What Nibble IT does

Nibble IT is a Netherlands-based, PostgreSQL-specialist IT consultancy founded around 1996 and headquartered in Blaricum. The firm operates as a "one-stop-shop" for enterprises seeking to move off proprietary databases, delivering database migrations (from Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Ingres, Informix, and MySQL to PostgreSQL), professional consultancy and staff augmentation, EDB-certified training, tiered support packages (Brons, Zilver, Goud, Platina), 24x7 managed remote DBA services, and software subscription reselling for Community PostgreSQL, Cybertec, and EnterpriseDB products. Customer logos span Dutch tier-1 banks (ABN AMRO, Rabobank, Triodos), national and municipal government (Rijksoverheid, Kadaster, RIVM, Gemeente Enschede), telecom (KPN, Solcon), and large consultancies (Capgemini, Topicus).

The firm's core product asset is PGvillage, a proprietary, standardized PostgreSQL environment built on open-source components — Stolon + etcd for HA/failover, WAL-G + MinIO for backups, Prometheus + Grafana for monitoring, HAProxy/pgroute66/keepalived for connection failover, mTLS via chainsmith, pgfga for federated authorization, PgBouncer for pooling, PgQuartz for maintenance, and Ansible Galaxy for deployment. Nibble is also developing next-generation platforms Project Orion (a Golang-based enterprise PostgreSQL platform with API, CLI, and Kubernetes migration paths) and Project Argus (an observability/alerting layer). Internal AI-enabled tooling includes SQL2PG (a hybrid deterministic-plus-AI migration tool), an AI-supported knowledge database using pgvector for semantic search, and an in-database PostgreSQL anomaly detection system.

The business model combines professional services (consultancy, staff augmentation, training) billed on time-and-materials or prepaid packages, recurring software subscriptions (EDB/Cybertec/Community resold with Nibble as single point of contact), and managed services (remote DBA and 24x7 support). Go-to-market is consultative, enterprise field sales — senior PostgreSQL consultants prospect directly, deliver free feasibility assessments, and close migration and multi-year support engagements, supplemented by partner referrals from EDB, HVR, and Sibvisions. The company is privately held, founder-owned, and operates without disclosed external funding or M&A activity, with a stable headcount in the 11–50 range.

Name

Nibble IT

Legal name

Nibble-IT

Website

https://nibble-it.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nibble IT is a Netherlands-based PostgreSQL-specialist consultancy founded in 1996 that delivers database migration, training, 24x7 support, and managed services to Dutch and European enterprises, with the proprietary PGvillage platform and partnerships with EnterpriseDB, HVR, and Sibvisions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

PostgreSQL Database Consultancy

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Other Computer Related Services (541519), Educational Support Services (61171), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Database/Application Data Layer Modernization (DB migration, ORM, caching) (BPAEAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

NewSQL / Distributed SQL Databases (HDAEAAAC), Database Administration & Data Engineering (RDBMS/NoSQL, ETL/ELT, Pipelines) (EDABAFAI), Data Center Operations & Managed Services (Remote Hands, NOC/SOC) (HDABANAA)

Keywords

• PostgreSQL consulting
• Database migration services
• Remote DBA support
• PostgreSQL training programs
• Open source databases

