What Dropcloud does

DropCloud, operated by the French SASU HOPLA SASU and founded in 2004, is a privately held software publisher headquartered in Rillieux-la-Pape with operational offices in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France. The company develops proprietary, in-house R&D technology for secure file transfer, collaborative document sharing, and cloud backup, delivered through both SaaS (web) and desktop clients, and hosted exclusively in French data centers on RAID 5/6 infrastructure with AES256 at-rest and SSL in-transit encryption.

The product suite is organised around three connected offerings under the DropCloud Santé brand: WeSend Santé for secure transfer of files up to 10 GB, WeDrop Santé for hierarchical, access-controlled document workspaces with LDAP/AD integration, and NeoBe Santé for automated differential and incremental backup with versioning and 24/7 restoration. Since 2019 the company has held ISO 27001 plus HDS (Hébergeur de Données de Santé) dual certification, a regulatory prerequisite under French law for any host processing health data since April 2018.

DropCloud monetises primarily through monthly or annual SaaS subscriptions (with NeoBe pricing scaled to storage volume), supplemented by desktop software licensing for WeSend. Go-to-market combines direct website sales with a French reseller network of more than 350 partners and a free 30-day trial across all three products. The customer base spans 4,000+ clients and 400,000+ users, predominantly French healthcare professionals (doctors, laboratories, radiology clinics, opticians) and, to a lesser extent, enterprises, SMEs, and public institutions (collectivités). No funding rounds, acquisitions, or institutional investors are disclosed in the source material; the company appears to be bootstrapped and founder-controlled, with Sacha Rosenthal listed as Director of Publication.

Name

Dropcloud

Legal name

HOPLA SASU

Website

https://dropcloud-sante.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DropCloud is a French SaaS publisher (HOPLA SASU) offering ISO 27001-HDS-certified secure file transfer (WeSend), document sharing (WeDrop), and cloud backup (NeoBe), primarily serving French healthcare professionals and also enterprises, SMEs, and public institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fontenay-sous-bois

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Software Subscriptions: DropCloud generates revenue primarily through SaaS subscription plans for its three products: WeSend Santé (file transfer), WeDrop Santé (collaborative document sharing), and NeoBe Santé (cloud backup). Subscriptions are billed on a monthly or annual cadence. The NeoBe solution calculates pricing based on desired storage space.
2. Desktop Software Licensing: WeSend is available as both a web (SaaS) version and a desktop software version (WeSend Desktop), suggesting a dual delivery model that may include software licensing revenue alongside the SaaS subscription.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dropcloud develops and distributes HDS-certified, France-hosted SaaS and desktop software for the secure transfer, collaborative sharing, and cloud backup of sensitive — primarily healthcare — files. Its commercial line consists of WeSend Santé (encrypted file transfer up to 10 GB), WeDrop Santé (collaborative document sharing workspaces), and NeoBe Santé (automated cloud backup), all delivered under subscription or perpetual licensing to professionals, SMEs, and public institutions.

Product overview

DropCloud offers a comprehensive suite of three interconnected cloud-based solutions for healthcare professionals: WeSend Santé for secure large file transfers (up to 10GB), WeDrop Santé for collaborative document management and sharing, and NeoBe Santé for automated online backup with AES256 encryption. All solutions are certified ISO 27001-HDS, hosted exclusively in France, and operate in both SaaS and desktop modes. The products share a common security infrastructure including SSL encryption, HDS-certified data centers, and full audit traceability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WeSend Santé: Secure file transfer solution for sending and receiving large files (up to 10 GB per file) for healthcare professionals. Offers encryption, password protection, SSL security, and audit trail. Available in 8 languages.
• WeDrop Santé
• NeoBe Santé

Products and services

• WeSend Santé Cloud-based encrypted file-transfer service that allows healthcare professionals and regulated organisations to send files up to 10 GB securely, hosted on HDS-certified French infrastructure with AES-256 and SSL encryption. Sold primarily as a SaaS subscription with a free 30-day trial.
• WeDrop Santé Collaborative document-sharing and workspace platform that lets healthcare teams and external partners exchange, store, and co-edit files in a single HDS-secured French environment, delivered as a SaaS subscription.
• NeoBe Santé Automated cloud-backup desktop agent (with corresponding SaaS console) that continuously backs up files, folders, and server data to HDS-certified, RAID-protected French data centers, sold via subscription or perpetual licensing.

