OpenAgenda

What OpenAgenda does

OpenAgenda is a French SaaS company founded in 2015 that provides a calendar and event-management platform for public events. The platform enables event organizers — ranging from individual artists and cultural venues to associations, municipalities, festivals, universities, and media outlets — to enter event data once and broadcast it across multiple communication channels (websites, social media, ticketing systems, mapping services, tourism information systems, and open data portals). The product is built on Node.js and React.js, hosted on Infomaniak infrastructure in Switzerland, and provides a read-write REST API (v2) along with native extensions for WordPress, Drupal, and Typo3. A collaborative agenda engine supports multi-user contributions, moderation workflows, role-based access, location directories, and multilingual forms across seven languages.

The company operates a freemium model: a free tier offers unlimited events, members, exports (CSV, JSON, PDF, ICS), standard integrations, and limited agenda aggregation, while premium subscriptions (priced €3,500–€12,000 HT/year at volumes up to 2k, 5k, and 10k events/year) unlock extended aggregation, custom form fields, network management, three-tier member hierarchy, and personalized deployment support. Additional revenue is generated through professional services (custom portal development at €3,000 HT first year plus €500 HT/year maintenance, and training/consulting at €1,000 HT per day) and paid integration connectors (e.g., Apidae). The platform is GDPR/RGPD compliant, RGAA-accessible, UGAP-referenced for French public procurement, and its data follows the Schema.org standard under an open license.

OpenAgenda's customer base spans the French Ministry of Culture (coordinating 12 national events including European Heritage Days), metropolitan governments (Bordeaux, Toulouse, Rennes), higher education (Université de Rennes, Cité des sciences), cultural networks (Zone Franche federation of 200 world-music producers), libraries (Marseille, Meudon), media (Le Parisien, Ouest France / Infolocale.fr), and niche NGOs (Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux). The platform reports 10,000+ active agendas, 50,000 active users, and 500,000 events managed annually, supported by a core team of six employees plus six independent contractors, with co-founders Kaore (Kari) Olafsson and Romain Lange at the helm.

Name

OpenAgenda

Legal name

OpenAgenda SAS

Website

https://openagenda.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

OpenAgenda is a French SaaS platform founded in 2015 that enables event organizers to enter public events once and broadcast them across multiple channels. It serves municipalities, cultural institutions, festivals, universities, and media through a freemium model with premium subscriptions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Management Software

NAICS

Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

General Web Portals & Start Pages (BPAMAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Transparency Portals & Open Data Reporting (EDADAIAN)

Keywords

• Event management software
• Agenda broadcasting platform
• Open data events
• Event aggregation API
• Collaborative event calendar

Headquarters

HQ city

Courbevoie

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Freemium Platform Access: Free tier offering essential agenda management features including unlimited events, unlimited members, open data publication, exports, and standard integrations. The free version targets individual organizers, small associations, and local territories.
2. Premium Subscription: Annual subscription for advanced features including extended agenda aggregation (beyond 365 events/year), custom form fields, network management tools, three-tier member hierarchy, personalized deployment support, and continuous access to new features. Pricing tiers: up to 2k events/year: 3,500€ HT/year; up to 5k events/year: 6,000€ HT/year; up to 10k events/year: 12,000€ HT/year.
3. Professional Services: Additional services including custom portal development and hosting (3,000€ HT first year, then 500€ HT/year), training sessions (1,000€ HT per day), and custom technical days for implementation support (1,000€ HT/day).
4. Integration Services: Paid connector services for third-party integrations such as Apidae (subject to pricing covering setup fees and subscription costs).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

OpenAgenda is a web-based SaaS platform for managing and broadcasting public events. Event organizers enter their event schedule once, then distribute it across multiple media channels (websites, social media, ticketing, open data portals) via a centralized, collaborative agenda. The platform supports multi-user moderation, multilingual forms, a read-write REST API, and 100+ third-party connectors, and is offered on a freemium model with tiered annual subscriptions for higher-volume and enterprise users.

Product overview

OpenAgenda is an event management and agenda broadcasting SaaS platform built around a core online platform plus a suite of add-on modules, integrations, and tools. The core platform (OpenAgenda) enables event organizers to enter events once and broadcast across multiple channels, supporting collaborative multi-contributor agendas, moderation workflows, multilingual forms, and data export in multiple formats. Paid tiers unlock agenda network management, form customization, aggregated event tracking beyond 365 events/year, and advanced moderation roles. A read-write REST API (v2) enables developer automation and third-party integrations. CMS-specific extensions (WordPress, Drupal, Typo3) and iframe embedding allow in-website display. Native connectors link to tourism information systems (Apidae, Tourinsoft, Huwise/OpenDataSoft), ticketing platforms (Rodrigue, Linscription.com, SoTicket), mapping tools (WeMap), and the Pass Culture program. The platform is partially open-source with functional components published on GitHub.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OpenAgenda Platform (Core) Online event management and agenda broadcasting platform that enables event organizers to enter their event schedule once and broadcast it across multiple communication channels. Supports collaborative agendas, multilingual forms, moderation workflows, data exports, and web embedding. Offered on a freemium model with tiered annual premium subscriptions.
• OpenAgenda API (Read-Write)
• OpenAgenda Premium Subscription Annual subscription offering advanced features including extended agenda aggregation beyond 365 events/year, custom form fields, network management tools, three-tier member hierarchy, personalized deployment support, and continuous access to new features. Volume-based pricing from €3,500 to €12,000 per year excluding tax, with custom enterprise pricing beyond 10,000 events/year.
• OpenAgenda Custom Portal Development and Hosting Custom portal development and hosting service for organizations requiring tailored agenda solutions. Initial development and hosting priced at €3,000 HT, with annual maintenance at €500 HT per year.
• OpenAgenda Training and Consulting Training sessions and technical/operational consulting days delivered by the OpenAgenda team, priced at €1,000 HT per day.
• OpenAgenda WordPress Extension
• OpenAgenda Drupal Module
• OpenAgenda Typo3 Extension
• Apidae Connector
• Pass Culture Connector
• WeMap Connector
• Tourinsoft Synchronization

