What SAI ERP does

SAI ERP is a privately held Swiss software company founded in 1986 and headquartered in Valais (Martigny), operating in the niche vertical ERP market of French-speaking Switzerland. The company develops and sells SAINet, a web-based, modular, and configurable ERP platform built on a shared common corpus (Corpus commun) that supports multi-company and multi-domain data management, role-based access control, HTTPS-encrypted transfers, and native integration with Swiss regulatory standards including Swissdec 5 (payroll) and e-LP (electronic debt collection). On this foundation, SAI ERP delivers a portfolio of vertical products targeting sectors with complex Swiss regulatory requirements: SAINet DayCare (childcare and early childhood institutions), SAINet Handicap (disability and social action), SAINet Intégration et formation professionnelle (vocational reintegration), SAINet Régie immobilière and PPE (real estate and co-ownership), SAINet Construction (construction project management), SAINet Soudure industrielle (industrial welding with QMOS/DMOS compliance), and SAINet Contentieux (litigation and debt recovery). Supporting cross-vertical modules cover financial and analytical accounting, HR/payroll, time and planning, document management (GED), CRM, recruitment, expense reports, web portals, field mobility, and archiving with right-to-be-forgotten compliance.

The company generates revenue through subscription licensing of the SAINet platform and its modules, professional services for implementation and training, and a managed services offering (SAI DayCare Services) that outsources administration, payroll, and accounting for small early childhood institutions. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: the company targets Swiss organizational decision-makers through its website, an active French-language blog, regional brand affiliation (Marque Valais Entreprise), and Calendly-based demo scheduling. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, reflecting a consultative enterprise sale suited to multi-module deployments. The company reports over 10,000 active users across its solutions as of 2025, with SAINet DayCare alone managing more than 9,000 daycare places covering 16,200 children. SAI ERP remains independent, privately held, and very lean at 1-10 employees, with no external funding, no disclosed acquisitions, and no executive leadership changes in the available record.

Name

SAI ERP

Legal name

SAI ERP

Website

https://sai-erp.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SAI ERP is a Swiss software company that sells SAINet, a modular vertical ERP platform serving niche regulated sectors — primarily childcare, social services, real estate, construction, and industrial welding — across French-speaking Switzerland with subscription, services, and managed offerings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Martigny

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software licensing and subscriptions: SAI ERP derives revenue primarily from licensing its SAINet ERP platform to organizations across Switzerland. The modular, integrated nature of the platform encourages customers to adopt multiple modules, creating a land-and-expand dynamic. Being web-based, the solution likely operates on a subscription model with recurring annual or multi-year contracts.
2. SAI DayCare Services (Outsourcing): A managed services offering where SAI ERP handles billing, debtor management, payroll, accounting, and insurance declarations for childcare institutions. This creates an additional recurring revenue stream from institutions that prefer to outsource administrative functions, leveraging the same SAINet DayCare software.
3. Professional services and implementation: The company provides implementation, training, and ongoing support services, particularly through its structured onboarding program (coordinated sessions, weekly then biweekly then monthly training). This accompanies software deployments and generates services revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SAI ERP develops and licenses SAINet, a web-based collaborative, modular, and configurable ERP platform built on a common technical foundation (Corpus commun) serving Swiss organizations across multiple verticals including childcare (DayCare), social action and disability services (Handicap), real estate management (Régie immobilière), construction, industrial welding, and fiduciaries. The integrated platform covers financial accounting, HR (SIRH), Swissdec 5-compliant payroll, document management (GED), web portals, and sector-specific workflows, all natively interconnected. The company also offers SAI DayCare Services, a managed outsourcing service for small childcare institutions that bundles administrative, payroll, and accounting operations.

