What GREENSPECTOR does

Greenspector is a French SaaS company that provides energy consumption and environmental impact measurement for mobile applications, web applications, and IoT services. The company's flagship product, Greenspector Studio, runs automated tests on physical test bench terminals under configurable conditions (different devices, WiFi/GSM networks) to capture real energy consumption, then converts those measurements into environmental impacts using a proprietary multi-criteria model compatible with LCA (ISO 14040), the Green Software Foundation's SCI, and ADEME's RCP standards. The platform comprises modules for green testing/QA, CI/CD integration ('DevGreenOps'), battery and performance diagnostics, and eco-design decision support, with API access for pipeline and dashboard integration.

Greenspector serves enterprise customers in telecommunications (Bouygues Telecom, Orange), banking (Crédit Agricole Technologie & Services), aviation (Air France), transportation (SNCF Connect), media (France Télévisions), and regional government (Région Bretagne). The company combines a product-led growth model — self-serve online subscription with monthly or annual tiers and a free trial — with an enterprise direct-sales motion for custom deployments, supplemented by professional services and training delivered via partners such as Green Code Lab. Pricing is structured around maximum number of user journey analyses, monthly measurement minutes, and license commitment period.

Headquartered in Nantes (registered office at 6 Rue Rose Dieng-Kuntz, 44300 Nantes, France) with 11-50 employees and a founding date around 2010-2012 (Terms reference the Code Vert project launched in 2012; copyright notice spans 2010-2026), Greenspector is a privately held SAS with no disclosed external funding. Gaël Brisson serves as President and Thierry Leboucq as Chairman; Olivier Philippot acts as DPO and is the public-facing software ecodesign expert and founder of Green Code Lab. The company generates recurring SaaS revenue from a globally accessible web platform while concentrating customer acquisition primarily in the French and broader European enterprise market through thought leadership content, webinars, and case studies on digital sobriety.

Name

GREENSPECTOR

Legal name

GREENSPECTOR SAS

Website

https://greenspector.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Greenspector provides a SaaS platform that measures the energy consumption and environmental impact of mobile and web applications through automated tests on real devices, serving French and European enterprises with CI/CD-integrated eco-design tooling and ISO/SCI-compatible impact modeling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Green Software / Software Eco-Design Analytics

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

Emissions Factors, LCA & Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platforms (EUABAEAD)

Keywords

• Software eco-design
• Energy consumption measurement
• Digital sobriety platform
• Green software testing
• Environmental impact analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription (Online Tiers): Online subscription-based SaaS pricing with three main parameters: maximum number of user journey analyses, maximum measurement time per month, and license validity period (monthly or yearly). Customers can subscribe online and access Greenspector Studio remotely.
2. Enterprise Plan: Enterprise plan with custom pricing established by sales team based on specific customer requirements and needs. Quote-based sales motion for larger deployments.
3. Professional Services & Training: GreenCode Lab and partners offer training and assistance services for deployment and implementation of the Software, consulted via sales representatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Greenspector provides a SaaS platform, Greenspector Studio, that measures the energy consumption and environmental impact of mobile applications, web applications and websites by running automated tests on real devices through a proprietary test bench. The platform converts measured consumption into environmental impacts via a multi-criteria model compatible with LCA (ISO 14040), SCI, and RCP ADEME, and integrates into CI/CD pipelines so that teams can monitor ecoscore before each release.

Product overview

Greenspector offers Greenspector Studio as its primary SaaS platform, a unified solution for validating the sobriety and performance of digital services. The platform includes multiple integrated modules: Green Testing & QA for automated energy testing, Environmental Impacts for LCA-compatible impact modeling, DevGreenOps and Continuous Integration for CI/CD workflow integration, Troubleshoot Battery and Performance for diagnostic analysis, and Drive Eco-design Through Results for guiding eco-design decisions. The solution also includes professional Consulting and Services. Greenspector Studio enables organizations to measure application energy consumption on real devices, analyze environmental impacts using their proprietary multi-criteria model, and integrate ecoscore monitoring directly into their development pipelines.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Greenspector Studio: SaaS solution to validate the sobriety and performance of digital services; measures energy consumption, converts consumption into environmental impacts using exclusive model, integrates with CI/CD pipelines.

