What Cloudogu does

Cloudogu GmbH, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Braunschweig, Germany, develops and operates the Cloudogu EcoSystem, an open-source, Kubernetes-based operations platform that abstracts the infrastructure layer and standardizes how organizations deploy and run software tools. The platform packages a large portfolio of containerized applications — referred to internally as 'dogus' — covering CI/CD (Jenkins), project management (Redmine, Easy Redmine, OpenProject), code quality (SonarQube, Teamscale), artifact management (Sonatype Nexus), source code management (SCM-Manager), enterprise wiki (BlueSpice), authentication (CAS, LDAP), monitoring (Grafana), and supporting system services (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, Nginx, Postfix). It is engineered to run uniformly across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments, including the German Federal Cloud (Bundescloud) where it has been in production at ITZBund since 2019.

The company's primary commercial wedge is digital sovereignty for the German public sector: positioning the EcoSystem as a vendor-neutral alternative that reduces dependency on individual tool or infrastructure providers while automating provisioning, updates, monitoring, and backup/restore. A 2024 extension, PMflex, packages a project management methodology based on the European Commission's PM2 framework and is delivered through partner Eisenschmidt Consulting. Cloudogu sells via a direct enterprise field-sales motion staffed by Key Account Managers and Sales Managers, supplemented by channel partnerships with German sovereign cloud providers (Cloud&Heat, metalstack.cloud, Grass-Merkur), tool vendors (Hallo Welt! for BlueSpice, EasySoftware for Redmine), and the Sonatype distributor relationship.

Revenue is generated through two streams: recurring subscription for the EcoSystem platform and technical support, and consulting/implementation services for deployment, integration, and training. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The customer base is anchored in German federal and state public administration, with active enterprise and institutional references across IT services (Materna, Bechtle, Inwerken, Netzlink, Septartes, Paragondata), higher education (Ostfalia), healthcare (Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oldenburg), agriculture (AKO Agrar), and dental technology (Dentsply Sirona). The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding; headcount sits at 11–50 employees and leadership is led by Managing Director (Geschäftsführer) Thomas Grosser.

Name

Cloudogu

Legal name

Cloudogu GmbH

Website

https://cloudogu.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cloudogu GmbH (founded 2017, Braunschweig) builds the Cloudogu EcoSystem, a Kubernetes-based open-source operations platform that standardizes deployment and management of software tools across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments, primarily serving the German public sector for digital sovereignty.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

DevOps Platform Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Kubernetes & Container Platform Management (Private Cloud) (HDABABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Cloud Platforms (On‑Prem Cloud Stacks) (HDABABAA), Container Platforms & Orchestration (Kubernetes) (HDABADAF), Cloud Managed Services (Operations, Monitoring, Patching) (BPAEACAF), Cloud-Native/Kubernetes Observability (HDABAJAF)

Keywords

• DevOps platform
• Open source tools
• Digital sovereignty
• Kubernetes operations
• Public sector IT

Headquarters

HQ city

Braunschweig

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. EcoSystem Platform Subscription: Cloudogu EcoSystem platform subscription for tool deployment and management, targeting public sector organizations with annual or multi-year contracts.
2. Support Services: Technical support services for EcoSystem and integrated tools.
3. Consulting and Implementation: Consulting services for PMflex implementation, system integration, and training for customers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cloudogu develops and sells the Cloudogu EcoSystem, a Kubernetes-based, vendor-neutral operations platform that abstracts infrastructure from the software tools running on top of it. The platform enables organizations to deploy, operate, and update containerized development, project management, and DevOps tools consistently across cloud, on-premises, and fully air-gapped environments, with built-in single sign-on, user management, monitoring, backup/restore, and an integrated AI assistant.

Product overview

Cloudogu offers the EcoSystem, an open-source operations platform that serves as a unified layer between infrastructure and software tools, enabling organizations—particularly in the public sector—to deploy, manage, and operate development and project management tools with reduced vendor lock-in. The platform supports deployment across cloud, on-premises, and air-gapped environments. The EcoSystem provides a portfolio of integrated tools organized as System Software (core infrastructure components including CAS for authentication, User Management, LDAP, Nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Postfix, Monitoring, Backup & Restore, Whitelabeling, Cockpit, Baseline, and LDAP Mapper) and Solution Software (user-facing tools including Jenkins CI, Redmine, Easy Redmine, OpenProject, BlueSpice, SonarQube, Teamscale, Sonatype Nexus, Portainer, Swagger UI, SCM-Manager, Grafana, PlantUML, and Gotenberg). The platform also offers PMflex, a project management framework based on the EU Commission's PM2 standard, as a specialized use case module targeting the German public administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cloudogu EcoSystem: An operating platform that enables organizations to deploy and manage software tools with reduced vendor dependency and improved digital sovereignty.