Product overview

SAI ERP's product portfolio is organized around the SAINet platform — a collaborative, modular, and configurable ERP — which serves as the shared foundational layer for all solutions. Built on this common corpus are vertical, sector-specific products: SAINet DayCare (early childhood: nurseries, childcare, UAPE, AMF family-based care), SAINet SIRH (human resources management), SAINet Handicap (disability and social action), SAINet Intégration et formation professionnelle (professional reintegration), SAINet Régie immobilière (real estate and PPE co-ownership management), SAINet Construction (construction site management), SAINet Soudure industrielle (industrial welding), and SAINet Contentieux (debt recovery and litigation). Supporting modules include financial accounting (debtors, creditors, salaries, Swissdec 5), time & planning, recruitment, GED/document management, field mobility, data archiving & right-to-be-forgotten, web portals (employee self-service, owner, parent communication), CRM, and expense reports. The company also offers SAI DayCare Services — a managed outsourcing service for small early childhood institutions — leveraging the same SAINet DayCare software. All modules interconnect natively, sharing data across HR, finance, and sector-specific workflows without re-entry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SAINet: Collaborative, modular and configurable ERP platform for growing organizations
• SAINet DayCare
• SAINet Handicap
• SAINet Régie immobilière
• SAINet Construction
• SAINet Soudure industrielle
• SAINet Contentieux
• SAINet PPE
• SAI DayCare Services

Products and services

• SAINet Collaborative, modular, and configurable ERP platform serving as the unified core across all SAI ERP solutions. Provides a shared corpus of generic functions including dashboard, multi-company management, user and access rights management, workflow creation, document templating, task automation, and email configuration. All vertical modules integrate natively with this foundation.
• SAINet DayCare Flagship product for early childhood institutions (crèches, nurseries, UAPE, AES) and family-based childcare (AMF). Covers pre-registration portal, child dossier, waiting list, place planning, contracts, time management, parent communication portal, automated invoicing and debtor management, financial suite, and HR suite. Manages over 9,000 daycare places representing 16,200 children across Swiss childcare institutions.
• SAINet SIRH (Human Resources Information System)

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ active users across SAINet solutions in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability4 records

Feature20 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Marque Valais EntrepriseminorOthersSAI ERP is affiliated with the 'Marque Valais Entreprise' (Valais Business Brand), a regional brand certification program run by the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The affiliation signifies recognition as a quality local enterprise within the Valais region, providing branding and visibility benefits within the regional business community. No formal co-development or commercial partnership structure is described.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Abacus Research AG: Leading Swiss ERP vendor for SMEs with strong Romandy presence; offers integrated financials, HR, and vertical modules including property management — most direct competitor to SAINet in the Swiss mid-market.
• ProConcept (Bison Group): Swiss-developed ERP focused on SMEs and service organizations with industry extensions; competes head-to-head with SAINet for finance, HR, and sector workflows in French-speaking Switzerland.
• Topal Solutions AG: Swiss accounting, payroll (Swissdec) and fiduciary software; overlaps with SAINet's fiduciaire and finance modules and shares the small Swiss-SME target customer.
• BBE Software (Bernard Bonzon): Swiss ERP and accounting software for fiduciaries and SMEs with deep regulatory features; directly comparable to SAINet's fiduciaire and Contentieux capabilities.
• HR Campus (PeopleWeek / Talent Software): Swiss HR software suite including payroll and time management, sharing SAINet's HRIS target market and Swissdec compliance focus.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central: Global ERP platform with growing Swiss partner ecosystem and ISV extensions; competes at the upper mid-market where customers seek integrated CRM, BI, and collaboration beyond SAINet's stack.
• Sage Switzerland: International accounting/ERP vendor with established Swiss presence (Sage 50/200) targeting SMEs; broad alternative to SAINet's finance and HR modules.
• SAP Business One / S/4HANA: Global ERP incumbent used by larger Swiss SMEs and subsidiaries; competes for the upper end of SAINet's construction and real estate verticals with much broader functionality.

Emerging players

• Little Bird (crèche software): Cloud-native daycare and nursery management software primarily in Germany; emerging cross-border competitor to SAINet DayCare as it expands into Romandy/Switzerland.

Regional players

• idealista / Immotop (property mgmt): Regional European property management platforms; relevant comparator for SAINet Régie immobilière and PPE in adjacent geographies where Swiss PPE workflows could be replicated.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

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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