What Intellex does

Intellex (ООО «ИНТЭЛЛЕКС»), founded in 2001 in Moscow by Mikhail Kornaukhov and Nikolai Buzurnyuk, is a Russian IT services company specializing in software systems for railway transport. The company is the primary developer and operator of the national railway freight information infrastructure of ОАО «РЖД» (Russian Railways), most notably the AS ETRAN NP platform, which has processed virtually 100% of Russian railway freight transport documents since 2002 and currently handles 5 million documents monthly at peak throughput of 1,500 transactions per second across 20,000+ organizations and 60,000 users. The product portfolio comprises 15+ interconnected enterprise systems covering document preparation and processing, electronic freight trading, wagon fleet management, transport service management, infrastructure capacity optimization, customer relationship management, passenger transportation analysis, and railway security operations. All major products are registered in the Russian Software Registry and operate on import-independent technology stacks; the proprietary XM Low-code platform serves as the foundation for multiple applications and is itself a registered Russian software product.

The company's core technology stack spans C#, C++, JavaScript, Java, Python, and PL/pgSQL, with integration into the broader RZD IT ecosystem via standardized APIs and electronic data interchange. Specialized proprietary assets include the Lingurus autonomous Russian speech recognition system (using a unique phonetic-alphabet acoustic model, in-house since 2014) and the ДМ ЗИ infrastructure loading optimization model developed jointly with Petersburg State University of Railway Transport.

Intellex generates revenue through three mechanisms: (1) custom enterprise software development and implementation contracts with RZD, RZD subsidiaries (ФГК, ПГК, ФПК), and industrial enterprises (Eurocement, EuroChem), priced per technical specification; (2) software licensing and ongoing maintenance for deployed systems; and (3) platform operations revenue through the joint venture ООО «Цифровая Логистика» (Digital Logistics LLC), which operates the ЭТП ГП electronic trading platform (9,600+ users, 140+ service providers) and ЭП ОТП commodity exchange platform (1,000 participants). Go-to-market is predominantly enterprise field sales led by senior leadership, supplemented by self-serve cloud services (Облако.Вагон) for SMB operators and industry conference presence. The company employs approximately 160 specialists.

Name

Intellex

Legal name

ООО «ИНТЭЛЛЕКС»

Website

https://intellex.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Intellex is a Moscow-based IT services company founded in 2001 that develops and operates information systems for Russian Railways, including the AS ETRAN NP platform processing all Russian railway freight documents, plus electronic trading, fleet management, and passenger analytics systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Railway Transport Software

NAICS

Freight Transportation Arrangement (4885), Support Activities for Transportation (488)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Shipper-Carrier Direct Contracting Networks (TLAEAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cargo Security & Regulatory Filing Systems (ACI/AMS/ISF/ENS/ICS2) (TLAEAOAJ)

Keywords

• Railway transport software
• Freight document management
• Electronic waybill systems
• Railcar fleet management
• Transport logistics platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development and Implementation: Development of large-scale IT systems for transport logistics on a custom project basis. Services are priced based on detailed technical specifications and customer requirements, with final costs determined through negotiations.
2. Software Licensing and Maintenance: Licensing of proprietary software products registered in the Russian Software Registry. Ongoing maintenance, modification and support of implemented systems (e.g., АС ЭТРАН НП, ЭП ОТП, ВАГКОНТРОЛ).
3. Platform Operations (ЭТП ГП): Platform operated by ООО «Цифровая Логистика» (joint venture with RZD) providing access to railway freight services, attracting service providers and shippers to the electronic marketplace.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Intellex develops and maintains large-scale enterprise IT systems for Russian railway transport logistics. Flagship offerings include АС ЭТРАН НП, the centralized system for preparing and processing RZD freight transport documents (handling roughly 5 million documents per month), the ЭТП ГП electronic trading platform that connects 140+ freight service providers with shippers, and the proprietary XM Low-code platform registered in the Russian Software Registry. The company also operates the ЭП ОТП commodity-supply exchange platform, ВАГКОНТРОЛ railcar fleet management, АСУ ТО transport-service contracts, ДМ ЗИ infrastructure load modeling, АС «КомПас» НП passenger transport analytics, and АС «Лингурус» autonomous Russian speech recognition.