Quantifiable outcome

• DropCloud serves over 4,000 clients and 400,000+ users worldwide
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OVHcoreTechnology or IntegrationOVH serves as the hosting provider for DropCloud's website and services. OVH is a French cloud infrastructure company headquartered in Roubaix, France (2 rue Kellermann – 59100 Roubaix). DropCloud uses OVH for web hosting services.
• ASIP Santé (Agence du Numérique en Santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASIP Santé is the French digital health agency that oversees the HDS certification framework. DropCloud operates within the ASIP Santé regulatory ecosystem and its solutions comply with ASIP Santé's health data hosting requirements.
• ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDropCloud's hosting infrastructure benefits from the SecNumCloud visa issued by ANSSI, France's national cybersecurity agency. The SecNumCloud label identifies trusted cloud service providers meeting high security standards.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Box: Box is a global content-management and secure-file-sharing platform serving regulated industries including healthcare and life sciences. It competes with DropCloud's WeDrop collaborative workspace at the larger enterprise end of the French market.
• Microsoft (OneDrive / SharePoint): Microsoft's OneDrive and SharePoint are bundled productivity-grade secure file sharing and backup offerings that compete with DropCloud for SME, enterprise and healthcare IT deployments. Their scale, bundled distribution via Microsoft 365 and HSE-sector partnerships make them the structural incumbent DropCloud must displace for sovereignty-driven RFPs.
• Dropbox: Dropbox is the broad incumbent that DropCloud's marketing explicitly contrasts against for the French healthcare and SME segments. WeDrop and NeoBe compete head-to-head with Dropbox's file-sharing and backup workflows, differentiated by HDS compliance and French data residency.
• Docaposte (La Poste Group): Docaposte is the digital subsidiary of La Poste and a leading French provider of secure document exchange, electronic signature and certified hosting, including HDS-certified healthcare services. It competes with DropCloud's combined secure-transfer + workspace + backup bundle for the same French healthcare and public-sector buyers.

Others

• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is both DropCloud's hosting partner (Raid 5/6 data centers in France) and a broader cloud-infrastructure competitor in the French market. It is comparable as the underlying sovereign cloud infrastructure layer above which DropCloud's SaaS is delivered, and ANSSI SecNumCloud-credentialled.

Direct peers

• Lifen: Lifen is a French healthcare-focused secure document-exchange platform used by hospitals and physicians to transmit clinical documents. It targets the same HDS-regulated healthcare workflow as DropCloud's WeSend/WeDrop with similar buyer personas (PHOs, radiology clinics, GPs).
• WeTransfer: WeTransfer is the most direct peer to DropCloud's WeSend Santé — both are file-transfer-as-a-service platforms oriented to professional use. DropCloud explicitly positions WeSend as the regulated-French counterpart to WeTransfer for healthcare-grade, HDS-certified transfers.

Regional players

• Maincare Solutions (DOCAPOSTE / Dedalus): Maincare Solutions (folded into Dedalus) provides EHR-adjacent hosting, secure exchange and HDS-compliant services to French hospitals. It overlaps with DropCloud's HDS-certified healthcare data transfer and backup value proposition for hospital and GHT buyers in France.
• Prosoluce: Prosoluce is a French secure-document exchange and certified hosting provider with HDS certification, selling to healthcare and public-sector clients in France. It overlaps with DropCloud's regulated French healthcare file-transfer and archiving proposition.
• Cegedim (CLM / TELEA): Cegedim provides healthcare-IT and secure-data services for French physicians, pharmacies and hospitals, including certified hosting offerings. Its installed base among French GPs and ancillary providers overlaps with DropCloud's healthcare target segments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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