What Kaliop does

Kaliop is a privately-held French digital transformation agency headquartered in Montpellier, with additional offices in Paris, Toulouse (France), and Słupsk (Poland). Founded in 2002 and operating as a Société par Actions Simplifiée (SAS) with €7,000,000 of share capital, Kaliop employs approximately 120 people and is financially backed by Bpifrance and Galia Gestion. The firm advises and delivers for large enterprises and mid-market clients — including Accor, Interflora, Pierre & Vacances, Aroma-Zone, Biogen, Biogaran, EDF, Virbac, Yelloh Village, French Red Cross, and Ademe — across hospitality, retail, healthcare, energy, financial services, tourism, and public-sector verticals.

Kaliop's offering is organised around six core service lines: Advice and Support (consulting and roadmap), Product Design and Conception, Custom Development, Composable Commerce, Cloud & DevOps, and Innovation (PoC/PoV). These are supported by a dedicated AI practice spanning AI Consulting & Strategy, Data Architecture & Modernisation, Custom AI Solution Design, Team Coaching, and Governance/MLOps. Its delivery stack is anchored in composable/MACH architecture (Microservices, API-First, Cloud-Native, Headless), implemented through Vue/Nuxt, React/Next, Node.js, Strapi, Contentful, commercetools, Kubernetes, GraphQL/Apollo (including a Backend-for-Frontend pattern), and deployed across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Scaleway, and Outscale. Notable proprietary methodologies include the Digital Factory "HARI" framework and an RGESN-based eco-design approach; Kaliop holds the Responsible Digital Label Level 1 and an Ecovadis Committed Company badge (both 2025).

Kaliop generates revenue as a professional services agency on a custom, project-based, multi-year contract model with quote-driven pricing — there are no public pricing tiers. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales supported by content marketing (insights blog, white papers, YouTube, webinars), the co-hosted Headless Experience Conference with Contentful and Strapi, and customer case studies; the firm holds "first French partner" status with Contentful and specialist partner status with Strapi. Primary customers are large enterprises and corporate groups modernising legacy monoliths via MACH architecture, alongside mid-market companies adopting agile digital practices and CSR-focused organisations seeking responsible digital delivery.

Name

Kaliop

Legal name

Kaliop France

Website

https://kaliop.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kaliop is a French digital transformation agency (~120 staff) that designs and delivers composable/MACH, headless CMS, cloud, and AI consulting services for enterprise and mid-market clients across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting & Digital Transformation Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

DevOps Consulting & Transformation (BPAEAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

AI/ML Solution Integration & MLOps Enablement (BPAEAAAJ)

Keywords

• Digital transformation services
• Composable commerce implementation
• Headless CMS development
• Cloud DevOps consulting
• AI consulting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Digital Agency & Consulting Services: Professional services revenue from digital strategy consulting, product design, custom web/mobile development, composable commerce implementation, Cloud & DevOps, and AI automation services. Delivered through project-based engagements and ongoing retainer relationships with enterprise clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Kaliop is a French digital transformation agency that helps enterprises and mid-market companies design, build, and operate composable digital platforms. Its core service lines cover pre-project consulting (Advice and Support), product design, custom development using MACH architecture (Microservices, API-First, Cloud-Native, Headless), composable commerce implementation, Cloud & DevOps, and innovation/PoC projects. A dedicated AI services portfolio spans AI strategy, data architecture, custom AI solution design, team coaching, and AI governance/MLOps.

Product overview

Kaliop is a digital agency offering a portfolio of professional services rather than a unified software product. The core offering consists of six main service lines: Advice and Support (consulting), Product Design and Conception, Custom Development, Composable Commerce, Cloud & DevOps, and Innovation (PoC/PoV). These are complemented by specialised AI services including AI Consulting & Strategy, Data Architecture & Modernisation, Custom AI Solution Design, Team Coaching, and Governance & MLOps. Kaliop's technical expertise spans composable/MACH architecture, headless CMS integration (Strapi, Contentful), e-commerce platforms (commercetools), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, Scaleway), and design disciplines (UX, UI, User Research, Product Management). The company positions itself at the intersection of technical expertise, human intelligence, and AI to help businesses thrive in digital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Advice and Support

Quantifiable outcome

• 0% increase in post-migration conversion rates in certain key countries (Interflora)
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability8 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ContentfulcoreTechnology or IntegrationKaliop is the first French partner of Contentful, a leading headless CMS. The partnership involves implementing Contentful in client projects, co-hosting the Headless Experience Conference, and producing joint thought leadership content on composable content platforms.
• StrapicoreTechnology or IntegrationKaliop is a Strapi specialist and expert partner, implementing Strapi headless CMS across client projects. Kaliop hosts the Headless Experience Conf' in partnership with Strapi and produces extensive Strapi-related technical content including migration guides.
• commercetoolscoreTechnology or IntegrationKaliop lists commercetools as a core technology expertise, implementing composable commerce platforms using the commercetools headless commerce solution alongside its own architecture services.
• ScalewaycoreTechnology or IntegrationKaliop is an integration partner of Scaleway, a sovereign European cloud provider. Kaliop leverages Scaleway for eco-designed, sovereign cloud deployments, particularly for clients requiring data localisation within European territory.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Theodo: Paris-headquartered digital agency specialising in composable/MACH, headless CMS, and cloud-native builds for enterprise clients across France and the UK. Closest direct competitor to Kaliop in the French composable-transformation niche, with overlapping service lines and similar size.
• OCTO Technology: French technology consultancy historically focused on architecture, DevOps, and platform engineering; now part of Accenture but retained as a distinct brand. Most comparable to Kaliop on Cloud, DevOps, and platform-engineering expertise, and a direct competitor in French enterprise transformation bids.
• Meritis: Paris-based digital and management consultancy covering IT consulting, custom development, and digital transformation for French enterprise clients. Comparable size and customer profile to Kaliop, particularly in finance and large-cap corporate accounts.
• Smile (Open Source): European open-source digital agency specialising in CMS, e-commerce, and digital experience platforms with strong Strapi and headless capability. Closely matches Kaliop's open-source-first composable positioning and similar target customer base.
• Zenika: French digital agency specialising in modern web, DevOps, cloud, and AI consulting with a strong open-source and Agile culture. Comparable in size and service mix to Kaliop and a frequent co-bidder on French enterprise modernisation RFPs.

Broad incumbents

• Devoteam: European IT consultancy with a sizable French practice covering cloud, DevOps, AI, and digital transformation. Larger and broader portfolio than Kaliop but actively competes for the same enterprise modernisation mandates, including MACH/composable work.
• Capgemini: Global IT services leader with a deep French heritage and large Digital, Cloud, and Customer Experience practices. Competes with Kaliop on large enterprise digital transformation bids but at vastly greater scale; often the prime on which Kaliop would sub-contract.
• Sopra Steria: Major French-headquartered European IT services group with digital transformation, application modernisation, and platform engineering practices. Overlaps with Kaliop in French enterprise accounts but at a much larger delivery scale.
• Accenture (Accenture Song): Global professional services giant whose Song practice targets exactly the composable commerce, content, and experience transformation work Kaliop specialises in. Owns OCTO Technology, the most direct French competing brand, making it a formidable incumbent at the top of the market.
• SQLI: European digital services firm with strong French roots covering digital experience, e-commerce, and platform integration. Comparable in size band to Kaliop and an established French mid-market competitor for composable and headless projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8bb1r34W1jm8Se2gplihRQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/1971654
• Instagraminstagram.com/kalioplive
• Xx.com/Kaliop
• Facebookfacebook.com/kaliop.community

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 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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