Product overview

Intellex is a software company specializing in transport logistics solutions, primarily for the Russian railway industry. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of products organized as a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core platform is XM Low-code platform, which serves as the foundation for multiple applications. Key product lines include: АС ЭТРАН НП as the flagship system for electronic transport documents processing all RZD freight operations; ЭТП ГП for electronic freight trading and procurement; ВАГКОНТРОЛ for wagon fleet management; АСУ ТО for transport service management; ЭП ОТП for commodity exchange integration; ДМ ЗИ for infrastructure load optimization; АС «КомПас» НП for passenger transportation analysis; and АС УВК for customer relationship management. Supporting products include cloud services (Облако.Вагон), speech recognition (АС «Лингурус»), cargo protection systems (АСУ ОГСД), and various specialized modules for document management, indicators, and technical documentation. The products serve major Russian railway companies including RZD, ФПК, ПГК, and ФГК.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VAGCONTROL: Information system for operator companies enabling detailed control of wagon fleet, automated data exchange and client settlements.
• XM Low-code Platform
• АС ЭТРАН НП
• ЭТП ГП

Products and services

• АС ЭТРАН НП (Automated System for Centralized Preparation and Registration of Transport Documents) Centralized automated system for preparation and execution of transport documents for RZD freight operations. Processes approximately 100% of RZD freight shipments and about 5 million documents per month at up to 1,500 transactions per second at peak; serves 20,000 organizations, 60,000 users and 750 clients in ASU-ASU mode; supports international document exchange with 12 countries.
• ЭТП ГП (Electronic Trading Platform for Freight Transportation) Open internet platform for ordering, payment and execution of transport, logistics and related services from various suppliers, enabling comprehensive freight forwarding in single-window mode. Aggregates 140+ service providers (including 131 railway rolling stock operators) and 9,600+ users; over 300,000 orders and 1,400,000+ wagon shipments completed by 2024.
• ВАГКОНТРОЛ (Wagon Control) Information system for railcar operating companies providing detailed control of railcar fleet, automated data exchange, and client settlement management. Built on the XM Low-code platform with the ВАГКОНТРОЛ Шлюз data gateway module enabling data loading from RZD systems within the Single Window framework.
• АСУ ТО (Automated Transport Service Management System) Automated system managing contracts for freight and empty-wagon transportation, registering and tracking the contract schedule for each departure date, and controlling deviations of cargo flows from agreed parameters for Russian Railways.
• ЭП ОТП (Electronic Platform «Operator of Product Supplies») Digital platform for control and accounting of commodity supplies under obligations admitted to clearing at the St. Petersburg International Commodity Exchange. Operates only with electronic document management and real-time cargo tracking; 10 million tonnes of oil products shipped by March 2026; over 1,000 participants (964 buyers and 28 sellers in Oil Products) reached in October 2025.
• ДМ ЗИ (Dynamic Infrastructure Loading Model) Large-scale system for automated analysis of freight transportation requests with alternative route finding, processing over 1 million requests per month. Built jointly with Saint Petersburg State University of Railway Transport.
• АС УВК (Automated Customer Relationship Management System) Automates and systematizes customer and partner relationships for the RZD holding, forms and maintains a customer database, and enables effective interaction for processing cargo transportation inquiries; planned to be enhanced with AI factor analysis and customer retention recommendations.
• АС «КомПас» НП (Automated Analysis and Forecasting System for Passenger Transportation) Next-generation tool for forecasting demand for railway passenger transportation, determining strengths and weaknesses of current traffic schedules, and automating passenger-complex business processes; deployed across all ФПК branches managing all Russian passenger rail transport.
• Облако.Вагон (Cloud Service for Wagon Owners) Cloud service for wagon owners enabling small rolling stock operators to quickly connect to ЭТП ГП without software integration. Connected 127 companies (90% of operators on ЭТП ГП) by May 2024.
• АС КТЛО (Automated Complex Transport-Logistics Service System) High-tech service for comprehensive supply chain management of large industrial and resource-extracting holdings, integrating with АС ЭТРАН and customer ERP modules; the first system fully created on the corporate XM Low-code platform.
• АС «Лингурус» (Autonomous Russian Speech Recognition System) Autonomous Russian speech recognition system with a proprietary acoustic model based on a unique phonetic alphabet where all speech sounds are characterized by superposition of numerical features, enabling speech-to-text processing for internal and customer workflows.
• АСУ ОГСД (Automated Guard and Revenue Collection System) Information system managing cargo protection and revenue-collection operations for the railway transport security service ФГП ВО ЖДТ РФ. Over 500 organizations and 2,000+ users registered by 2024.
• C-KNIS (Cargo Information System for LDz) Information system for freight calculation for Latvian Railways (LDz), automating main technological processes at cargo stations and electronic freight document processing.
• XM Low-code Platform Domestic Russian low-code platform for creating ERP and CRM applications; serves as the technological foundation for multiple Intellex products such as ВАГКОНТРОЛ, АС КТЛО, АС ИСОК, and other enterprise solutions.
• Электронная площадка «Пассажирские перевозки» (Passenger Transportation Electronic Platform) Technology for passenger ticket sales through the RZD corporate portal, enabling passengers to purchase and pay for tickets online for railway passenger services.
• АС РПВ (Automated Empty Wagon Distribution System) Dynamic real-time management system for empty private gondola car fleet to ensure fulfillment of freight shipper orders.
• АС СБ (Sales Block Automated System for Federal Freight Company) Sales Block automated system for freight company АО «ФГК», providing wagon registry, client settlements, and logistics analysis.
• АСУ ПГК (First Freight Company Management System) Automated management system for АО «ПГК» (First Freight Company) handling settlements with wagon suppliers, wagon database management, repair accounting, and electronic document management with digital signatures.
• КСУМ (Corporate Marketing and Sales Management System) System for tracking loading performance across the rail network and individual railways, maintaining a list of key clients, and performing cargo flow analysis for marketing and sales purposes.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60 billion rubles in direct economic effects from digital transformation projects over six years for RZD
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• ООО «ИТЛ Консалтинг» (ITL Consulting)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Recommended implementation partner for enterprises seeking to integrate with АС ЭТРАН НП. ООО «ИТЛ Консалтинг» (www.itlc.ru) is the certified consulting partner that helps enterprises connect their systems to RZD's АС ЭТРАН НП.
• ПГУПС (Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет путей сообщения)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Saint Petersburg State University of Railway Transport — academic partner for joint development of the Dynamic Infrastructure Loading Model (ДМ ЗИ). University contributed research expertise for the mathematical optimization algorithms used in the system.
• ООО «Цифровая Логистика» (Digital Logistics LLC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Joint venture between RZD and Intellex (50/50 or similar ownership structure) that operates the ЭТП ГП and ЭП ОТП platforms. Founded to serve as the operator of the electronic trading platform for freight transportation as prescribed by FAS Russia. ООО «Цифровая Логистика» handles platform operations, business development, and client management while Intellex provides the technology development. General Director: Nikolai Rezvov.
• ОАО «РЖД» (Russian Railways)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001ОАО «РЖД» is the founding customer and primary strategic partner of Intellex. The company was established in 2001 specifically to serve RZD's need for a centralized system for railway freight document processing. Intellex developed and continues to maintain АС ЭТРАН НП (the national freight document system), ЭТП ГП, АСУ ТО, АС УВК, and other critical RZD systems. This is a 25-year strategic partnership covering virtually all aspects of RZD's IT infrastructure for freight and passenger operations.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Center for Financial Technologies (CFT / ЦФТ): Major Russian IT services company providing banking, government, and transport-sector software, including solutions adjacent to railway digitalization. Closest direct competitor in the Russian enterprise IT market serving state-owned infrastructure operators.

