Amue

Name

Amue

Legal name

Agence de mutualisation des universités et établissements (Amue)

Website

https://amue.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education Administration Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Application Managed Services Outsourcing (ERP/CRM/HRIS AMS) (BPAEAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Application Maintenance & Support (AMS) (BPAEAFAC), ERP Managed Services & AMS (Application Management) (BPAEAGAB)

Keywords

• Higher education software
• University administration systems
• Research institution management
• Shared software services
• Mutualized public services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership Contributions: Annual membership fees required for all ESR establishments to access Amue products and services. Covers governance participation, community access, and baseline services.
2. Usage and Service Fees: Usage-based fees for software solutions including deployment fees and annual maintenance charges. Covers right to use, deployment support, maintenance, and hosting.
3. Training Catalog: Professional development training for ESR staff, with approximately 6,000 professionals trained annually across 275 training sessions
4. Centralized Purchasing (Centrale d'achats): Joint purchasing arrangements providing economies of scale for member establishments on framework agreements

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Amue is a French public mutualization agency providing shared software solutions, training services, and a group purchasing center to 178 higher education and research institutions in France. It delivers 16 specialized administrative software systems covering student affairs (Apogée, Pégase), finance (Sifac+), HR (Siham), research management (Sinchro, Dialog), archiving (Sigma), and reference data (Sinaps), plus annual training and centralized procurement.

Product overview

Amue (Agence de mutualisation des universités et établissements) provides a comprehensive portfolio of 16 shared software solutions, training services, and a purchasing center for France's Higher Education and Research (ESR) sector. The software suite includes: Apogée and Pégase for student affairs management; Sifac+, Sifac, and Sifac Démat' for financial management; Siham and Siham PMS for human resources; Sinaps for reference data orchestration; Sinchro for research time tracking; Sipres for project call management; Dialog for research unit resource dialogues; SiROCCO for business intelligence; FCA Manager for continuing education; Sigma for electronic archiving; and EvRP for occupational risk evaluation. The organization also provides a training catalog (~275 annual sessions), a group purchasing center, and transversal offerings in digital transformation, compliance, IT urbanization, quality, and sustainable development. The 178 member institutions benefit from mutualized solutions, shared expertise across 12 domains, and coordinated community networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Apogée Student affairs management software covering administrative registration, student records, diploma management, and Parcoursup campaign support for French higher education institutions.
• Pégase (PC-Scol) Student administration solution for managing enrollment, student rights, registration fees, and academic processes, replacing legacy Apogée.
• Sifac+ Comprehensive financial, budgetary, accounting, and analytical process management solution in service mode for higher education and research institutions.
• Siham Human resources management software covering personnel administration, payroll, and HR processes for higher education institutions.
• Siham PMS Staffing and payroll projection solution enabling simulation scenarios on salary mass and positions evolution up to N+5 for HR and budget planning.
• Sinaps Integrated reference data management and business process orchestration solution ensuring data consistency across Amue's software ecosystem.
• SiROCCO Community-based decision support and business intelligence solution for data warehouse backoffice collection within Amue's responsibility perimeter.
• Sinchro Time tracking and timesheet management solution for research institutions to justify personnel time on research projects to funders such as H2020, Horizon Europe, ANR, and PIA.
• Sipres Project call management information system for centralizing and optimizing research grant application processes with secure and simple usage.
• Dialog Management dialogue support tool for exchanges between institutions and research units regarding human and financial resources for research and research support.
• FCA Manager Continuing education and apprenticeship activity management tool for higher education institutions.
• Sigma Mutualized electronic archiving service compliant with NF Z 42-013 standard for selecting, archiving, and storing data from Amue solutions at CINES infrastructure.
• EvRP Occupational Risk Evaluation application for identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and monitoring professional risks to define and implement corrective and preventive actions in establishments.
• Catalogue de formations (Training Catalog) Professional development training catalog for ESR staff, covering métier, tool-specific, and distance learning formats, with approximately 275 annual sessions training around 6,000 professionals per year.
• Centrale d'achats (Group Purchasing Center) Group purchasing center for the French ESR sector providing framework agreements that offer economic benefits and streamlined procurement procedures to member institutions.
• Campus Amue Moodle-based online learning platform offering training courses, pedagogical materials, and technical resources for higher education institution staff.