Quantifiable outcome

• 500,000 events managed annually across platform
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration37 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered key integration, core infrastructure, standard integration, core integration and flagship partnership.

• Apidaekey integrationTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023OpenAgenda developed a connector in late 2023 enabling Tourism Offices to automatically retrieve events published on OpenAgenda for their Apidae accounts. Used by Alès Agglomération and others.
• Infomaniakcore infrastructureOthersInfomaniak provides ethical cloud hosting for OpenAgenda in Switzerland, ensuring GDPR compliance, data sovereignty, and European data protection standards.
• Tourinsoftkey integrationTechnology or IntegrationTourinsoft Tourism Information System users can synchronize their event data with OpenAgenda. Used notably by Loiret department for bidirectional synchronization.
• Huwise (formerly OpenDataSoft)standard integrationTechnology or IntegrationHuwise provides an OpenAgenda harvester in their interface, allowing retrieval of all or part of events published on OpenAgenda for open data portals.
• WeMapstandard integrationTechnology or IntegrationWeMap offers an OpenAgenda connector for mapping event locations. Used notably for European Heritage Days to visualize event locations.
• Pass Culturekey integrationTechnology or IntegrationFree connector allowing cultural actors to create OpenAgenda events and Pass Culture offers in a single data entry, simplifying administrative burden.
• WordPresscore integrationTechnology or IntegrationOpenAgenda offers a WordPress extension for displaying event calendars on WordPress-powered websites.
• Drupalcore integrationTechnology or IntegrationOpenAgenda provides a Drupal module for embedding event calendars, used by Bordeaux Métropole and others.
• Typo3core integrationTechnology or IntegrationOpenAgenda extension available for Typo3 CMS, used by Chambres d'Agriculture network.
• Mobile App Publishers (Orange MaVille, MyMairie, Intramuros, Neocity, Lumiplan, Sweepin, Goodbarbers)standard integrationTechnology or IntegrationMultiple mobile app publishers have OpenAgenda connectors enabling event synchronization for municipalities and local governments.
• OpenDataSoft/Huwisestandard integrationTechnology or IntegrationData marketplace platform enabling OpenAgenda event harvesting and reuse in open data portals across French regions including Île-de-France, Grand Paris Seine Ouest, DATASUD, Pays de la Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Mayenne, and Orléans Métropole.
• CKANstandard integrationTechnology or IntegrationOpenAgenda data can be referenced in CKAN open data portals by simply linking to the OpenAgenda resource.
• Ministry of Culture (France)flagship partnershipStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership coordinating 12 national cultural events including European Heritage Days, European Museum Night, Garden Rendez-vous, Cultural Summer, Music Festival, and others. Ministry uses OpenAgenda for national event coordination with approximately 20,000 organizers and 30,000 events per major weekend event.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Eventbrite: Large global event-management and ticketing SaaS platform. Comparable in addressing event-organizer workflows, though OpenAgenda focuses on public/cultural event data broadcast rather than ticketing-led monetization.
• Bizzabo: Enterprise event-experience platform serving large conferences and corporate events. Comparable organizer SaaS category though targeting larger enterprise events than OpenAgenda's public/cultural focus.

Direct peers

• Weezevent: French ticketing and event-registration SaaS serving organizers, festivals, and associations. Closest France-based direct competitor for event organizers, with overlapping cultural and municipal use cases though focused on ticketing.
• Tito: UK-based event page and ticketing SaaS for organizers of conferences, festivals, and meetups. Directly comparable business model targeting similar organizer segments with simple page-builder-first positioning.
• Huwise (formerly OpenDataSoft): French open-data platform with native OpenAgenda harvester. Comparable as open-data infrastructure serving French public-sector clients, and adjacent in the value chain as a data-distribution partner rather than competitor.
• Billetweb: French online ticketing and event-management SaaS for associations, venues, and organizers. Directly comparable French SMB-focused event SaaS with similar cultural and association organizer base.

Emerging players

• The Events Calendar (Modern Tribe): WordPress-first event calendar plugin ecosystem. Comparable in being a CMS-native agenda/event publishing solution used by cultural and community organizers, and a partial substitute for OpenAgenda's CMS integrations.
• Time.ly (Time.ly Calendar): Embeddable event calendar SaaS for publishers, universities, and community sites. Directly comparable as an event-calendar publishing and embedding tool for websites and organizations.
• Cap Collectif: French civic-engagement and consultation platform serving municipalities and public agencies. Comparable French public-sector client base and open-data compliance positioning, though focused on consultation rather than events.
• Events.com: Event discovery, registration, and management SaaS targeting communities, universities, and organizers. Comparable business model and SMB-to-mid-market organizer focus, with some overlap in community-event segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/OpenAgenda
• Xx.com/OAgenda
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/openagenda

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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