What Sensmetry does

Sensmetry is a private information technology company founded in 2019 that builds software tools for model-based systems engineering (MBSE) using the SysML v2 and KerML standards. Its flagship commercial product, Syside, is a tool suite that lets product and systems engineers design, validate, and manage complex systems 'as code' through a textual SysML v2 modeling experience in a familiar development environment, supported by a model validation API. Its companion open-source product, Sysand, is a package manager for organizing, sharing, and collaborating on SysML v2 and KerML model libraries across teams and organizations. The company operates from Vilnius, Lithuania (European HQ), with additional offices in Uppsala, Sweden, and Wilmington, Delaware (US HQ), giving it direct reach into both European institutional customers and US-based enterprise accounts.

Sensmetry serves systems engineers, engineering leadership, and large organizations — primarily in aerospace, defense, space, and IT services — whose logos include Anduril, NTT DATA, the European Space Agency, OHB System AG, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and Planetary Utilities/JPL. The company pursues a hybrid go-to-market combining product-led growth (free trials, self-serve Solo and Business Evaluation licenses, immediate access to Syside) for individual engineers and small teams with direct enterprise sales for larger deployments. Pricing is not publicly disclosed beyond license tier existence; revenue mechanics are described as recurring subscription.

Strategically, Sensmetry has invested deeply in open standards: it is an active Object Management Group member contributing to the SysML v2 specification, a member of ASAM working on the OpenODD standard for ADAS and autonomous vehicles, and a contributor to ISO 21448 SOTIF and ISO 34501-34505. In 2021 it received the Lithuanian National Standardization Prize in the 'Advanced Company' category. By maintaining control of Sysand, the company positions itself at the center of the SysML v2 collaboration ecosystem. No funding rounds, revenue figures, or ownership structure are disclosed in available source material.

Name

Sensmetry

Legal name

Sensmetry, Inc.

Website

https://sensmetry.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sensmetry builds SysML v2-based systems engineering tools (Syside) and the open-source Sysand package manager, serving aerospace, defense, space, and IT services organizations that need to model, validate, and collaborate on complex system designs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Systems Engineering Software (MBSE / SysML v2 Tooling)

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Application Platforms (HDAEAKAA)

Keywords

• Systems engineering tools
• Model-based systems engineering
• SysML v2 modeling
• Digital twin software
• MBSE tooling

Headquarters

HQ city

Vilnius

HQ country

Lithuania

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Sensmetry generates revenue through software licensing of the Syside tool suite. The company offers Solo licenses and Business evaluation licenses. Pricing appears to follow a subscription or per-seat model based on the mention of team collaboration and enterprise deployments.
2. Enterprise Contracts: Enterprise sales to organizations like aerospace companies, government research institutions, and automotive companies requiring systems modeling capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Sensmetry builds and sells software tools that let product and systems engineers design, validate, and manage complex engineered systems 'as code' using the SysML v2 modeling language. Its commercial offering, the Syside tool suite, provides a text-based SysML v2 modeling environment with API-driven validation, complemented by Sysand, an open-source package manager for sharing SysML v2 and KerML model libraries across teams and organizations.

Product overview

Sensmetry offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered around two core products: Syside is the primary tool suite for designing, validating, and managing complex systems 'as code' using SysML v2, automating engineering workflows across the system lifecycle. Sysand is an open-source package manager that organizes, shares, and enables collaboration on SysML v2 and KerML model libraries, eliminating silos across teams and organizations. These products work together to enable systems engineers to model faster, reduce errors, and build superior systems with consistency.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Syside: The tool suite to design, validate, and manage complex systems 'as code', automating engineering workflows with SysML v2 across the lifecycle.
• Sysand