Headquarters

HQ city

Blaricum

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services / Consultancy: Senior PostgreSQL consultants are engaged on a time-and-materials basis or via prepaid support packages. Services include database migration, architecture design, performance tuning, security implementation, and troubleshooting. Clients can choose on-site or remote delivery.
2. Training and Education: PostgreSQL training programs delivered at Nibble's training facility or on-site at client locations. Training topics span beginner to advanced administration, development, performance tuning, backup/recovery, and cloud-native PostgreSQL. Courses result in Nibble certificates; EDB-certified courses offer 90%+ pass rates.
3. Software Subscriptions: Nibble resells and manages PostgreSQL subscriptions including Community PostgreSQL, Cybertec, and EnterpriseDB (EDB) products. They serve as a single point of contact for subscription management, renewal tracking, compliance, and optimization advice.
4. Remote DBA and 24x7 Support: Remote database administration with continuous monitoring and management of client PostgreSQL environments, combined with around-the-clock support for incident response and resolution.
5. Staff Augmentation / Detachment: Deployment of experienced PostgreSQL professionals into client teams on a longer-term basis, either on-site or remote. Professionals are trained and managed by Nibble, with regular 'return days' to stay current on developments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Nibble IT provides PostgreSQL-focused consulting services to enterprises and government organizations, delivering database migration from proprietary systems (Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Ingres, Informix, MySQL), tiered 24x7 support packages (Brons/Zilver/Goud/Platina), PostgreSQL training programs, staff augmentation, and software subscription reselling. Its proprietary PGvillage platform offers a standardized PostgreSQL environment built on open-source components for deployment, high availability, backup, monitoring, and security.

Product overview

Nibble IT is a PostgreSQL-focused consultancy offering a portfolio of proprietary products, open source tools, and professional services. Their core product is PGvillage, a complete standardized PostgreSQL environment covering deployment, security, backup, monitoring, and high availability. They are developing next-generation platforms including Project Orion (API/CLI-driven enterprise PostgreSQL platform) and Project Argus (enterprise observability/alerting platform). Their product suite includes internal development tools such as SQL2PG (hybrid AI-supported migration tool), an AI-supported knowledge database with pgvector, and an in-database security detection system. They also offer a range of services including migration, support (24x7 options with Bronze to Platinum tiers), training (PostgreSQL and CloudNativePG), and development. The company recommends and integrates specific open source tools (pgAdmin 4, pgBarman, pgBouncer) and partners with EnterpriseDB, CloudNativePG, VisionX, and HVR Software to deliver enterprise capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PgVillage: PostgreSQL platform solution for enterprise deployment, security, management, and high availability, built on open source components including Stolon, WAL-G, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Postgres Perfect For You (PP4U)
• SQL2PG

Products and services

• PGvillage A complete, standardized PostgreSQL environment covering deployment, security, management, and availability. Built on proven open-source components including Stolon + etcd (HA/failover), WAL-G + MinIO (backup/storage), Prometheus + Grafana (monitoring), HAProxy/pgroute66/keepalived (connection failover), mTLS via chainsmith (encryption/auth), pgfga (federated authorization), PgBouncer (connection pooling), PgQuartz (maintenance), and Ansible Galaxy (deployment). Targeted at enterprises that need a repeatable PostgreSQL platform without vendor lock-in.
• Database Migration Services End-to-end database migration consulting from proprietary systems (Oracle, SQL Server, Sybase, Ingres, Informix, MySQL) to PostgreSQL, including feasibility assessment, implementation, near-zero-downtime replication via HVR, Oracle/Forms-to-Java modernization via VisionX, and post-migration support. Targeted at enterprise and government organizations seeking to reduce database licensing costs.
• PostgreSQL Support Services PostgreSQL support delivered through four tiered subscription packages (Brons 16h, Zilver 24h, Goud 40h, Platina 80h consultancy hours), with ad-hoc consultancy, detachering/remote DBA, and 24x7 incident response options. Billed quarterly, with up to 16.7% discount for prepaid packages and minimum engagement durations per tier.
• PostgreSQL Training

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 80% savings on database licensing costs through PostgreSQL migration
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers34 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

