Web Impact

What Web Impact does

Web Impact (株式会社ウェブインパクト / WEBIMPACT, INC.) is a privately held Japanese cloud-services company founded in November 1994 and headquartered in Tokyo, with an R&D and regional-operations hub in Toyohashi (within the Toyohashi Science Core facility) and a satellite office in Suzhou, China. The company operates as a cloud service co-creation firm whose flagship product is WEB給® (WEB Salary), a SaaS payroll-slip electronic delivery platform that accepts CSV output from any Japanese payroll software (給与奉行, 弥生給与, PCA給与X, 給与応援Lite, 給料王, 給与大臣NX, or Excel-based systems) and converts it into PDF payslips, bonus statements, and withholding slips distributed via email — including English-language payslips for foreign workers and 2-step authentication. The product portfolio also includes desknet's Sync for smartphones (calendar synchronization with desknet's NEO groupware), 申請審査クラウド (application review workflow), Quick Gate™ (QR-code lift ticketing integrated with SKIDATA), バーチャル・ラボ® (on-demand IT specialist staffing), and BONX for BUSINESS (group voice communication). The underlying technology stack is AWS-centric, leveraging FortiGate VPN, cloud PBX, and Amazon WorkSpaces DaaS.

The business model combines tiered SaaS subscriptions (WEB給 at ¥100,000 setup + ¥10,000/month per site for up to 200 employees), professional services revenue from custom cloud-application and image-inspection software development, and ongoing fees from synchronization and communication add-ons. Pricing is publicly disclosed for the SMB-focused WEB給 product while enterprise custom work is quote-based. Go-to-market is direct and lightweight — online inquiry → demo → one-week activation — supplemented by an event-driven civic-tech presence in Toyohashi, regional university partnerships (notably Toyohashi University of Technology since 2014), and a privileged distribution channel through OBC (株式会社オービックビジネスコンサルタント, TSE PRM: 4733), which is both a major shareholder and the integration partner for the WEB給 / 給与奉行クラウド connector. The company holds Privacy Mark certification (登録番号22000031(09)) and 適格請求書発行事業者 registration (T4010001070401), and is led by representative director 木村 博司 (Hiroshi Kimura) following a February 2022 leadership transition. Customers are primarily Japanese SMBs not yet cloudified in payroll accounting, plus local-government and civic-tech engagements with Toyohashi City.

Name

Web Impact

Legal name

株式会社ウェブインパクト

Website

https://webimpact.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Web Impact (株式会社ウェブインパクト) is a Tokyo-based Japanese cloud-services firm founded in 1994 that builds and operates SaaS products for SMBs, led by WEB給®, an electronic payroll-slip delivery service compatible with any Japanese payroll software, plus workflow, ticketing, and communication add-ons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud HR & Payroll SaaS

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Payroll Software & Payroll-as-a-Service (SaaS) (BPACAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cloud Strategy, Assessment & Roadmap (BPAEACAA)

Keywords

• Cloud application services
• Payroll digitization software
• Salary slip delivery
• Cloud SaaS platform
• System integration services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. WEB給 Subscription (SaaS): Monthly and annual subscription fees for the WEB給 payroll digitization platform. Pricing is tiered by number of employees per site, with an initial setup fee and ongoing monthly per-site charges.
2. Custom Software Development: System development services including cloud application development, consulting, and image inspection software development for enterprise and government clients.
3. Sync smartphones for Cybozu: Synchronization service for desknet's scheduling software with smartphone calendars, offered as a sold product with ongoing updates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Web Impact develops and operates cloud-based SaaS platforms, with its flagship product WEB給® being a payroll slip electronic delivery service that converts CSV output from any Japanese payroll software into PDF payslips, withholding slips, and bonus statements delivered by email. The company also offers complementary cloud services including smartphone calendar synchronization (desknet's Sync), application review workflows (申請審査クラウド), QR-code lift ticketing (Quick Gate), on-demand IT specialist services (バーチャル・ラボ®), and custom cloud application/system development for enterprise and public-sector clients.

Product overview

Web Impact operates as a cloud service co-creation company offering a portfolio of specialized B2B cloud applications. The core product is WEB給®, a salary statement electronic delivery and payroll document management service that serves as the primary revenue-generating platform. The broader portfolio includes desknet's Sync for smartphone calendar synchronization, 申請審査クラウド for approval workflows, Quick Gate™ for QR ticketing at ski resorts, バーチャル・ラボ® for on-demand IT specialist services, and BONX for BUSINESS for team voice communication. These products are positioned as modular cloud services that can be adopted independently, with WEB給 being the flagship product and other services targeting complementary business process automation needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• WEB給® (WEB Salary)

