Ecadia

What Ecadia does

ecadia GmbH is a privately held German software company founded in 2015 that develops and sells a unified academy and learning management SaaS platform aimed at training organizations, corporate academies, and HR development departments. The company is headquartered in Kornwestheim near Stuttgart, Germany, and opened a second regional office in Vechta, Lower Saxony in January 2024 to serve customers in northern Germany. The CEO and majority shareholder is Dr. Rainer Schmidberger, who brings over 25 years of domain expertise anchored in a 1995 "Gelbe Diskette" product originally developed for Robert Bosch GmbH, with continuous development of the modern platform beginning in 2004.

The ecadia platform is delivered in two editions (Basic and Professional) and spans 15 functional modules covering three integrated process areas: academy operations (event management, resource planning, room booking, billing), HR development (qualification planning, onboarding, trainee management), and digital learning (eLearning, SCORM-compatible content, digital exams, eFeedback). The system is web-based with mobile-responsive dashboards, supports six languages (German, English, French, Italian, Dutch, Spanish), and is hosted exclusively in an ISO-27001-certified German data center. The platform's proprietary qualification-planning methodology was originally co-developed with Audi AG, and named customers include Audi, AOK (Nord-West, Rheinland-Hamburg, Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland), ZDF, GIZ, Sparkassenakademie, Bildungswerk, Feuerwehrschule, Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt, and Stadtwerke Erfurt.

Revenue is generated through annual subscription licenses tiered by organization size and edition, supplemented by professional services revenue from implementation consulting, customization, hosted managed services, and paid training courses priced at EUR 370–990 per participant-day. Distribution is direct enterprise sales with structured implementation projects ranging from a few hours to four months, supported by free consultations, product demos, regular Learntec trade-fair presence, and a biennial user conference hosted at the Sparkassenakademie in Stuttgart. ecadia is bootstrapped: there are no external funding rounds, no parent company, no acquisitions, and no public investors in the data set.

Name

Ecadia

Legal name

ecadia GmbH

Website

https://ecadia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ecadia GmbH is a privately held German software company that sells a unified academy and learning management SaaS platform in two editions spanning 15 modules for training organizations, corporate academies, and HR development departments in German-speaking and European markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Learning Management System

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAEAGAB

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Suites

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Enterprise Content Management (ECM) & Document Management

SECONDARYEDAAALAI

Real Estate, Appraisal & Mortgage (Agent/Broker CE, Appraiser CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

SECONDARYEDACAJAK

Digital/Interactive Curriculum Content (Apps, Games, Multimedia Lessons)

Education/Early Childhood Education/ECE Curriculum, Assessment & Learning Materials

Keywords

• Academy management software
• Learning management system
• Event management software
• Qualification planning software
• Training administration platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 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: Ecadia offers two product lines - Basic and Professional - with licenses for the academy and learning management system. Pricing scales based on organization size and feature requirements.
2. Individual Consulting Services: System implementation support, optimization of educational processes, and data migration services
3. Hosting Services: Complete hosting for ecadia via ISO-27001 certified data center in Germany
4. Training Services: Public face-to-face and online training for users and administrators, as well as in-house training with individually tailored content
5. Customizing Services: System adaptation according to customer needs including configuration options, individual development services, and interface implementation

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ecadia is a SaaS academy and learning management system that unifies event management, resource planning, qualification planning, onboarding, and SCORM-compliant digital learning into a single platform offered as ecadia Basic and ecadia Professional. It is delivered with managed hosting from an ISO 27001 certified data center in Germany, complemented by implementation consulting, user/administrator training, and system customizing services for enterprise academies.

Product overview

ecadia is a unified academy and learning management system (LMS) offered in two product editions: Basic and Professional. The core platform integrates three main process areas: academy processes (event management, resource planning, billing), human resources development (qualification planning, onboarding, trainee management), and digital learning (eLearning, learning forums, digital exams). The product portfolio includes 15 functional modules covering event planning, qualification planning, campus management, digital exams, eFeedback, eLearning/WBT, newsletters, info screens, hotel management, reports, trainee management, onboarding, document management, and system integration. As a standardized software solution, ecadia emphasizes both out-of-the-box functionality and configurable customization options with individual development services and interface implementations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ecadia Basic: Entry-level version of ecadia academy management software with core functions including education catalog management, event management, billing, and limited resources.
• ecadia Professional

Products and services

• ecadia Academy Management Software SaaS academy and learning management system integrating event management, qualification planning, HR development, and SCORM-compliant digital learning into a unified platform for training organizations and corporate academies. Offered in two editions (Basic and Professional) with annual subscription licensing.
• Implementation and Consulting Services Professional services to support system implementation, optimization of educational processes, and data migration for ecadia customers. Engagement scope includes interfaces, single sign-on integration, works council coordination, and data protection compliance.
• Managed Hosting Services Complete managed hosting of ecadia from an ISO 27001 certified data center in Germany, providing data privacy and security compliance for customers.
• User and Administrator Training Services Regularly scheduled public face-to-face and online training courses covering ecadia basic usage, administration, reporting, templates, and merge printing, with individually tailored in-house training available.
• Customizing and Integration Services System adaptation services for ecadia covering configuration options, individual development work, and interface implementation to integrate the platform with customer-specific processes and existing IT landscapes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Several 100,000 participant bookings organized annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cornerstone OnDemand: Broad talent management platform with learning module targeting large global enterprises. Overlaps with ecadia on LMS functionality but serves as part of a much wider talent suite.
• SAP SuccessFactors Learning: Enterprise LMS bundled within SAP's broader HCM suite. Competes with ecadia at the high end of the market where customers want a single-vendor HR + learning stack; lacks ecadia's deep academy/event management specialization.
• Skillsoft: Large enterprise learning platform combining LMS, content library, and compliance training. Overlaps with ecadia on LMS and event/qualification management for global enterprises but operates at much larger scale with broader content offering.

Direct peers

• OpenOLAT: Swiss-developed open-source LMS used across European universities and corporate training environments. Shares DACH origin and academy/qualification management overlap with ecadia.
• Moodle: Open-source LMS widely adopted globally including in German universities and corporate training. Directly competes with ecadia as a learning management platform, though Moodle lacks ecadia's integrated academy/qualification planning modules.
• ILIAS: German-developed open-source LMS strongly established in DACH universities, public sector, and corporate training. Closest direct peer given regional focus and overlap with ecadia's academy/event management use cases.
• Docebo: AI-powered cloud LMS targeting enterprise customers with similar event, certification, and learner management capabilities. Competes for the same mid-market and enterprise corporate learning buyers as ecadia.
• TalentLMS: Cloud-based LMS offering course management, SCORM compliance, and event-based learning — overlapping significantly with ecadia's eLearning and event management modules for SMB and mid-market.

Regional players

• Haufe Group: German provider of HR, learning, and compliance content with adjacent learning platform offerings. Comparable as a DACH-based learning content and tooling provider serving similar enterprise and SMB segments.
• CANCOM: German IT services and solutions provider offering digital workplace and learning-related services to enterprise customers. Comparable as a DACH-based technology partner in the digital learning space, though broader in scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ecadia-gmbh

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

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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