ConsortiaManager
ConsortiaManager is a Copenhagen-based SaaS company providing workflow, licensing, and Open Access management software to library consortia, serving 65+ consortia and 12,000+ member libraries across 17 countries.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2014
- HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What ConsortiaManager does
ConsortiaManager, operated by Subscription People ApS, is a Danish software company founded in 2014 by Nels Rune Jensen and Tejs Grevstad that produces niche workflow software for library purchasing coalitions. The company is headquartered in Copenhagen and serves library consortia, university systems, and individual academic institutions globally, with reported reach across 65 consortia, 12,000+ member libraries, 17 countries, and 5 continents. The founders combined 30+ years of publisher and subscription-agent experience to build the first comprehensive workflow platform purpose-built for the library consortium category, originating from a 2014 Danish Digital Library crisis where critical publisher agreement data had become inaccessible.
The product architecture is a cloud-based SaaS platform-plus-modules: a core ConsortiaManager application centralizes licensing, subscription, renewal, and member-communication workflows; a Transformative Agreement Manager module adds Read & Publish deal analytics with research-output and citation tracking; an Open Journal Finder module provides researcher-facing journal-eligibility lookups against a 70,000+ journal database; and a related ROAM (Research Output & Acquisition Management) product addresses individual library electronic resource management. The platform integrates with Ex Libris ALMA, CELUS, OpenAlex, OA Switchboard, and various ILS systems, and delivers quantifiable outcomes such as reducing invoice processing time from 8 hours to 1 hour.
The revenue model is annual subscription-based, with tiered pricing for Open Journal Finder ($1,400–$3,000/year) and Transformative Agreement Manager ($1,800–$4,800/year) priced by research output or material budget tier, and custom enterprise pricing for the core ConsortiaManager product. Distribution is direct enterprise sales supplemented by inside-sales motions for smaller institutions, supported by content marketing (blog articles, LinkedIn, Twitter) and case-study-driven lead nurturing. The company is founder-controlled, has 1–10 employees, has not raised external funding, and operates profitably within the specialized library vertical.
ConsortiaManager firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- ConsortiaManager
- Legal name
- Subscription People ApS
- Website
- https://consortiamanager.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2014
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- ConsortiaManager is a Copenhagen-based SaaS company providing workflow, licensing, and Open Access management software to library consortia, serving 65+ consortia and 12,000+ member libraries across 17 countries.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
ConsortiaManager industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Library Subscription Management Software
- NAICS
- Educational Support Services (61171)
- SIC
- Services-Management Services (8741)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Library & Learning Space Managed Operations (Circulation, Scheduling, Staffing) (EDAEALAL)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Academic & Research Library Operations (College/University Libraries) (EDAEAGAB)
Keywords
Where ConsortiaManager is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Copenhagen
- HQ country
- Denmark
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
ConsortiaManager business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- ConsortiaManager Platform Subscription: Annual subscription pricing for the core ConsortiaManager platform, with flexible pricing based on consortium size and requirements. Custom quotes provided for larger national consortia.
- Transformative Agreement Manager Subscription: Tiered annual subscription pricing (Very Small: $1,800/year, Small: $2,800/year, Medium: $3,800/year, Large: $4,800/year) based on institution size, with all plans including automatic article fetching, unlimited users, citations analysis, and integrations.
- Open Journal Finder Subscription: Tiered annual subscription pricing ($1,400/year, $2,400/year, $3,000/year) based on research output tier. Includes access to 70,000+ journals, unlimited users, customized institutional setup, and admin dashboard.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | Annual | Open Journal Finder - Tiered pricing based on research output |
| Subscription | Annual | Transformative Agreement Manager - Tiered pricing based on institution size |
| Subscription | Annual | ConsortiaManager - Custom enterprise pricing |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
ConsortiaManager product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ConsortiaManager provides a Software-as-a-Service platform that helps library consortia centrally administer electronic resource subscriptions, licensing, member invoicing, and renewal workflows on behalf of member libraries. The platform also offers specialized modules for transformative agreement management, open access journal discovery, and usage/rights analysis.
Product overview
ConsortiaManager is a platform-plus-modules architecture consisting of the core ConsortiaManager product (the all-in-one platform for library consortia to manage licensing, subscriptions, and member workflows), supplemented by two specialized modules: Transformative Agreement Manager (for analyzing Read & Publish deals with analytics and negotiation tools) and Open Journal Finder (for researcher self-service journal eligibility checking under OA agreements). A related product, ROAM (Research Output & Acquisition Management), serves individual library ERM needs with functional modules for publishers, vendors, products, and subscriptions.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Open Journal Finder: A search-based tool that helps researchers and library staff quickly identify where they can publish Open Access under their institution's Read & Publish deals.
