ConSol Consulting & Solutions Software

What ConSol Consulting & Solutions Software does

ConSol Consulting & Solutions Software GmbH is a privately held, owner-managed IT consulting and software services firm headquartered in Munich, Germany, founded in 1984. The company operates from four offices (Munich, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Kraków) and employs more than 250 IT specialists serving enterprise and DAX-tier clients across the DACH region with a focus on the full software lifecycle: IT consulting, custom software engineering, cloud and platform engineering, IT operations, managed services, and AI-enabled innovation. Its customer base spans financial services, insurance, automotive, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and research, with named logos including BMW Group, Siemens, Vodafone, Union Investment, Lidl/Schwarz Digits, Swiss Life, DoctorBox, and ifo Institut, several of which are multi-year engagements measured in decades.

The company's technology portfolio combines proprietary products and open-source tooling with implementation services for major vendor platforms. Core proprietary assets include ConSol CM, a 25+ year-old process management and service desk platform now augmented with AI (ConSol CM+), and ConSol RAG+, a Retrieval-Augmented Generation solution for GDPR-compliant enterprise knowledge retrieval. ConSol is also the originator and maintainer of widely used open-source tools including Sakuli (end-to-end monitoring), Citrus (integration test automation), OMD (Open Monitoring Distribution) with proprietary Coshsh and Thruk extensions, Nag2Rem (notification gateway), check_logfiles, and the Microservice Factory framework. The firm holds Premier-level status with Red Hat, Emerald status with SUSE, and partnerships with AWS, IONOS, OVHcloud, NGINX, and Veeam, enabling it to deliver sovereign cloud and container platform engagements across European and hyperscale infrastructure.

ConSol's business model is professional services-led, generating revenue through time-and-materials consulting, fixed-price agile project delivery, multi-year managed services contracts, and reseller/margin on third-party software (Red Hat, SUSE, AWS, Veeam). Distribution is primarily direct enterprise sales with relationship-based field consulting and channel co-sell through technology partners; nearshoring capacity is provided through the wholly-owned Kraków subsidiary. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with contract durations extending to multi-year engagements. The firm positions itself as technology-independent and digitally sovereign, emphasizing open-source portability and European cloud solutions as core differentiation.

Name

ConSol Consulting & Solutions Software

Legal name

ConSol Consulting & Solutions Software GmbH

Website

https://consol.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ConSol Consulting & Solutions Software is a Munich-based, owner-managed IT consultancy and software firm (founded 1984, 250+ staff) delivering consulting, custom software, managed services, and proprietary tools including ConSol CM, Sakuli, Citrus, OMD, and ConSol RAG+ to DACH enterprises.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Consulting & Software Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud-Native Application Development (Containers/Kubernetes/Serverless) (BPAEAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Container Platforms (Kubernetes & Container PaaS) (HDABAAAB), Cloud Managed Services (Operations, Monitoring, Patching) (BPAEACAF)

Keywords

• IT consulting services
• Software development
• Managed IT services
• Cloud solutions
• DevOps automation

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. IT Consulting & Professional Services: ConSol generates revenue primarily through strategic IT consulting and technical implementation services across the software development lifecycle. This includes architecture consulting, DevOps automation, cloud migration, and digital transformation projects. The company provides end-to-end services from strategy through operations.
2. Managed Services & IT Operations: ConSol provides ongoing managed IT services, application management, IT operations, and 24/7 expert support contracts. This generates recurring revenue through service level agreements and ongoing operational support engagements.
3. Software Product Solutions: ConSol distributes and implements partner software products including Red Hat solutions, SUSE, NGINX, Veeam, and AWS. Revenue is generated through consulting, implementation, and subscription management services for these platforms.
4. Nearshoring Services (ConSol Poland): ConSol's Polish subsidiary provides cost-efficient software development services through nearshoring arrangements, offering flexible collaboration models including integrated teams and standalone development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ConSol Consulting & Solutions Software provides independent IT consulting, custom software engineering, and managed IT operations across the entire software lifecycle. The company delivers cloud-native development, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift), DevOps automation, microservices, observability, and 24/7 IT operations for large enterprises in the DACH region. ConSol also develops and distributes proprietary software (ConSol CM, ConSol RAG+) and open-source tools (Sakuli, Citrus, OMD, Nag2Rem, Microservice Factory).