Products and services

• Cloudogu EcoSystem An open-source, Kubernetes-based operations platform that acts as a layer between infrastructure and tools, providing automated tool provisioning, updates, SSO, central user management, monitoring, backup/restore, and automatic cloud-switching. It is used by German public sector and enterprise IT organizations to reduce vendor lock-in and improve digital sovereignty.
• PMflex A project management methodology and offering based on the European Commission's PM2 standard, providing portfolio, program, project, and agile project management practices. It is delivered through integrated tools within the Cloudogu EcoSystem (BlueSpice, OpenProject) and is targeted at German public administration.

Named customers11 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cloud&HeatcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCloud&Heat is a cloud provider partner offering sovereign cloud services based on Sovereign Cloud Stack combined with Cloudogu EcoSystem. They bring Open Source from infrastructure to end users with data centers in Germany.
• metalstack.cloudcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner combining Open Source platform with physical tenant separation and hosting in Germany. Combined with Cloudogu EcoSystem, provides verifiability and control from hardware to operating tools.
• Grass-MerkurminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCloud provider offering secure and sustainable data center services with managed and cloud services. Cloudogu EcoSystem is a fixed component of their offerings.
• Hallo Welt! GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership for BlueSpice Enterprise Wiki software delivery, development, customer service, and support. Hallo Welt! supports realization of BlueSpice feature extensions, user management, consulting, and technical support.
• Sonatype, Inc.minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for Sonatype Software Supply Chain Management solutions in Germany. Provides software delivery, activation, implementation, and technical support services.
• Eisenschmidt ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner for PMflex project management solution implementation and training services.
• Senat der WirtschaftminorOthersCloudogu is a proud supporter and member of the Senat der Wirtschaft organization.
• Open Source Business Alliance (OSBA)minorOthersCloudogu is a member of the OSBA, contributing to digital sovereignty initiatives.
• Sovereign Cloud StackcoreOthersCloudogu is a member and supporter of Sovereign Cloud Stack initiative, contributing to open source cloud standards for digital sovereignty.
• Linux FoundationminorOthersCloudogu is a member of the Linux Foundation supporting open source software development.
• GovTech DeutschlandminorOthersCloudogu is a member of GovTech Deutschland, contributing to digital transformation in German public administration.
• NeoNephosminorOthersCloudogu is a supporter and member of the NeoNephos organization.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Atlassian: Atlassian provides Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket as a turnkey work-management and developer tooling stack targeted at enterprises. Several of the open-source tools Cloudogu bundles (Redmine, BlueSpice/Confluence analog, SCM-Manager) position against Atlassian's stack within German public sector and Mittelstand procurement.
• GitLab: GitLab is a single DevOps platform that bundles SCM, CI/CD, security scanning, and planning, partially overlapping with Cloudogu's bundled toolset (SCM-Manager, Jenkins, SonarQube, Redmine). It competes for the same developer-tooling budget in regulated European enterprises.
• Red Hat OpenShift: Red Hat OpenShift is a Kubernetes application platform with enterprise CI/CD, observability, and developer tooling, broadly competing with the integrated toolset Cloudogu offers. It is the dominant incumbent in the same enterprise Kubernetes platform category, though far broader in scope and commercial packaging.

Others

• Cloud&Heat Technologies: Cloud&Heat is a German sovereign cloud provider (based on Sovereign Cloud Stack) that resells Cloudogu EcoSystem as part of its offering. As an enablement partner and adjacent provider of the underlying sovereign infrastructure, it is thematically related to Cloudogu's go-to-market and customer set.

Emerging players

• Stackable: Stackable is a German-based vendor building an open-source data and application platform on Kubernetes. It targets the same DACH enterprise / regulated customer pool and competes for Kubernetes-native application delivery budgets alongside Cloudogu EcoSystem.
• Jelastic: Jelastic provides a turnkey container PaaS for hosting open-source applications across cloud and on-premises. It targets similar sovereign-and-turnkey positioning as Cloudogu EcoSystem, especially with partners in EU/German regulated hosting contexts.
• SysEleven: SysEleven is a German sovereign cloud provider offering managed OpenStack/Kubernetes services with data residency in Germany. It targets the same regulated enterprise and public sector buyers as Cloudogu and its partners, and overlaps in managed open-source stack delivery.
• Sovereign Cloud Stack: Sovereign Cloud Stack is an open-source initiative Cloudogu is a core member of, providing a sovereign cloud reference architecture. It is closely comparable because it bundles the same open-source building blocks (Kubernetes, OpenStack) and targets the same German/European regulated workloads with data residency guarantees.

Direct peers

• SUSE Rancher: SUSE Rancher is a Kubernetes multi-cluster management and application deployment platform offering a multi-cloud, vendor-neutral control plane. It is the closest direct comparison to Cloudogu EcoSystem's Kubernetes-based containerized tool orchestration across on-premises, cloud, and air-gapped environments.
• Portainer: Portainer provides GUI-based container and Kubernetes management, including environment templates and preconfigured application stacks. Cloudogu integrates Portainer as a dogu but also competes with its simplicity-first positioning for organizations that want pre-integrated tool stacks rather than raw Kubernetes primitives.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key highlights8 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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