Products and services

• Greenspector Studio A SaaS solution that validates the sobriety and performance of digital services. Greenspector Studio measures energy consumption and environmental impacts of mobile apps, web apps, and websites by running automated tests on real devices under varied conditions (terminal range, WiFi/GSM network), converts those measurements into environmental impacts via a multi-criteria model compatible with LCA (ISO 14040), SCI and RCP ADEME, and exposes ecoscore dashboards and APIs for integration into CI/CD pipelines and customer dashboards. It is built for development teams and digital factories in enterprises seeking DevGreenOps workflows.
• Consulting and Services (GreenCode Lab and partner-delivered training & assistance) Professional services for organizations that need help implementing software eco-design practices and optimizing the environmental impact of their digital services. This includes deployment consulting, training, and assistance around Greenspector Studio, sourced through GreenCode Lab and partner network and engaged via the sales team for non-self-serve buyers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Local AI models on smartphones consume 29 times more energy than responses from remote ChatGPT model (based on Greenspector measurements)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Solar Impulse FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Recognized by the Solar Impulse Foundation in 2020 as one of the 1000+ efficient solutions for protecting the environment. Bertrand Piccard's initiative identifies clean and profitable solutions for climate protection.
• Green Code LabcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreen Code Lab is an organization focused on software eco-design. Greenspector was involved in the Code Vert project (2012-2014, 30 months) validating gains from green coding patterns. Green Code Lab measures power consumption of websites through Web Energy Archive.
• Solar ImpulseflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerSolar Impulse Foundation solution listing at solarimpulse.com/solutions-explorer/greenspector-1 showcasing the company as an efficient environmental solution

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Workiva: Cloud platform for ESG, sustainability, and regulatory reporting. Comparable as enterprise SaaS for environmental/ESG disclosure, but addresses reporting and disclosure workflows rather than primary software-level energy measurement.
• South Pole: Global climate solutions provider offering carbon advisory, offset origination, and digital sustainability services. Comparable as a European-rooted climate services firm serving large enterprises on environmental impact strategy, though more focused on offsets and broader ESG than software-level measurement.
• Green Software Foundation: Industry consortium that maintains the SCI (Software Carbon Intensity) standard which Greenspector explicitly supports. Comparable as an ecosystem shaper defining software carbon measurement methodology, with member companies offering adjacent tooling.
• Carbon Trust: Global climate consultancy advising enterprises on carbon footprinting, reduction, and strategy. Comparable as a climate advisory competitor for enterprise sustainability budgets, though primarily consulting rather than SaaS.

Broad incumbents

• Greenly: Carbon management platform with a French founding team, serving SMEs and enterprises. Comparable as a European carbon-accounting SaaS with PLG and enterprise motions; addresses broader corporate footprint than Greenspector's software-specific niche.
• Watershed: Enterprise carbon accounting and climate platform. Comparable to Greenspector as a software-based climate impact measurement SaaS, but broader in scope (corporate-wide Scope 1–3) rather than focused on software/digital energy consumption.
• Sweep: ESG and carbon data management platform with strong European presence. Comparable as a subscription-based environmental impact software platform targeting mid-market and enterprise; broader than Greenspector (corporate-wide ESG) but competes for similar European buyer budgets.
• EcoAct: French-origin carbon consultancy and solutions provider, now part of Schneider Electric. Comparable as a European-headquartered climate services and measurement business with similar customer base (large French/European corporates) and ESG/sustainability expertise.
• Persefoni: Climate management & accounting platform for enterprises. Comparable SaaS-based measurement infrastructure, but addresses broader corporate carbon footprints rather than software/digital applications specifically.

Emerging players

• Cloud Carbon Footprint: Google-led open-source tool measuring cloud provider carbon emissions. Comparable in addressing IT/digital carbon measurement, but open-source and cloud-focused rather than mobile/web application-level energy measurement on physical test benches.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/greenspector
• Xx.com/green_spector

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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