Integration16 records

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• EnterpriseDB (EDB)coreTechnology or IntegrationNibble has partnered with EnterpriseDB (EDB) for years to enable fast and cost-effective Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations. EDB's free tools bundled with subscriptions enable management of large production environments with high availability. Nibble is EDB's most valuable partner in Europe, recognized for professional services, pre-sales consultancy, training, and subscription sales. Nibble provides ongoing support to EDB for Professional Services, Training, Pre-Sales, and product development. Nibble also resells EDB products including EFM, BART, PEM, and Replication Server.
• HVR SoftwarecoreTechnology or IntegrationThe partnership between HVR and Nibble dates back to their Ingres days. HVR handles replication between different environments and databases. Today the primary application is enabling Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migrations with 'Nearly Zero-down time' and 'Fall-back' scenarios. HVR replicates bi-directionally, ensuring a guaranteed rollback path. HVR also supports replication from multiple sources to a data warehouse with ETL adjustments, supporting a wide range of source and target databases.
• SibvisionscoreTechnology or IntegrationThe Sibvisions partnership enables Nibble to address the demand for fast and cost-effective migration of Oracle/Database and Oracle/Applications to PostgreSQL and Java. VisionX, Sibvisions' lowcode generator, converts Oracle/Forms and Oracle/Apex applications to Java while reusing datamodels or Oracle FMB files. This allows complex Oracle/Forms screens to be converted rapidly, optionally modernizing to multi-channel responsive applications, potentially combined with containerization via Docker.
• DutchworldsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutchworld focuses on open-source products, particularly on the application side with Java and Odoo specialization. Together with Nibble they have successfully completed many projects. Even without joint projects, they leverage each other's expertise. Nibble covers the PostgreSQL database side while Dutchworld covers Java, Python, PHP/JavaScript/TypeScript, and platforms like WordPress/WooCommerce, Magento Commerce, Mule, and Odoo ERP.
• DockersupportingTechnology or IntegrationThe Docker partnership enables Nibble to help clients using containerization to set it up efficiently, with a focus on the combination of PostgreSQL and containers. Priority is given to stability, consistency, and availability of the database. Docker provides the container platform standard, encompassing containers, storage, access policies, and orchestration such as Swarm or Kubernetes.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stormatics: Stormatics is a PostgreSQL-only managed services and consulting firm comparable to Nibble's remote DBA and migration offerings, targeting enterprise customers seeking specialist PostgreSQL expertise.
• Crunchy Data: Crunchy Data is a PostgreSQL services and open-source technology company offering enterprise support and the Crunchy Bridge managed service — overlapping with Nibble's PGvillage and managed DBA offerings in the PostgreSQL enterprise market.
• Command Prompt: Command Prompt is a dedicated PostgreSQL consultancy and support firm — closely comparable to Nibble as a pure-play PostgreSQL professional services provider targeting enterprise migrations and 24x7 support.
• EnterpriseDB (EDB): EDB is both Nibble's closest partner and a direct peer in PostgreSQL services and tooling — offering enterprise PostgreSQL distribution, support, and consulting that Nibble both resells and competes with at the high end of the market.
• Percona: Percona is an open-source database services and software company specializing in MySQL, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL — directly comparable to Nibble's PostgreSQL consultancy, support, and managed services model across global enterprise customers.
• MigOps: MigOps is a database consultancy specializing in open-source database migrations, performance tuning, and managed services — directly comparable to Nibble's PostgreSQL migration and support practice for enterprise customers.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini Engineering: Capgemini is a global systems integrator and a listed Nibble customer that also competes for large enterprise database migration and modernization programs as part of a broader portfolio of IT services.
• AWS (RDS for PostgreSQL / Aurora): AWS offers managed PostgreSQL services (RDS, Aurora) that increasingly overlap with Nibble's Remote DBA and PGvillage offerings — a broad incumbent shaping the competitive backdrop for PostgreSQL managed services.

Regional players

• Postgres Professional: Postgres Professional is a Russian-headquartered PostgreSQL services and product company offering enterprise PostgreSQL distribution and consulting — a regional peer to Nibble with comparable PostgreSQL-specialist positioning but different geographic focus.

Emerging players

• OnGres: OnGres is a PostgreSQL-focused consultancy and tooling firm with open-source projects like CloudNativePG (which Nibble itself recommends), making it both a technology peer and a partial competitor in enterprise PostgreSQL services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

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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