Aruba PEC

What Aruba PEC does

Aruba PEC S.p.A. is the dedicated trust services subsidiary of the Aruba group, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Ponte San Pietro (Bergamo), Italy. The company delivers AgID- and eIDAS-accredited trust services on proprietary Italian data centers built to ANSI/TIA-942 Rating 4 standards. Its product stack centers on Posta Elettronica Certificata (PEC — certified email with legal validity equivalent to registered mail), electronic invoicing, digital signatures with up to 30-year legal validity, digital timestamping, SPID public digital identity (Aruba ID), digital preservation under AgID guidelines (DocFly), and waste-traceability compliance software (Aruba RENTRI Smart), with merchant and receipt services (Scontrina) extending into adjacent workflows.

The platform supports self-service activation, professional delegation (Supervisore360), electronic order integration via PEPPOL, WooCommerce e-commerce linking, and multi-user/SSL/S-MIME management through the Aruba Certified Platform. Distribution combines direct self-serve and enterprise sales through the pec.it website with a structured Programma Partner channel enabling resellers, professional orders, and public administrations to purchase and re-sell services without maintaining their own certification infrastructure. Revenue is generated from a mix of annual subscriptions (PEC, e-invoicing, DocFly, RENTRI Smart), multi-year license fees (digital signatures), per-package usage (timestamps), freemium with paid renewal (SPID, Supervisore360), and partner/enterprise contracts; all prices are listed excluding VAT.

At the disclosed operating scale of 9+ million active PEC mailboxes, 6.5+ million certificates issued, and 1+ million VAT-registered businesses using electronic invoicing, Aruba PEC is one of the most scaled trust-services operators in Italy. Customer concentration is distributed across professionals (accountants, lawyers), SMEs, public administrations, resellers, and new entrepreneurs, with no single anchor customer disclosed. The company carries no disclosed funding rounds and operates as a privately held subsidiary within the broader Aruba group, whose parent Aruba S.p.A. provides hosting, cloud (IaaS), domain registration, and connectivity services.

Name

Aruba PEC

Legal name

Aruba PEC S.p.A.

Website

https://pec.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Aruba PEC S.p.A. is the Italian trust services subsidiary of the Aruba group, providing AgID- and eIDAS-accredited certified email (PEC), digital signatures, electronic invoicing, SPID identity, digital preservation, and waste-tracking compliance to over 9 million mailboxes across professionals, SMEs, resellers, and public administrations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Trust Services

NAICS

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services (519)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

eSignature, Forms & Digital Workflow Platforms (HDAEAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Content Governance, Compliance, Retention & eDiscovery (HDAEAGAJ)

Keywords

• Certified email services
• Digital signature services
• Electronic invoicing
• Digital document preservation
• Digital identity authentication

Headquarters

HQ city

Ponte San Pietro

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Posta Elettronica Certificata (PEC): Annual subscription model for certified email services with tiered options (Standard, Pro, Premium) offering different storage, multi-user capabilities, and additional features.
2. Firma Digitale: One-time license fee for digital signature certificates with 3-year validity, plus shipping costs for physical tokens.
3. Fatturazione Elettronica: Subscription-based electronic invoicing service with quarterly billing, including modules for invoices, receipts, payments, orders, and WooCommerce integration.
4. DocFly Conservazione Digitale: Annual subscription for digital document preservation with additional charges for extra storage GB and document classes.
5. SPID Aruba ID: Free for first year with National Services Card (CNS) recognition method; annual renewal fee applies thereafter.
6. Marca Temporale: Usage-based model selling timestamp packages (e.g., 50 timestamps per package) for document timestamping.
7. Aruba RENTRI Smart: Annual subscription for waste tracking digital management including 50 load/unload movements and 50 forms (limits not applied until 12/31/2026).
8. Supervisore360: Free service for professionals (accountants, lawyers) to manage client PEC and electronic invoicing accounts under delegation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Aruba PEC S.p.A. delivers regulated digital trust services to Italian professionals, businesses, and public administrations, anchored by Posta Elettronica Certificata (PEC) certified email with legally valid communications. Its portfolio extends to Firma Digitale (digital signatures with 30-year validity), Fatturazione Elettronica (compliant electronic invoicing), DocFly digital preservation, Marca Temporale timestamping, Aruba ID (SPID) digital identity, Aruba RENTRI Smart for waste traceability, Supervisore360 for delegated multi-client management, and Scontrina for digital receipts, all hosted on proprietary Italian Tier-4 data centers with AgID and eIDAS accreditation.

