What BaseALT does

BaseALT (ООО «Базальт СПО», BaseALT SPO LLC), founded in 2001 with the legal entity registered in 2015 (INN 7714350892) and headquartered at 75 Butyrskaya Street, Moscow, is a Russian independent software vendor that develops the ALT Linux operating system family and adjacent system software for IT sovereignty and import substitution. The product portfolio is built on a proprietary build platform (Альт Платформа / ALT Platform) and spans a certified server OS (Альт Сервер), a security-certified desktop and server OS (Альт СП, certified by FSTEC Russia), workstation distributions (Альт Рабочая станция on GNOME and Альт Рабочая станция К on KDE Plasma), a virtualization platform (Альт Виртуализация supporting KVM, LXC/LXD, Proxmox VE, and OpenNebula), a Kubernetes orchestration OS (Альт Оркестрация), an Active Directory-style Samba-based domain controller (Альт Домен), a mobile OS (Альт Мобильный), an education-focused distribution (Альт Образование with 70+ pre-installed learning applications), a consumer distribution (Simply Linux), and a Russian office suite (Свободный офис / Free Office). Underlying these is the Sisyphus free software repository and a container registry maintained with the ALT Linux Team community. Products are certified by FSTEC Russia, FSB Russia, and the Russian Ministry of Defense, with Alt Education and Alt Virtualization listed in the Unified Register of the Ministry of Digital Development (registration numbers ПО: 1912 and ПО 6487).\n\nBaseALT serves government, financial services, education, transportation, telecom, healthcare, and fuel/energy customers, with named deployments including Rosselkhozbank (banking), the Intelligent Transport System of Perm Krai (transportation), and Petro Velt Technologies (oil services), alongside 1.5M+ total users, 1,800+ partner companies, and 6,000+ compatible Russian software and hardware products in the ecosystem. The revenue model combines free individual downloads (freemium) with paid one-time/perpetual organizational licensing, recurring annual technical support subscriptions in three tiers, professional training and certification programs through authorized training centers, and channel sales through 1,800+ partner companies spanning system integrators, distributors, resellers, and educational institutions across Russia and CIS countries (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan). Distribution also includes a Yandex Cloud marketplace listing and a direct enterprise sales motion, with integration support for Russian hardware platforms including Baikal-M and Elbrus processors.

Name

BaseALT

Legal name

ООО «Базальт СПО»

Website

https://basealt.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Short description

BaseALT is a Russian independent software vendor that develops the ALT Linux operating system family — certified server, desktop, virtualization, Kubernetes, mobile, and education OS — for government, financial, education, and enterprise customers pursuing IT sovereignty and import substitution across Russia and CIS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Operating Systems

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Server Management, Orchestration & BMC/Remote Admin Systems (HDACABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cloud-Native Enablement (Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh) (BPAEAKAE), Enterprise Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Platforms (HDAEAKAJ), Core LMS Platforms (Academic & Corporate) (EDAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Linux operating systems
• Virtualization platforms
• Container orchestration
• Domain controllers
• Educational technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing: Sale of operating system licenses to organizations for full deployment. Physical and legal persons can test for free; organizations require paid licenses for production use.
2. Technical Support Subscriptions: Vendor technical support services with SLA-based maintenance, security updates, and assistance. Support tiers available for different organizational needs.
3. Training and Certification: Professional training programs including administrator courses, teacher training, and professional retraining programs through authorized training centers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

BaseALT develops and sells the ALT family of independently-developed Russian Linux operating systems and system software, including certified server, desktop, security-hardened, mobile, virtualization, Kubernetes orchestration, and domain controller editions. The company bundles these with subscription technical support, training, and certification services for government, enterprise, educational, and individual customers across Russia and the CIS.

Product overview

BaseALT (Базальт СПО) is a Russian developer of operating systems and system software based on its own development platform. The product portfolio consists of the unified «Альт» (ALT) ecosystem, which includes: server OS (Альт Сервер), security-certified OS (Альт СП), desktop/workstation OS with GNOME (Альт Рабочая станция) or KDE Plasma (Альт Рабочая станция К), education-focused OS (Альт Образование), mobile OS (Альт Мобильный), virtualization platform (Альт Виртуализация), Kubernetes orchestration OS (Альт Оркестрация), domain controller (Альт Домен), office software (Свободный офис), and a software build platform (Альт Платформа). The ecosystem also includes the Сизиф (Sisyphus) free software repository and a container registry. Products are certified by FSTEC Russia, FSB Russia, and the Russian Ministry of Defense. The company targets government, business, and private users seeking IT sovereignty through Russian-developed solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Альт (ALT): Unified ecosystem of Russian IT solutions including operating systems, virtualization, containerization, domain controller, and software build platform.
• Альт Академия (ALT Academy)
• Simply Linux

