Vancis
Vancis is a Dutch managed cloud services provider serving education, healthcare, research, and government institutions through framework agreements (SURF, OCRE, SIVON) with a four-variant cloud platform built on VMware, Dell, Veeam, and Microsoft Hyper-V, operating since 2008 as a subsidiary of Your.Cloud.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2008
- HeadquartersAmsterdam, Netherlands
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Vancis does
Vancis is a Dutch managed cloud services provider founded in 2008 as a spin-off from SURFsara and headquartered in Almere, Netherlands. The company delivers a managed cloud platform built on VMware, Dell, Veeam, and Microsoft Hyper-V infrastructure, organized into four product variants — Core Cloud, Power Cloud, Protect Cloud (including MS365 backup covering 300,000+ users), and Edge Cloud — plus adjacent services such as Hybrid Cloud, Cloud Exit, and object storage via Wasabi. Its customer base is concentrated in Dutch and European education, healthcare, research, and government institutions, accessed primarily through framework agreements with SURF, SURFcumulus, OCRE (GÉANT), and SIVON.
The company operates with a team of approximately 80 senior cloud specialists, and since 2018 has been a subsidiary of Your.Cloud (formerly TSH), a European MSP roll-up platform. Vancis maintains ISO and SOC certifications (renewed 2024) and has been recognized as Veeam VCSP Partner of the Year (2023) and Wasabi MSP of the Year EMEA (2024). Its go-to-market is framework-led rather than transactional: the bulk of revenue flows through cooperative procurement vehicles, with named institutional references spanning GGD GHOR, Dutch universities, hospitals, and municipalities. Pricing is based on managed-service contracts sized to workload and user count rather than consumption spot pricing.
The business model is therefore institutional recurring revenue with multi-year contract cadence, anchored by data-sovereignty positioning that explicitly avoids US Cloud Act exposure. Distribution is channel-mediated through cooperative frameworks, which lowers customer acquisition friction but ties growth to the procurement cycles of SURF, SIVON, and OCRE. The company competes on regulatory compliance, Dutch data residency, and senior-engineer service quality rather than on price or AI-native differentiation.
Vancis firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Vancis
- Legal name
- Vancis C&MS BV
- Website
- https://vancis.nl
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2008
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Vancis is a Dutch managed cloud services provider serving education, healthcare, research, and government institutions through framework agreements (SURF, OCRE, SIVON) with a four-variant cloud platform built on VMware, Dell, Veeam, and Microsoft Hyper-V, operating since 2008 as a subsidiary of Your.Cloud.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Vancis industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Managed Cloud Services
- NAICS
- Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Orchestration (Private-Cloud-Centric) (HDABABAE)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Hybrid Cloud Management, Monitoring & FinOps (HDABAMAD), Hybrid Cloud Platforms & Orchestration (HDABAMAA), DevSecOps, Cloud Security Automation & Policy-as-Code (HDABAHAM), Infrastructure Automation & Configuration Management (IaC) (HDABABAF), Digital Experience Monitoring & Management (DEX/DEM, AIOps for EUC) (BPAEAIAF)
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Where Vancis is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Amsterdam
- HQ country
- Netherlands
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Vancis business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Managed Cloud Services: Full managed cloud services covering the entire technology stack from multi-cloud to application and data management. Revenue generated through recurring managed service contracts with customers paying for cloud infrastructure, management, and support services.
- Cloud Infrastructure (IaaS): IaaS cloud services with four variants: Core Cloud (shared/private IaaS), Power Cloud (private for specific apps), Protect Cloud (DR/failover), Edge Cloud (on-premises). Revenue based on resource consumption and management fees.
- Back-up as a Service (BaaS): Backup and recovery services eliminating need for customer-owned hardware, software, and maintenance. Pay-per-storage model.
- Cloud Adoption & Migration Services: Professional services for cloud strategy translation, roadmap development, assessment, planning, migration, validation, and optimization.
- Vancis Protect MS365: Microsoft 365 backup service powered by Veeam technology from Dutch datacenters. Unlimited scalable backup storage capacity with self-service restore portal.
- Hybrid Backup for Azure: Hybrid backup solution backing up Azure environments to Vancis private cloud in the Netherlands, providing additional copies outside the public cloud.
- SOC-SIEM Services: 24x7 Security Operations Center with SIEM for continuous monitoring, alerting, and incident response.
- Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW): Managed Fortinet NGFW services providing network security, intrusion prevention, and malware protection.
- Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS): DRaaS ensuring critical data and systems remain available, enabling fast recovery from disruptions. Includes backup/replication, failover/failback, and recovery plan testing.