- Transformative Agreement Manager
Products and services
- ConsortiaManager
- Transformative Agreement Manager
Quantifiable outcome
- Invoice processing time reduced from 8 hours to 1 hour
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use ConsortiaManager
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
ConsortiaManager technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration5 records
Feature17 records
ConsortiaManager partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- Stanford Graduate School of Business LibrarycoreCollaborative development partner alongside Malmo University Library for the ROAM ERMS development. Subscription People set up similar collaboration with Stanford library during 2017 to gather requirements and feedback during the development process.
- Malmo University LibrarycoreCollaborative development partnership for the ROAM (Research Output & Acquisition Management) Electronic Resource Management System. Malmo University Library participated from initial discussions through implementation, contributing requirements based on TERMS framework and serving as one of the first institutions to implement ROAM since autumn 2019.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
ConsortiaManager competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- ProQuest (Clarivate): Large aggregator of academic content and provider of library workflow and discovery tools used by consortia and universities. Comparable as a broad incumbent in the academic library content and management space, often serving the same procurement decisions.
- Innovative Interfaces (Innovative): Vendor of library management platforms (Polaris, Sierra, Vega) used by public and academic library consortia. Comparable as a broad incumbent providing core library operations software to a similar institutional buyer base.
- EBSCO Information Services: Major subscription management and content provider offering GOBI and related acquisition tools used by academic libraries and consortia. Comparable because it competes for the same workflow—centralizing e-resource selection, ordering, and renewals—across an overlapping institutional buyer base.
- OCLC: Global library cooperative providing shared infrastructure (WorldCat, metadata, ILL) and a suite of services to academic and public libraries. Comparable because it serves the same library consortium customer base with operational and resource-sharing platforms, though at a much broader scale.
- Ex Libris (Clarivate): Provider of the ALMA library management platform and other library services used by consortia and universities worldwide. Directly comparable as the system ConsortiaManager integrates with, and a potential source of bundled competing capability for license and resource management.
- JSTOR (ITHAKA): Provides digital scholarly content and library services including access management and analytics for academic institutions. Comparable as a broader academic library services provider with overlapping buyer relationships in the research and consortia segment.
Direct peers
- LYRASIS: Nonprofit membership organization that runs consortial programs and shared services for libraries and cultural heritage institutions, including Open Access infrastructure. Comparable because it operates in the same library consortium space, coordinating group licensing, OA, and shared services for member institutions.
Emerging players
- Knowledge Unlatched: Open Access infrastructure provider offering models for libraries to collectively fund OA books and journals. Comparable as an emerging player in the consortial Open Access workflow, addressing parts of the same use case as ConsortiaManager's Transformative Agreement Manager.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
ConsortiaManager social profiles
Digital presenceConsortiaManager financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
ConsortiaManager leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
ConsortiaManager funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
ConsortiaManager M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about ConsortiaManager
What does ConsortiaManager do?
ConsortiaManager provides a Software-as-a-Service platform that helps library consortia centrally administer electronic resource subscriptions, licensing, member invoicing, and renewal workflows on behalf of member libraries. The platform also offers specialized modules for transformative agreement management, open access journal discovery, and usage/rights analysis.
Is ConsortiaManager a public or private company?
ConsortiaManager is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was ConsortiaManager founded?
ConsortiaManager was founded in 2014. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is ConsortiaManager based?
ConsortiaManager is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the Europe region.
How does ConsortiaManager make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. ConsortiaManager Platform Subscription is the primary driver. The others are transformative Agreement Manager Subscription and open Journal Finder Subscription.
Who are ConsortiaManager's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are ProQuest (Clarivate), Innovative Interfaces (Innovative), EBSCO Information Services, OCLC, Ex Libris (Clarivate) and JSTOR (ITHAKA). LYRASIS is listed as a direct peer. Knowledge Unlatched is listed as an emerging player.
Does ConsortiaManager have an API?
No public API is recorded for ConsortiaManager.
What industry is ConsortiaManager in?
ConsortiaManager's product category is Library Subscription Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDAEALAL, Library & Learning Space Managed Operations (Circulation, Scheduling, Staffing), with a secondary code of EDAEAGAB, Academic & Research Library Operations (College/University Libraries). Its NAICS code is 61171 and its SIC code is 8741.