Products and services

• ALT SP (Альт СП) Operating system with built-in information security tools. Certified by FSTEC Russia for use in government and security-sensitive environments. Targeted at Russian government agencies and security-sensitive organizations requiring certified operating systems.
• ALT Server (Альт Сервер) Comprehensive server solution for IT infrastructure providing enterprise-grade Linux server capabilities for organizations. Deployed by Rosselkhozbank and Petro Velt Technologies as foundation for banking and oil service IT infrastructure.
• ALT Domain (Альт Домен) Software suite for centralized management of computers and users in a network, providing Active Directory-style domain controller functionality based on Samba. Replaces Microsoft Active Directory for organizations migrating away from foreign dependencies.
• ALT Virtualization (Альт Виртуализация) Universal solution for creating and migrating virtual IT infrastructure. Supports KVM hypervisor, LXC/LXD containers, Proxmox Virtual Environment, OpenNebula cloud platform, and Kubernetes orchestration. Included in Unified Register of Russian Ministry of Digital Development (registration number ПО 6487).
• ALT Platform (Альт Платформа) Technological complex for software assembly. The proprietary development platform on which all ALT distributions are built. Used by ALT Linux Team community for building and packaging the ALT distribution family.
• ALT Orchestration (Альт Оркестрация) Immutable operating system for organizing Kubernetes clusters. Provides container orchestration capabilities for enterprise cloud-native deployment.
• ALT Mobile (Альт Мобильный) Operating system for mobile devices, smartphones, and tablets. Russian mobile OS solution for government and enterprise mobile device deployments.
• ALT Workstation (Альт Рабочая станция) Operating system with GNOME graphical environment for comfortable office work. Desktop OS for enterprise and personal use.
• ALT Workstation K (Альт Рабочая станция К) Operating system with KDE Plasma graphical environment for comfortable work. Alternative desktop variant with KDE instead of GNOME.
• ALT Education (Альт Образование) Operating system designed for educational institutions with 70+ pre-installed educational applications for all levels from kindergarten to university, classroom management tools, distance learning capabilities, and development environments. Included in Unified Register of Russian Ministry of Digital Development (registration number ПО 1912).
• Simply Linux Simple operating system for home and office use. Lightweight Linux distribution designed for ease of use by individual users. Community-supported derivative of the ALT ecosystem.
• Free Office (Свободный офис) Software for office tasks. Russian office productivity suite providing office document handling capabilities for organizations seeking alternatives to foreign office software.
• Container Registry (Реестр контейнеров) Service for storing container images, providing access to pre-built container images for the ALT ecosystem and customers using ALT Orchestration and ALT Virtualization.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.5M+ users running ALT OS across corporate and private deployments
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ALT Linux TeamcoreOthersOpen source community uniting ALT Linux free software developers. The community maintains the Sisyphus repository (Сизиф) - a free repository of software and databases that serves as the foundation for ALT distribution development.
• Sberbank Group (Сбербанк)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerООО Сбербанк-Сервис listed as service partner providing implementation and support services for ALT OS deployments.
• St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (Санкт-Петербургский политехнический университет Петра Великого)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAuthorized training center and academic partner. Joint program 'System and Network Administration of ALT OS' developed with Higher Engineering School of SPbPU. Program code ALT-LINUX-ADMINISTRATOR, 320 academic hours, leads to professional retraining diploma.
• Simply Linux CommunityminorOthersCommunity-supported derivative distribution for home and office use. Part of the broader ALT ecosystem.
• ANOV DPO TsPK AIS (АНО ДПО ЦПК АИС)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized training center in Moscow offering ALT OS administration courses.
• Softline Education (АНО ДПО СофтЛайн Эдюкейшн)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized training center with locations in Moscow and Krasnoyarsk offering ALT OS courses.
• LANIT Network Academy (НОЧУ ДПО УЦ Сетевая Академия Ланит)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAuthorized training center in Moscow offering ALT OS certification courses.
• Content AIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic interview collaboration on AI drivers and automation market barriers. Partnership focused on Russian software ecosystem development.
• ICL Techno (ICL Техно)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic interview collaboration discussing market trends, chip shortages, and adaptation strategies in Russian IT sector.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Yandex Cloud: Strategic partner and marketplace channel that lists ALT OS for cloud deployment; relevant as a Russian infrastructure distribution channel and ecosystem peer.
• Simply Linux community: Community-maintained distribution derived from the ALT ecosystem targeting home/SMB users; relevant as the consumer-facing layer of the BaseALT ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Astra Linux: Direct domestic competitor offering certified Russian Linux distributions for government, defense, and enterprise; competes head-to-head with BaseALT in FSTEC-certified workloads and import-substitution tenders.
• RED OS (RED SOFT): Russian Linux distribution vendor certified by FSTEC; addresses the same sovereign OS procurement pool as BaseALT and is a directly comparable certified OS alternative.
• ROSA (NTC IT ROSA / ROSA Lab): Long-standing Russian Linux distribution (ROSA Fresh, ROSA Enterprise) competing for the same government, education, and SMB deployments, including certified variants.

Broad incumbents

• Red Hat (IBM): Global enterprise Linux and Kubernetes platform leader (RHEL, OpenShift) that BaseALT positions as a replacement for in Russian deployments; comparable product scope (enterprise OS, virtualization, container orchestration).
• Canonical (Ubuntu): Commercial sponsor of Ubuntu with server, cloud, and Kubernetes offerings; competes as another displaced foreign Linux incumbent and remains a global alternative base technology.
• SUSE: Enterprise Linux and container/Kubernetes vendor (SUSE Linux Enterprise, Rancher) whose products are being replaced by certified Russian distributions; comparable product footprint.

Regional players

• 1C Company: Dominant Russian enterprise software vendor (1C:Enterprise, 1C:TIOR explicitly integrated with ALT Server) and a leader of domestic import substitution; comparable as a Russian-stack platform peer with overlapping enterprise and government customers.

Emerging players

• ALT Linux community (open-source ALT): The open-source upstream community behind BaseALT's distribution; matters because it supplies the Sisyphus repository ecosystem that anchors BaseALT's product line and developer mindshare.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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