- Managed Service Provider (MSP) Services: Broader MSP offerings including managed cloud, managed devices, managed desktop, and managed connectivity.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Usage-based | Pay-as-you-go | Vancis Cloud - Core, Power, Protect, Edge variants with self-service portal and self-analyzing capabilities |
| Subscription | Annual | SURFcumulus / OCRE pricing for education and research institutions |
| Usage-based | Pay-as-you-go | DRaaS - disaster recovery as a service |
| Usage-based | Pay-as-you-go | BaaS - Back-up as a Service |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels6 records
Marketing channels6 records
Vancis product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Vancis is a Dutch managed cloud services provider delivering IaaS, hybrid cloud, backup, disaster recovery, managed security, and modern workplace solutions from Dutch datacenters. The company manages the full technology stack from multi-cloud layer to application and data management for education, healthcare, research, and government organizations, with all data remaining under Dutch law and outside the reach of the US Cloud Act.
Product overview
Vancis is a managed cloud services provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of cloud and security solutions. The core offering is the Vancis Cloud platform (IaaS) with four variants: Core Cloud for standard workloads, Power Cloud for specialized applications like Oracle/SAP, Protect Cloud for disaster recovery and backup, and Edge Cloud for on-premise deployments. These are complemented by Security & Compliance services including DRaaS, BaaS, Vulnerability Reporting, SOC-SIEM, Next Generation Firewalls, and Business Continuity. Modern Workplace solutions provide Application Delivery, Cloud Scaled Desktop, and Managed Devices. The company specializes in hybrid and multi-cloud environments, supporting Azure, AWS, and VMware, with value-added services like Vancis Protect MS365 for Microsoft 365 backup and Hybrid Back-up solutions. All services are delivered from Dutch datacenters with strong compliance posture spanning ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, NEN 7510, ISAE 3402 Type II, and SOC 2 Type II certifications.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Vancis Core Cloud: IaaS platform for standard workloads in shared or private environments, focused on standardization and automation with self-service capabilities.
- Vancis Power Cloud
- Vancis Protect Cloud
- Vancis Edge Cloud
- Vancis Protect MS365
- DRaaS (Disaster Recovery as a Service)
- BaaS (Back-up as a Service)
Products and services
- Vancis Cloud
- Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)
Quantifiable outcome
- Cross-cloud restore proven: Azure workloads successfully restored in Vancis Private VMware Cloud using Veeam technology, demonstrating cloud-exit feasibility
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use Vancis
Customer profileNamed customers7 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Vancis technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration9 records
Feature12 records
Vancis partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.
- SIVONcoreSIVON is the ICT cooperation for primary and secondary education in the Netherlands. Vancis was selected to serve SIVON members with IT services, representing a natural extension of Vancis's mission to support educational institutions of all sizes.
- Software2 / UNI5DcoreSoftware2, exclusively distributed in the Netherlands by UNI5D, partnered with Vancis to create an ideal digital workplace solution for the Dutch education market. The Applicatie Delivery Platform enables students to access all needed software on any device while institutions maintain control over applications and licenses.
- SURFcoreSURF is the ICT cooperation of education and research in the Netherlands. Vancis, as a spin-off of SURFsara, maintains a close partnership with SURF, enabling affiliated institutions to benefit from innovative, safe, and reliable IT solutions. Vancis offers tailored IT services for universities, colleges, research institutions, and hospitals.
- VeeamcoreVeeam is the technology provider behind Vancis Protect MS365 and Vancis's backup and disaster recovery solutions. Vancis is a Veeam Cloud Service Provider (VCSP) and won Veeam's VCSP Partner of the Year award in 2023. The partnership serves over 300,000 users.
- Wasabi TechnologiesflagshipWasabi is the cloud storage provider for organizations worldwide. Vancis is a Wasabi partner winning the Managed Service Provider of the Year EMEA award in 2024. Together they help businesses transition to the cloud and realize the full potential of their data.
- Microsoft (Azure)coreVancis operates multi-cloud environments including Microsoft Azure. Vancis provides hybrid backup solutions for Azure environments, disaster recovery capabilities, and cross-cloud restore using Veeam technology. Azure is positioned as one option within Vancis's vendor-neutral multi-cloud strategy.
- Dell TechnologiescoreVancis Cloud is built on Dell technology. The partnership was recognized when Dell received the Cloud Vendor of the Year Award at the Dutch IT Channel Awards for the collaboration on the Vancis Cloud platform.
- FortinetcoreVancis offers Fortinet Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFW) as a managed security service. Fortinet provides the firewall technology while Vancis manages, monitors, and optimizes the solution for customers.
- VMwarecoreVancis Cloud is built on VMware technology including VMware Cloud Director and Cloud Director Availability for disaster recovery. The private VMware-based clouds are optimized for large networks of virtual machines and containers.
