DAASI International

What DAASI International does

DAASI International GmbH is a Tübingen-based, privately held IT services firm founded in 2000 as a spin-off of the University of Tübingen. The company specializes in Open Source Identity & Access Management (IAM), with a particular focus on federated identity management, directory services, authentication infrastructure, and digital signature technologies for research, government, and enterprise clients across Europe. Its customer base includes the European Space Agency (ESA), GEANT, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fujitsu TDS LLC, Cornelsen Verlag, and the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, spanning the research and education, public-sector, and commercial verticals.

The firm's core proprietary offering is didmos, an Open Source modular IAM suite consisting of seven modules—didmos Core, Auth, Provisioning, LUI, PIM, ETL, and the recently launched Federation Services (September 2024)—alongside supported third-party Open Source products including midPoint (via Evolveum partnership), Shibboleth, Keycloak, OpenLDAP, SimpleSAMLphp, eduMFA, and Satosa. Revenue is generated primarily through professional services engagements (consulting, integration, software development, training), managed services with a 4-hour SLA, and federation services contracts, sold via a direct enterprise sales motion under both fixed-price (typical for universities and government agencies) and time-and-materials (standard for private-sector clients) pricing models.

DAASI is led by CEO Peter Gietz, an internationally recognized expert in Open Source IAM and Digital Humanities. The firm maintains an active role in EU research infrastructure initiatives including AARC, AARC-TREE, Gaia-X/GXFS, and the NGI initiative, and reported €2,300,000 in annual revenue for 2025 with a team of 25+ employees. The company has no external institutional funding, no disclosed acquisitions, and operates from a single headquarters location in Tübingen.

Name

DAASI International

Legal name

DAASI International GmbH

Website

https://daasi.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DAASI International is a Tübingen-based IT services firm specializing in Open Source Identity & Access Management and federated identity solutions for European research institutions, government agencies, and enterprises. It develops the proprietary didmos IAM suite and supports third-party Open Source products via consulting, integration, and managed services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Identity & Access Management (IAM) Software & Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Identity & Access Management (IAM) Administration Services (BPAEABAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Identity & Access Support (IAM Service Desk) (BPAEAJAG), Identity & Access Management (SSO/MFA) for Education (EDAFALAI), Managed Workplace Services (DaaS/Workplace-as-a-Service) (BPAEAIAA)

Keywords

• Identity Access Management
• Federated Identity Services
• Open Source IAM
• Directory Services
• Single Sign-On

Headquarters

HQ city

Tübingen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services: Full-service IT service provider offering consulting (needs analysis, concepts, feasibility studies, proof of concepts, security concepts), integration (implementation, restructuring, optimization), software development (new development, further development, specification creation and implementation), and training services (SAML, Shibboleth, LDAP, OpenLDAP, midPoint, Identity Management).
2. Managed Services and Support: Ongoing support services including monitoring, helpdesk, managed services, maintenance of individually developed software components, regular statistics and reports, software updates, and SLA-based problem resolution (4-hour response time).
3. Federation Services: Cross-organizational AAIs, SSO, data protection, federation contracts, regulations, rights and access management, attribute harmonization, and interoperability services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

DAASI International is a full-service IT service provider specializing in Federated Identity & Access Management (IAM) built on Open Source technology. The company develops and maintains the proprietary didmos IAM software suite and provides consulting, integration, software development, support, training, and federation services around Open Source IAM products including Shibboleth, OpenLDAP, midPoint, Keycloak, SimpleSAMLphp, eduMFA, and Satosa. Its primary customers are universities, research institutions, government agencies, and enterprises requiring secure, interoperable identity management.

