echonet communication

What echonet communication does

echonet communication GmbH is a Vienna-based digital agency founded in 1999 that develops, designs, and operates websites, intranet systems, and e-commerce platforms entirely on self-developed proprietary software. Its core technology is the contentlife enterprise CMS, complemented by basiclife CMS for small businesses and an extensive life-series SaaS portfolio covering invoicing (invoicelife), surveys (surveylife), event invitations (invitelife), contact management (contactlife), volunteer exchanges (volunteerlife), B2B lead generation (saleslife), and GDPR-compliant cookie consent (cookielife). Adjacent cloud services include meteotube video streaming, meteolingo AI translation, meteostats GDPR-compliant analytics, Omega Indexer full-text search, meteoguard form spam protection, and meteoping SMS. The company has built an easy2see accessibility quality label jointly with Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband Österreich (BSVÖ) since 2003 and positions itself as a "Digital Detox Clinic" helping clients escape dependence on large platform providers.

Name

echonet communication

Legal name

echonet communication GmbH

Website

https://echonet.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

echonet communication is a Vienna-based digital agency founded in 1999 that builds websites, intranets, and e-commerce platforms on proprietary technology for cultural, financial, government, and nonprofit clients across Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Content Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Software Publishers (513210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Web Content Management (WCM) & Experience Platforms (Content Services) (HDAEAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Software/SaaS Subscriptions (Consumer & Prosumer) (CRAFAIAB), Enterprise/Creator Video Hosting & OTT SaaS Platforms (MPACAAAL)

Keywords

• Web development
• Content management
• Cloud services
• SaaS platforms
• Digital agency

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Web Development Services: Design, programming and operation of websites, intranet systems and e-commerce platforms for clients. Revenue generated through project-based contracts with enterprises, government organizations and cultural institutions.
2. SaaS Product Subscriptions: Monthly or annual subscriptions for proprietary software products including contentlife CMS, surveylife, invitelife, invoicelife, cookielife, and other cloud-based tools. Recurring revenue model from software-as-a-service offerings.
3. Native Advertising & Online Marketing: Advertising placement across their portfolio of country-specific and topic-specific websites. Revenue from native advertising, banner advertisements and promotion content on owned media platforms.
4. Cloud Services: Additional cloud-based services including video streaming, SMS sending, translation, spam protection, maps and website statistics offered as add-on services to web development clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

echonet communication conceives, designs, programs and operates websites, intranet systems and e-commerce platforms using self-developed proprietary software. The company sells a portfolio of proprietary SaaS products (contentlife CMS, basiclife CMS, surveylife, invitelife, invoicelife, cookielife, etc.) and cloud services (meteotube video streaming, meteolingo AI translation, meteostats analytics, meteoping SMS, Omega Indexer search), supplemented by custom web development projects and native advertising on its network of country-specific media sites.

Product overview

echonet communication operates a comprehensive platform-plus-modules product architecture consisting of a flagship Enterprise CMS (contentlife), multiple vertical SaaS products (basiclife CMS, invoicelife, surveylife, invitelife, contactlife, volunteerlife, saleslife, cookielife, xmaslife, conferencelife), and proprietary cloud services (meteotube video streaming, meteolingo AI translation, meteostats analytics, Omega Indexer search, meteoguard spam protection, meteoping SMS, Service Tickets, Landkarten). The company positions itself as a full-service digital agency providing concept, design, programming and operation of websites, intranet systems and e-commerce platforms using self-developed software. They offer a network of country-specific domains (Belgium, Germany, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Canada, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, USA, UK) and operate online advertising networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• contentlife: Content-Management-System for web presences, intranet & portal solutions with individual modules (Enterprise CMS).
• basiclife
• invoicelife
• surveylife
• invitelife
• contactlife
• xmaslife
• volunteerlife
• saleslife
• cookielife
• conferencelife
• easy2see
• meteotube
• meteoguard
• meteostats
• meteolingo
• meteoping