Product overview

ConSol Consulting & Solutions Software is an IT consulting and services company offering a portfolio of proprietary products, open-source tools, and professional services across the entire software lifecycle. Its core proprietary product is ConSol CM, a process management software for enterprise workflow and service management. The company also develops and maintains open-source tools including Sakuli (end-to-end monitoring), Citrus (integration testing), OMD (Open Monitoring Distribution), Nag2Rem (notification gateway), and check_logfiles (logfile monitoring plugin), alongside the Microservice Factory framework for automated microservice provisioning. Service offerings span Red Hat OpenShift consulting and managed services, open source monitoring, platform engineering, AIOps, and AI solutions including ConSol RAG+. The portfolio operates as a platform-plus-services model where proprietary software and open-source tools form the foundation, supported by consulting and managed services across custom IT solutions, cloud, and operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ConSol CM Process management software solution for enterprise workflow management, service desk operations, ticket management, process tracking, and process automation used by enterprise customers for managing IT services and operational processes.
• ConSol RAG+ A Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solution enabling companies to build AI-based applications that leverage their own data for secure, privacy-compliant information retrieval and decision-making.
• Red Hat OpenShift Consulting & Managed Services Consulting, implementation, and managed services for Red Hat OpenShift as a Red Hat Premier Partner, supporting container orchestration, cloud-native development, and hybrid cloud deployments.
• Open Source Monitoring End-to-end monitoring solutions covering the conception and operation of globally distributed monitoring frameworks, leveraging open-source tools including Nagios, OMD, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• IT Consulting & Software Engineering Services Strategic IT consulting, agile project management, software architecture, web application development, test automation, UI/UX design, and IT security consulting delivered to enterprise clients.
• IT Operations & Managed Services Managed IT services, application management, IT operations, and 24/7 expert support contracts delivered through service level agreements and ongoing operational support engagements.
• Cloud Solutions Cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and cloud-native development across AWS, Red Hat OpenShift, IONOS, OVHcloud, and Google Cloud, with emphasis on European sovereign cloud deployments.
• Platform Engineering Self-service IT platform development enabling organizations to build internal developer platforms with automation, CI/CD pipelines, and standardized tooling for DevOps teams.
• AIOps AI-powered IT operations solutions combining artificial intelligence with IT service management for anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and intelligent incident response.
• KI (AI) Solutions AI consulting and implementation services including simple AI entry points (KI-Kickstart), chat frontends, and RAG-based enterprise solutions deployed on European cloud platforms for data protection compliance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10x faster deployments (from 5/month to 50/month) with 1.5x effort at DoctorBox
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers27 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 capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Red HatcoreTechnology or IntegrationConSol is a Red Hat Premier Partner with deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift, RHEL, and Ansible Automation Platform. They offer consulting, implementation, operation, support, and subscriptions for Red Hat products. ConSol has been working with OpenShift since the PaaS era.
• SUSEcoreTechnology or IntegrationConSol is a SUSE Emerald Partner offering managed services, solutions, and licenses for virtualization, Kubernetes, and Linux. They implemented SUSE Rancher Prime and SUSE Virtualization for BMW Group's edge platform.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationConSol is an AWS partner providing cloud migration, infrastructure modernization, and cloud-native development services on AWS. They implemented AWS-based solutions for ifo Institut and other clients.
• IONOScoreTechnology or IntegrationPartnership between IONOS and ConSol combining German cloud excellence with managed service expertise. They offer Managed Red Hat OpenShift on the IONOS Cloud for sovereign cloud deployments.
• FOM Hochschule MünchenminorOthersStrong cooperation partner for dual study programs in computer science and business informatics (B.Sc.) at FOM University of Applied Sciences in Munich.
• Initiative KlischeefreiminorOthersDiversity initiative commitment to breaking gender stereotypes in career choices and promoting diverse career paths.
• Charta der VielfaltminorOthersCharter for diversity in the workplace, signed by ConSol to demonstrate commitment to an inclusive work environment.
• Gender DAXminorOthersPartnership to promote gender diversity and equality in the workplace.
• MINT – ZUKUNFT SCHAFFEN / BÜNDNIS FÜR FRAUEN IN MINT-BERUFENminorOthersInitiative to promote MINT careers and encourage women to pursue technical professions.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Allgeier SE: German IT services group with a portfolio spanning enterprise IT, Java development, and managed services — overlapping with ConSol's consulting-plus-products positioning in DAX accounts.
• SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH: Mid-sized German IT systems integrator with similar headcount, DAX enterprise customer base, and focus on datacenter, virtualization, and open-source infrastructure — overlapping with ConSol's Kubernetes and monitoring practices.
• msg systems AG: German IT consulting company with comparable DACH focus, financial services and regulated verticals expertise, and similar proprietary tools + services model. Most directly comparable peer on size, geography, and enterprise customer profile.
• GFT Technologies SE: Stuttgart-based IT consulting firm with DACH footprint and strong financial services presence, competing for similar enterprise modernization and cloud transformation engagements.
• Devoteam SA: European IT consultancy with comparable cloud-native, Kubernetes, and platform engineering practices; closely aligned with ConSol's technology pillars and target enterprise buyer profile.

Broad incumbents

• T-Systems International: Deutsche Telekom's enterprise IT arm and a leading German systems integrator with broad cloud, managed services, and SAP practices; competes for the same DAX enterprise modernization RFPs at larger scale.
• Atos SE: Large European IT services group with consulting, system integration, and managed services across DACH; competes for tier-1 enterprise contracts overlapping with ConSol's target accounts.
• Accenture plc: Global IT services and consulting incumbent with a DACH practice covering cloud, application services, and managed services; the broadest competitor in ConSol's target enterprise segment.
• Sopra Steria Group: European-headquartered IT services and consulting group with significant DACH presence, competing in cloud, application services, and digital transformation at greater scale.
• Capgemini SE: Global IT services and consulting leader with strong DACH presence and active cloud-native/container practices; competes for enterprise modernization work at materially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consol-software-gmbh

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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