Broad incumbents

• SAP Transportation Management: Global incumbent in transportation management software; broad portfolio spans road, rail, ocean, and air freight execution. Compares to Intellex in offering TMS-class functionality, though lacks Intellex's deep RZD-specific regulatory integration.
• Oracle Transportation Management: Global TMS incumbent serving shippers and 3PLs across modes. Comparable as a broad enterprise transportation management software platform, in contrast to Intellex's rail-vertical specialization.
• Wabtec (GE Transportation): Global rail technology incumbent (formed from GE Transportation merger) covering locomotives, signaling, and rail software. Comparable in serving large railway operators with mission-critical digital systems, though globally rather than Russia-vertically.
• Trimble Transportation: Established logistics and transportation technology provider with TMS, visibility, and rail-specific solutions. Comparable to Intellex as a multi-product transport technology vendor serving enterprise logistics and rail customers.

Emerging players

• MercuryGate International: Mid-market TMS vendor focused on complex multi-mode transportation management including rail. Comparable to Intellex in offering configurable transportation execution platforms, though primarily serving North American and European shippers.
• project44: Supply chain visibility platform providing real-time tracking across modes including rail. Comparable to Intellex's visibility/tracking capabilities (RZD Client Personal Account, RZD Cargo app) but globally rather than rail-vertically focused.
• FourKites: Predictive supply chain visibility platform with rail and intermodal tracking. Comparable to Intellex's ЭТП ГП marketplace and real-time cargo tracking offerings from a global rather than Russian-rail perspective.

Others

• Rоссийские Железные Дороги (RZD) Information Technology subsidiary: State-owned rail operator that is Intellex's primary customer and effectively a co-developer of its core systems. Relevant peer because it has internal IT capacity that could substitute or compete with Intellex in the future.
• Softline (Softex): Major Russian IT services and software distribution firm serving enterprise and government customers. Comparable as a Russian-headquartered enterprise IT services company with state-owned enterprise customers, although operating in a broader set of verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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