Products and services

• contentlife CMS Enterprise Content Management System for web presences, intranet and portal solutions with individual modules. Flagship CMS product of echonet, targeted at enterprise clients requiring complex web platforms.
• basiclife CMS Content Management System designed for SMEs and small businesses with essential CMS features and ease of use.
• invoicelife Online invoicing, billing and cost-estimate management system for business financial operations.
• surveylife Survey and market research web system with various question-answer types and live evaluation capabilities.
• invitelife Online invitation and guest-list management system with check-in functionality for events ranging from corporate events to weddings.
• contactlife Address and contact management software for organizing and managing contact information.
• xmaslife Advent calendar and Christmas decoration system for websites, providing digital advent calendar functionality.
• volunteerlife Volunteer exchange and job board system for non-profit and volunteer organizations.
• saleslife Lead generation platform for B2B marketing, generating leads online through forensic analysis.
• cookielife Cookie consent banner solution for GDPR-compliant cookie management on websites.
• conferencelife Video conferencing system for online meetings and virtual events.
• meteotube Video Streaming First-party video streaming service integrated with contentlife 4, providing independent video hosting and streaming without third-party dependencies.
• meteolingo AI Translation AI-powered translation service for multilingual websites enabling automatic language translation.
• meteostats Website Analytics Website analytics service providing real visitor statistics while complying with GDPR requirements.
• meteoguard Spam Protection Form spam protection that is accessible and GDPR-compliant without using CAPTCHA.
• meteoping SMS Service SMS sending, verification and SMS newsletter service.
• Omega Indexer Full-Text Search Full-text search service for site-internal search functionality.
• Service Tickets (Cloud Support) Tiered cloud service support offering from Economy to First Class level, billed monthly.
• Custom Web Development Services Design, programming and operation of websites, intranet systems and e-commerce platforms for enterprise clients on a project basis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Websites optimized for organic search performance without paid link building
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverband Österreich (BSVÖ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2003Joint development of easy2see quality label for accessible websites in 2003. The partnership created a comprehensive accessibility standard supporting WCAG compliance and barrier-free internet applications, which echonet continues to use and promote on their accessible client websites.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Contentful: Headless CMS platform serving enterprises and digital teams building content-driven experiences. Comparable to contentlife in the modern CMS/WCM category, though architected as a pure SaaS platform.
• Webflow: Visual website builder and CMS for designers and SMBs. Comparable to basiclife in the SMB website-building category and overlapping with echonet's responsive web design offering.

Broad incumbents

• Adobe Experience Manager: Enterprise WCM/DXP from Adobe used by large organizations for websites, intranets and digital experiences. Competes with contentlife for enterprise CMS deals.
• Sitecore: Enterprise digital experience platform offering CMS and WCM for large organizations. Comparable to contentlife in the enterprise/intranet/portal CMS category.
• HubSpot CMS Hub: Integrated CRM-and-CMS platform for SMB and mid-market. Comparable to echonet's basiclife + saleslife positioning in the lead-gen and SMB web presence category.
• WordPress (Automattic): The dominant global CMS and website-building platform with massive ecosystem. Competes with contentlife/basiclife in the SME and enterprise website-building space, though distributed via open-source/SaaS rather than agency delivery.
• WIX.com: Mass-market website builder with CMS and SaaS subscriptions. Comparable to basiclife and echonet's SME-focused CMS offering, though at vastly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Drupal (Acquia): Open-source CMS often delivered via digital agencies for enterprise and government web presences — directly comparable to echonet's contentlife-led agency model.
• TYPO3: Open-source enterprise CMS with deep DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) adoption. Closely comparable to contentlife as a European-rooted enterprise CMS used by public sector and mid-market organizations.

Regional players

• Jimdo: European (German-founded) website builder focused on SMBs and self-service users. Comparable to basiclife in the small-business CMS category and overlapping with echonet's SMB segment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/echonet_at
• Facebookfacebook.com/echonet.at
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/echonet-communication-gmbh

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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