Visma Circle

What Visma Circle does

Visma Circle B.V. is a Dutch software vendor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Visma Group, headquartered in Eindhoven with an additional office in Sittard. The company builds cloud-based case management, document intelligence, and collaboration software for Dutch public sector organizations, anchored on a Microsoft SharePoint platform. Its core product is Djuma, a case-oriented working (zaakgericht werken) platform covering case management, document workflows, citizen contact, online service delivery, examination workflows for education, and archive and dossier formation. The product portfolio is extended through Djumalytics (AI-powered automatic document recognition and classification), Djuma Teams (secure project and process collaboration), and an integration with ValidSign for digital signatures, supplemented by a Djuma Academy training offering.

Visma Circle serves a focused customer base across Dutch municipalities, water boards, provincial governments, and educational institutions (MBO/ROC and universities), with a stated footprint of more than 60,000 users. Named reference customers include Gemeente Breda, Gemeente Almere, Waterschap Brabantse Delta, Provincie Noord-Holland, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, ROC Nijmegen, and ROC van Twente. The company emphasizes compliance with Dutch public sector requirements including Open Overheid (Open Government) standards and frames its value proposition around transparency, flexibility, secure cloud storage, and partnership-based implementation.

The business operates on a sales-led direct enterprise model, with revenue generated through subscription-based cloud software licenses complemented by professional services spanning implementation, consulting, change management, integrations and conversions, and customer success packages. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per deployment. As part of Visma Group, Visma Circle benefits from parent-level brand credibility and resources while maintaining a Netherlands-centric go-to-market with potential Benelux expansion signaled in source commentary.

Name

Visma Circle

Legal name

Visma Circle B.V.

Website

https://circlesoftware.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Visma Circle is a Dutch SaaS subsidiary of Visma Group providing cloud-based case management, document intelligence, and collaboration software for Dutch municipalities, water boards, provinces, and educational institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Case Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Industry/Vertical Cloud Platforms (e.g., Gov/Healthcare/Financial Cloud Regions) (HDABAAAL)

Keywords

• Case management software
• Document management
• Public sector software
• Workflow automation
• Cloud collaboration

Headquarters

HQ city

Eindhoven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Cloud-based software solutions for case management, document intelligence, collaboration, and customer contact delivered as subscription services
2. Implementation Services: Full implementation services for case systems including planning, configuration, and go-live support. Implementation emphasizes user adoption through gamification and engagement strategies
3. Consulting and Advisory Services: Strategic consulting for building service delivery, improving chain collaboration, organizing archives and dossiers, and ongoing customer success management
4. Training and Academy Services: Djuma Academy providing training services to help users adopt and effectively use the platform

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Visma Circle develops and delivers cloud-based case management, document management, and digital collaboration software for Dutch public sector organizations. Its core Djuma platform enables municipalities, water boards, provinces, and educational institutions to manage cases, workflows, archives, and citizen services on Microsoft SharePoint-based cloud infrastructure. The company complements its software with implementation, consulting, and training services through Djuma Academy.

Product overview

Visma Circle is a digital transformation partner serving Dutch public sector organizations and educational institutions, offering a unified platform centered on Djuma for case management (zaakgericht werken) combined with specialized modules. The product portfolio includes Djuma as the core platform for structured case and information management, supplemented by Djumalytics for AI-powered document recognition, Djuma Teams for collaboration, and ValidSign for digital signatures. Professional services encompass implementation, change management, training through Djuma Academy, and ongoing customer success support, serving over 60,000 users across municipalities, water boards, provinces, and educational institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Djuma: Document recognition and case management solution including Djumalytics (automatic smart document recognition and classification) and Djuma Teams
• Djuma Academy
• Visma Circle Academy
• ValidSign

Products and services

• Djuma (Case Management Platform) Cloud-based case management (zaakgericht werken) and digital collaboration platform built on Microsoft SharePoint that enables Dutch public sector organizations to manage cases, projects, documents, and workflows in a structured manner. Used by municipalities, water boards, provinces, and educational institutions for transparent, flexible, and efficient service delivery.
• Djumalytics AI-powered automatic intelligent document recognition and classification system that processes incoming scanned documents using computer vision to identify and categorize content for case management workflows. Targeted at Dutch public sector organizations handling large volumes of incoming documents.
• Djuma Teams Collaboration solution enabling teams to work together on projects, structured processes, and ad hoc work activities within secure environments. Allows both internal teams and external partners to collaborate seamlessly within the Djuma platform.
• Djuma Academy Training and education services that help users of Djuma-based software develop the skills needed to adopt and effectively use the platform. Provided to public sector customers to support user adoption, certification, and ongoing platform utilization.

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Visma GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVisma Circle is a subsidiary (onderdeel) of Visma Group, a major European enterprise software company. As part of Visma Group, Visma Circle benefits from the parent company's resources, brand credibility, and infrastructure while maintaining focus on the Dutch public sector market.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Alfresco (Hyland): Alfresco provides open-source / commercial content services and process automation that competes in the enterprise document and case-management space; a more open, developer-led alternative that may be evaluated alongside Visma Circle in public-sector RFPs.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Syntex / SharePoint Solutions: Microsoft SharePoint is Visma Circle's underlying platform and Syntex is Microsoft's add-on for AI-powered document processing; as the platform owner and an emerging vertical content-AI product, Microsoft is both the technology foundation and a broad incumbent alternative competing for the same workload.
• T-Systems / Deutsche Telekom (Public Sector): T-Systems provides government and public-sector cloud and application services across Europe, including case-management-type suites serving municipal and regional buyers — a broad incumbent that competes for the same Dutch public-sector digital transformation wallet.
• OpenText (Content Suite / AppWorks): OpenText is an enterprise content management incumbent with document capture, records management and case-management offerings that overlap with Djuma/Djumalytics for organizations evaluating enterprise-wide ECM.
• Capgemini Invent (Public Sector Netherlands): Capgemini is a global systems integrator with a large Dutch public-sector practice covering digital transformation, case management and document workflow implementations; a broad incumbent that bundles SaaS solutions similar to Visma Circle into enterprise transformation deals.

Regional players

• Planon: Planon is a Dutch-founded (Nijmegen) SaaS vendor providing workflow and document/process management for FM, real estate and public-sector buildings — adjacent to Visma Circle's case-management DNA with shared regional DNA and government clients.

Direct peers

• TrueSAM (TrueLore): TrueSAM/TrueLore delivers Dutch public-sector case and document management software to municipalities and umbrella organizations, making it a direct competitor on zaakgericht werken with the same compliance/sector angle as Visma Circle.
• Decos: Decos is a Dutch software vendor that provides case management, e-forms, and document workflow solutions to municipalities and other public-sector bodies, directly overlapping Visma Circle's zaakgericht-werken / Djuma product set. Both vendors target the same Dutch gemeenten / waterschappen buyers and pursue subscription cloud delivery.
• Centric (Government): Centric is one of the largest Dutch IT providers for municipalities, water boards and educational institutions, with a case-management and document-suite portfolio that competes head-to-head with Visma Circle on the same buyer base.
• PinkRoccade Local Government: PinkRoccade is a Dutch public-sector IT vendor (part of Total Specific Solutions) selling case management, document handling and e-government solutions to municipalities, provinces and water boards — a near one-for-one vertical competitor to Visma Circle in the Dutch public sector.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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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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