Product overview

DAASI International is an open source IAM company offering a modular product portfolio. The core offering is the didmos IAM suite, their own proprietary open source software consisting of seven modules: didmos Core, didmos Auth, didmos Provisioning, didmos LUI, didmos PIM, didmos ETL, and didmos Federation Services. Additionally, DAASI International supports and implements third-party open source IAM products including midPoint (Evolveum), Shibboleth, Keycloak, OpenLDAP, SimpleSAMLphp, eduMFA, and Satosa. The company specializes in federated identity management, providing consulting, integration, software development, support, training, and federation services across research, business, and government sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• didmos: Open-source Identity & Access Management software suite consisting of multiple modules for authentication, authorization, and federation services.
• didmos Federation Services
• DAASI Cloud

Products and services

• didmos IAM Suite DAASI International's own Open Source Identity & Access Management software suite, consisting of seven modular components (Core, Auth, Provisioning, LUI, PIM, ETL, and Federation Services) that can be deployed individually or in combination for flexible, powerful identity and access management. Designed for organizations requiring customizable, modular IAM that integrates into existing IT landscapes.
• midPoint Identity Governance and Provisioning
• Shibboleth SSO and Federation
• Keycloak SSO
• OpenLDAP Directory Management
• SimpleSAMLphp Federated IAM
• eduMFA Multi-Factor Authentication
• Satosa Federation Proxy
• IAM Consulting and Integration Services
• Managed Services and Support
• Federation Services
• IAM Training Services
• DAASI Cloud Hosting

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduction of complexity and administrative effort through automated user provisioning and access rights management
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Pallas PerformancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2025Strategic partnership announced between Pallas Performance (transformation consulting) and DAASI International to drive sovereign, sustainable digital transformation across industries. Focus on GDPR-compliant information processing, modern process design, and exchange of expertise for innovative solutions.
• VereigncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2022DAASI International and Vereign partnered for Gaia-X Federation Services (GXFS) sub-project to implement state-of-the-art SSI (Self-Sovereign Identity) technology in the Gaia-X ecosystem. The collaboration began with the GXFS project aiming to create European standards for data infrastructure.
• EvolveumcoreTechnology or IntegrationDAASI International is a support service provider for midPoint, the standard solution for Identity Management developed by Evolveum. They provide comprehensive consulting and support for midPoint implementations.
• SymascoreTechnology or IntegrationDAASI International cooperates closely with Symas, a company providing high-quality Open Source services. Together they organized LDAPCon 2026 in Tübingen as co-organizers.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Keycloak (Red Hat / IBM): Major open-source IAM/SSO platform stewarded by Red Hat/IBM. DAASI supports and implements Keycloak as a third-party product; Keycloak competes indirectly via its broader community footprint and IBM's enterprise distribution muscle.
• WSO2: Open-source-leaning identity and API management vendor with WSO2 Identity Server, frequently used by research institutions and governments in Europe/Asia. Adjacent competitor in open-source federated and SSO deployments.
• Okta: Global cloud IAM leader (Workforce Identity + Customer Identity / Auth0). Competes with DAASI's enterprise/government IAM services for the same end-customer IT budget, especially for buyers defaulting to SaaS over on-prem open source.
• Ping Identity: Enterprise-focused identity platform with strong federation and SSO capabilities. Overlaps with DAASI in the federated identity and government/regulated-buyer segments, particularly across European enterprise accounts.

Direct peers

• Univention: German open-source identity and IT management vendor (UCS) with a strong DACH footprint in education, government, and SMBs. Comparable as a German-language open-source IAM provider with overlapping customer verticals.
• Gluu: Open-source identity and access management platform (oxd, oxAuth, oxTrust) with overlapping focus on SSO, OAuth/OIDC, and federation. Comparable as a community-driven open-source IAM specialist serving enterprise and research buyers.
• LemonLDAP::NG: Open-source Web SSO and access management suite developed by a French consortium; widely deployed across European universities and government agencies. Closely comparable on product scope and target customer profile.
• Evolveum: Developer of midPoint, the open-source identity governance and provisioning platform that DAASI actively supports and implements as a service partner. Direct technology peer in the open-source IAM/federation space and an explicit commercial ally.
• Internet2 (Shibboleth Consortium): Sponsors and develops Shibboleth, the open-source federated SSO software that is one of DAASI's flagship integration products. Competes and collaborates in the same research-and-education federated identity market.

Emerging players

• Authentik: Fast-growing open-source identity provider focused on SSO and access control; emerging alternative in the OSS IAM market that overlaps with the developer/SMB segment of DAASI's addressable base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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