- SIGRA / AmZX (Amsterdam Zorg Exchange)coreVancis is the supplier of AmZX (Amsterdam Zorg Exchange), the network connecting all Dutch GGDs. SIGRA monitors the quality and service of this connection. Vancis expanded the network within 3 weeks to support COVID-19 testing data exchange.
- GEANT OCREcoreGEANT OCRE is the European framework for cloud procurement for education and research. Vancis is selected as a supplier in the GEANT OCRE 2024 project, enabling research and educational institutions in 40 European countries to access Vancis services without additional tendering.
Scale indicators8 records
Recent moves8 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Vancis competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- OVHcloud: European hyperscale-adjacent cloud provider offering private, public, and bare-metal cloud with strong EU sovereignty positioning. Indirect competitor: customers comparing sovereign IaaS options may evaluate OVHcloud alongside Vancis's private cloud for European regulated workloads.
Direct peers
- Solvinity: Dutch managed cloud/hosting provider specializing in regulated sectors including healthcare and government. Solvinity competes head-to-head with Vancis for Dutch public-sector and healthcare cloud infrastructure and security/DRaaS contracts.
- Leaseweb: Dutch-founded hosting and cloud infrastructure provider with global data-center footprint. Comparable offering in dedicated servers, private cloud, and managed hosting; competes for Dutch enterprise and IT-company customers seeking EU-located infrastructure.
- Previder: Dutch managed services and cloud provider with strong focus on healthcare, education, and business IT. Comparable in scale and target verticals; competes in IaaS, managed hosting, and DRaaS for Dutch regulated mid-market customers.
- SURF: Dutch ICT cooperative for education and research, from which Vancis spun off in 2008. SURF provides cloud, HPC, and network services to the same Dutch universities/research institutions that Vancis serves through SURFcumulus and OCRE — directly competing and co-selling into the same installed base.
- KPN Cloud / KPN: Largest Dutch telecom with a public cloud and managed-services portfolio covering enterprises, education, and government. KPN competes with Vancis in Dutch hybrid cloud and connectivity, particularly for healthcare and education verticals.
Broad incumbents
- Sopra Steria: European IT services and digital transformation group with strong public-sector footprint across the Netherlands, Nordics, and UK. Competes with Vancis for Dutch government and healthcare transformation/cloud migrations, though typically at larger deal sizes.
- Atos: Global IT services and managed-infrastructure incumbent (Unify/Syntel heritage) with strong healthcare and public-sector business across Europe. Competes for large Dutch healthcare/government transformation deals that overlap with Vancis's verticals.
- T-Systems: Deutsche Telekom's enterprise IT arm — a major European managed-cloud and systems-integration incumbent. Comparable to Vancis on services (managed cloud, security, hybrid) and verticals (public sector, healthcare, research), though at vastly larger scale.
Others
- BDR (Your.Cloud sister MSP): Another European MSP within the Your.Cloud (formerly TSH) portfolio under Strikwerda Investments. Same ownership and adjacent service portfolios create both cross-sell opportunity and intra-platform overlap with Vancis.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Vancis social profiles
Digital presenceVancis compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance9 records
Vancis financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Vancis leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles12 records
Vancis funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Vancis M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Vancis
What does Vancis do?
Vancis is a Dutch managed cloud services provider delivering IaaS, hybrid cloud, backup, disaster recovery, managed security, and modern workplace solutions from Dutch datacenters. The company manages the full technology stack from multi-cloud layer to application and data management for education, healthcare, research, and government organizations, with all data remaining under Dutch law and outside the reach of the US Cloud Act.
Is Vancis a public or private company?
Vancis is a private company. It is classified as private equity controlled and is currently operating.
When was Vancis founded?
Vancis was founded in 2008. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Vancis based?
Vancis is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Europe region.
How does Vancis make money?
Ten revenue lines are on record. Managed Cloud Services are the primary driver. The others are cloud Infrastructure (IaaS), back-up as a Service (BaaS), cloud Adoption & Migration Services, vancis Protect MS365, hybrid Backup for Azure, SOC-SIEM Services, next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) and managed Service Provider (MSP) Services.
Who are Vancis's main competitors?
OVHcloud is listed as an emerging player. Direct peers are Solvinity, Leaseweb, Previder, SURF and KPN Cloud / KPN. Broad incumbents are Sopra Steria, Atos and T-Systems. BDR (Your.Cloud sister MSP) is listed as an others.
Does Vancis have an API?
No public API is recorded for Vancis.
What industry is Vancis in?
Vancis's product category is Managed Cloud Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDABABAE, Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Orchestration (Private-Cloud-Centric), with a secondary code of HDABAMAD, Hybrid Cloud Management, Monitoring & FinOps. Its NAICS code is 5182 and its SIC code is 7373.