Quantifiable outcome

• 74% overall satisfaction among member establishments (2024 barometer)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCNRS is the original developer of EvRP (Evaluation des Risques Professionnels) software, provided free to Amue for adaptive development. CNRS also originated the Dialog application for research resource management and is Amue's partner in the joint CPU-CNRS-Amue protocol for shared research information systems. Amue has developed Dialog further for use by all establishments.
• CINES (Centre Informatique National de l'Enseignement Supérieur)coreTechnology or IntegrationCINES provides the storage infrastructure for Amue's Sigma electronic archiving service, offering disk copies, tape copies, and remote site backup in compliance with NF Z 42-013. Amue acts as an aggregator for storage costs, achieving volume discounts for member establishments.
• CPU (Conference des Presidents d'Universite / France Universites)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCPU collaborated with CNRS and Amue to develop the shared research information system, co-creating Caplab and Dialog applications. CPU represents university presidents in governance of mutualization efforts.
• IH2EF (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Fonction Publique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIH2EF provides training for senior executives of ESR establishments, with Amue cross-referencing their programs for leadership development.
• ABES (Agence Bibliographique de l'Enseignement Superieur)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Rencontres du Superieur et des entreprises du numérique event series, bringing together higher education institutions and digital enterprises.
• COREALE (Comite Numerique pour la Reussite Etudiante et l'Agilite des Etablissements)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmue contributes to COREALE measures 16-17-18 regarding inclusion and digital accessibility. This national digital committee coordinates ESR digital transformation efforts.
• EUNIS (Task Force EA-SIG)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAmue participates in the European University Information Systems association Task Force on Enterprise Architecture and Strategy/Governance.
• Association CocktailminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDirector of Cocktail association participated in Club'U FVE opening, suggesting collaboration on student administration software matters.
• Montpellier Mediterranee MetropoleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partner in organizing the Rencontres du Superieur et des entreprises du numerique event.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Anthology (formerly Blackboard): Higher-education technology provider combining SIS (Anthology Student), LMS, and student-success products — partially overlapping with Amue's Pégase and adjacent student lifecycle solutions.
• Instructure: Provider of Canvas LMS and Instructure's higher-education workflow tools; competes in adjacent learning and student-engagement surface area relevant to Amue's training catalog and digital transformation offerings.
• Workday: Cloud-native ERP and HCM provider whose Workday Student and Workday Human Capital Management products target the same higher-education finance, HR, and student lifecycle functions that Amue addresses.

Broad incumbents

• Oracle (PeopleSoft Campus Solutions): Broad incumbent offering PeopleSoft Campus Solutions as an enterprise ERP/SIS suite for universities — overlaps with Amue's Sifac+ (finance) and Siham (HR) capabilities in higher education.
• SAP: Broad enterprise ERP incumbent whose S/4HANA and SuccessFactors solutions compete with Amue's Sifac+ (financial management) and Siham (HR) in higher-education back-office deployments.

Regional players

• Tribal Group: UK-headquartered education software provider offering student information, finance, and HR systems to universities and colleges — comparable offering to Amue's suite for European higher-education establishments.
• Unit4: European ERP provider with a strong public-sector and higher-education footprint (Unit4 Business World), offering comparable financial and HR management capabilities to Amue's Sifac+ and Siham across European markets.

Direct peers

• Ellucian: Largest global provider of student information systems (SIS) and higher-education ERP, directly competing with Amue's Apogée, Pégase, Siham, and Sifac+ in the higher-education administrative software market.
• Jenzabar: Higher-education-specific SIS and ERP vendor serving small-to-mid-sized institutions with administrative software comparable to Amue's student administration and finance modules.

Others

• Sopra Steria: Major French IT services and systems-integration firm with a public-sector and higher-education practice — comparable as a managed-services delivery partner and potential integration competitor for Amue's outsourced software model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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