Quantifiable outcome

• 16 hours of payroll slip issuance work reduced to 3 minutes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• 株式会社ネオジャパンcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a major shareholder (東証PRM: 3921). Neo Japan is a publicly listed company that operates business software platforms. The relationship appears to involve shared business interests in the Japanese SME software market.
• 株式会社オービックビジネスコンサルタントcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a major shareholder (東証PRM: 4733). OBC is a leading provider of ERP and payroll software (奉行シリーズ) in Japan. WEB給 has an official API integration with 給与奉行クラウド (OBC's payroll cloud product), indicating a genuine product integration and go-to-market partnership.
• 国立大学法人 豊橋技術科学大学flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerExtensive multi-year collaboration since 2014 covering VR/AR simulation development, haptic technology research, motion control web applications, event tracking systems (おにどこ, はしってみりん), IT education projects, and student internship programs. Received official recognition/表彰 from the university in 2022.
• 国立大学法人 長岡技術科学大学coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration since 2014 on real-time multicast Unity application development and other technology research projects.
• 学校法人立教学院 立教大学coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2018, collaborating on ICT education programs for high school students in Rikuzen Takada City (岩手県陸前高田市). The program was formally incorporated into Rikkyo University Faculty of Sociology curriculum from 2019 as a regular course on community support through ICT education.
• 学校法人 日本大学 日本大学工学部minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerConducted IBM Watson-based chatbot creation internship at the Faculty of Engineering in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture in 2019.
• 株式会社 サイエンス・クリ エイトcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThird-sector company of Toyohashi City. Collaboration on Pepper project support at Maker's Lab Toyohashi (2015-2016), including Pepper utilization for business, event support at Nakamura Park, and remote use between schools and hospitals.
• 株式会社ウェブインパクト 木村博司 (個人, 内閣府)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCompany representative appointed as 内閣府地域活性化伝道師 (Cabinet Office Regional Revitalization Evangelist) in October 2023, enabling high-level government engagement for regional development initiatives.
• 中部アイティ協同組合minorOthersMember of Chubu IT Association (中部IT協同組合), a regional IT industry organization providing networking and business development opportunities.
• 豊橋市flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2016, Toyohashi City Open Data Business Creation initiatives. Web Impact has been an active participant in civic tech, providing programming workshops, hackathons, and ideation events. The city has also recognized Web Impact as a childcare-supporting company and a human resources development declaration company.
• 秋田県minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on「ICT活用によるグローバル起業家人材育成支援事業」(ICT-based Global Entrepreneur Human Resource Development) and「めざせ未来のICTスペシャリスト」summer special programs for middle and high school students.
• キリロム工科大学（カンボジア）minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped entry/exit management reception system「門番」as part of a next-generation software engineer education program at Kirirom Institute of Technology in Cambodia.
• 学校法人愛知大学 愛知大学minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsored Toyohashi Three-University Hackathon in July 2016 alongside Toyohashi University of Science and Technology and Toyohashi Creation University.
• 学校法人 藤ノ花学園 豊橋創造大学minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-sponsored Toyohashi Three-University Hackathon in July 2016.
• 株式会社 TSPminorOthersListed as a collaboration partner on the company collaboration page.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• PCA Corporation: Japanese accounting and payroll SMB software vendor whose PCA給与X product is explicitly supported by WEB給’s CSV integration layer. Direct point of comparison for SMB payroll workflow digitisation in Japan.
• freee K.K. Japanese cloud HR and payroll SaaS vendor serving SMBs. Both companies target 小中堅企業 with cloud-native payroll/HCM workflows; freee is a much larger, well-funded competitor entering adjacent payslip-delivery-style features.
• Money Forward, Inc. Japanese cloud fintech and HR/payroll SaaS company. Targets the same Japanese SMB segment with cloud accounting, HR, and payroll functions that increasingly overlap with WEB給’s value proposition.
• Yayoi Co., Ltd. Dominant Japanese SMB accounting and payroll software vendor whose 弥生給与 product is explicitly integrated with WEB給. As Yayoi moves products to the cloud, it represents both a partner and a direct competitor in the payroll digitisation category Web Impact serves.
• OBC (OBC Business Consultant Co., Ltd.): Owner of 給与奉行 (Japan’s leading on-premise payroll software) and provider of 奉行クラウド. OBC is a major shareholder of Web Impact and an integration partner for 給与奉行クラウド連携版 WEB給, making it both a channel ally and a strategic overlap risk.

Broad incumbents

• Cybozu Inc. Provider of desknet's NEO groupware, which Web Impact's Sync product integrates with. Cybozu is a broader SaaS incumbent in Japanese SMB collaboration with overlapping GTM channels into the same 小中堅企業 customer base.

Emerging players

• Kingsoft Japan: Japanese SMB-focused SaaS provider (KINGSOFT Office and other productivity tools). Comparable in SMB-first SaaS distribution, content-marketing-led GTM, and willingness to disrupt legacy on-premise categories with cloud-native alternatives.

Others

• SKIDATA Japan: Cashless access control provider for ski resorts and facilities, with which Web Impact co-developed the Quick Gate™ QR ticketing platform. A key integration and channel partner for Web Impact’s facility-access product line.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/webimpactinc
• Facebookfacebook.com/webimpact.inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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