Products and services

• Syside A commercial tool suite that lets product and systems engineers design, validate, and manage complex engineered systems as code using SysML v2. It offers a text-based SysML v2 modeling experience in a developer-style environment, API-based programmatic access to models, and comprehensive validation, and is sold via Solo and Business evaluation licenses (with a free trial) to individual engineers and enterprise engineering organizations in aerospace, defense, space, and ADAS/autonomous vehicle programs.
• Sysand An open-source package manager for organizing, sharing, and working effectively with SysML v2 and KerML model libraries. It eliminates silos and enables seamless collaboration on model libraries across teams, organizations, and communities, and is developed and maintained by Sensmetry.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Object Management Group (OMG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSensmetry is an active member of OMG, actively contributing to SysML v2 and related specifications development. This partnership provides influence over standards evolution and early access to specification changes.
• ASAM (Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSensmetry is a member of ASAM taking part in OpenODD standard creation for ADAS and autonomous vehicles. Contributing to emerging international standards ISO 21448 SOTIF, ISO 34501-34505.
• Sysand (Open Source)coreTechnology or IntegrationSysand is the open-source package manager for the SysML v2 and KerML ecosystem. Sensmetry is the developer and maintainer of Sysand, enabling package-manager based collaboration as in software engineering.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Gaphor: Open-source modeling tool that supports SysML v2 and other systems modeling languages. Directly comparable to Sensmetry's Syside as a developer-friendly, community-driven SysML v2 modeling environment, though without Sensmetry's commercial product focus or standards-committee involvement.
• Intercax: MBSE software and consulting firm specializing in digital threads and SysML-based model integration. Comparable to Sensmetry in targeting systems engineers and digital twin use cases, though with a services-heavy model and more emphasis on MIMOSA/OpenMBEE standards.

Direct peers

• Sparx Systems (Enterprise Architect): Provider of Enterprise Architect, a long-established UML/SysML modeling tool used widely for MBSE. Comparable to Sensmetry because it targets systems engineers modeling with SysML, though Sparx is established on SysML v1 and is more general-purpose across multiple modeling notations.
• Capella (Eclipse Foundation / Thales): Open-source MBSE tool based on the Arcadia method, widely adopted in aerospace and defense. Comparable to Sensmetry as an open-modeling approach to systems engineering, though based on Arcadia rather than SysML v2; represents a competing open-ecosystem vision in MBSE.
• Visual Paradigm: Modeling tool vendor offering SysML and UML modeling capabilities to systems and software engineers. Comparable to Sensmetry as a competing modeling tool with SysML support, though Visual Paradigm is broader in scope across UML/BPMN/Archimate rather than focused on SysML v2.

Broad incumbents

• Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes): Industry-leading SysML modeling tool from Dassault Systèmes (formerly No Magic) integrated into the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Competes directly with Sensmetry for systems engineering modeling workloads in defense, aerospace, and automotive, with much larger enterprise reach and integrated PLM/MBSE suites.
• IBM Engineering Systems Design (Rhapsody): IBM's MBSE/SysML modeling solution as part of its broader Engineering Lifecycle Management suite. Competes with Sensmetry in aerospace, defense, and large enterprise accounts where integrated ALM/PLM is required, with significantly larger global sales coverage.
• Siemens Digital Industries Software (Teamcenter / Capital): Provides integrated MBSE, electrical/electronic systems design, and PLM through Teamcenter and Capital. Competes with Sensmetry in automotive, aerospace, and industrial customers needing end-to-end systems and software engineering, with substantial scale advantages.
• PTC (Windchill / Creo): PTC offers PLM/MBSE capabilities through Windchill and Creo for product development organizations. Comparable to Sensmetry as a systems engineering tooling competitor in industrial, aerospace, and automotive markets, with a much larger installed base and partner ecosystem.
• Dassault Systèmes (3DEXPERIENCE): Global PLM/MBSE platform provider with CATIA, ENOVIA, and Cameo Systems Modeler. Competes broadly with Sensmetry across aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial systems engineering, and is also a key contributor within OMG that influences SysML v2 standards alongside Sensmetry.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Sensmetry
• GitHubgithub.com/sensmetry/sysand
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@Sensmetry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sensmetry

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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