Product overview

Aruba PEC operates as a comprehensive trust services platform offering multiple interrelated digital services under a unified ecosystem. The core portfolio includes Posta Elettronica Certificata (PEC) in Standard, Pro, and Premium tiers, Fatturazione Elettronica for electronic invoicing (with Solo Ricezione receiving-only variant), Firma Digitale for digital signatures, Marca Temporale for timestamping, Aruba ID (SPID) for digital identity, DocFly Conservazione Digitale for document preservation, and Aruba RENTRI Smart for waste management compliance. Additional services include Aruba Certified Platform as a unified certificate management portal, Supervisore360 for professional delegation management, and Scontrina for digital receipts. The ecosystem is complemented by various add-on modules such as WooCommerce integration, document management, payment/collection modules, and multi-user management. The platform serves both individual professionals and enterprise clients through direct sales and a partner/reseller program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DocFly: Digital conservation service for storing digital documents with legal validity
• Supervisore360
• Aruba RENTRI Smart
• Scontrina

Products and services

• Posta Elettronica Certificata (PEC)

Quantifiable outcome

• 79 kilotonnellate CO2 saved from PEC usage (2008-2022), with 107 kilotonnellate estimated savings by 2026
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Provider non certificaticoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNon-certified providers can offer Aruba PEC services to their clients, becoming part of the reseller network without maintaining their own certification infrastructure.
• Ordini ProfessionalicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorProfessional orders and associations can partner to provide members with access to Aruba trust services, including Supervisore360 for delegated account management.
• Pubbliche AmministrazionicoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPublic administrations can access bulk purchasing options for trust services through the partner program.
• Rivenditori (Resellers)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorResellers can sell Aruba PEC services to third parties through the partner panel (partner.arubapec.it), managing credit and services for their customer base.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Adobe (Acrobat Sign): Adobe Acrobat Sign is a global e-signature and digital workflow platform embedded in the Adobe Document Cloud — a broad incumbent competing with Aruba PEC's digital signature and digital workflow capabilities for enterprise customers.
• DocuSign: DocuSign is the global e-signature and contract lifecycle management leader, competing with Aruba PEC's Firma Digitale for enterprise and mid-market digital signature workloads, particularly for organizations operating cross-border in Europe.
• Entrust: Entrust is a global provider of digital certificates, PKI, e-signature and identity solutions — comparable to Aruba PEC in the SSL, S/MIME and digital certificate stack offered through the Aruba Certified Platform.
• Poste Italiane (Postel / Posta Elettronica Certificata): Poste Italiane offers PEC, certified communications and digital identity through its Postel and Posta Elettronica Certificata services, leveraging its national postal network — a broad incumbent competing with Aruba PEC across consumer, SMB and PA trust services in Italy.

Direct peers

• Namirial: Namirial is an Italian/European trust services provider offering PEC, digital signature, eIDAS-qualified certificates, e-invoicing and identity solutions — directly comparable to Aruba PEC across the Italian and broader EU trust services stack.
• Zucchetti: Zucchetti is a major Italian software group whose trust services arm provides PEC, digital signature, SPID, e-invoicing and digital preservation bundled with payroll, HR and ERP software — directly competing with Aruba PEC especially among Italian SMBs and accountants.
• Intesi Group: Intesi Group is an Italian provider of eIDAS-qualified digital signature, PEC, certified email and trust services to enterprises and public administration — a direct competitor in the regulated Italian trust services market.
• InfoCert: InfoCert (Tinexta Group) is one of Italy's largest certified trust service providers, offering PEC, digital signature, SPID, e-invoicing and digital preservation — directly competing head-to-head with Aruba PEC for the same Italian SMB, professional and PA customers.

Regional players

• Register.it (Dada group): Register.it, part of the Italian Dada/Register group, offers domain registration, hosting and complementary PEC and trust services — comparable as an Italian SMB-facing provider competing with Aruba PEC for hosting-bundled trust services customers.

Emerging players

• GlobalSign: GlobalSign is a certificate authority providing SSL, S/MIME, eIDAS-qualified digital signatures and identity services — comparable to Aruba PEC's certificate management and digital signature offerings, especially for cross-border enterprise customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/arubait
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ArubaWebTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/aruba.it
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aruba-s-p-a-

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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