping with Obeo SmartEA in mid-market and government segments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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

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