Agence Digitale

Name

Agence Digitale

Legal name

SARL AGENCE DIGITALE

Website

https://agence-digitale.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Web Solutions

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Government Digital Service & eGovernment (Service Delivery, IDs, Portals) (BPAIAAAE)

Keywords

• Public sector websites
• Municipal digital communication
• Joomla development
• Government web services
• E-government solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Cannet-des-maures

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Web Development: Bespoke website design and development for municipalities including project management, consulting, and AMO services. Pricing: 30% deposit on order, 70% on delivery for amounts under €1,000; 50% deposit for higher amounts.
2. SaaS Solutions: Ready-to-use or SaaS-mode solutions for municipalities, intercommunal structures, and parapublic bodies. Includes applications for mobile, online appointments, SMS alerts, administrative acts, forms, citizen participation.
3. Web Hosting: Dedicated server hosting on ISO 27001 certified infrastructure with 99.9% uptime guarantee and GTR under 4 hours. Annual contracts with monthly or annual billing.
4. TMA - Tierce Maintenance Applicative: Technical maintenance, security updates, patches, SSL certificates, backups, firewall, anti-malware, performance monitoring, and technical support via ticket system with response time under 15 minutes.
5. 123mairie Turnkey Solutions: Ready-made website solutions for small municipalities at low cost, rapidly deployable, with professional quality and regulatory compliance. Sold through subsidiary.
6. Joomla Extensions: Custom extensions and templates sold online for public sector, with nearly 1,000 clients in 5 years. Includes e-commerce for extensions and templates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Agence Digitale designs, develops, and hosts custom and turnkey websites for French municipalities and territorial collectivities, built on the Joomla CMS. The agency also delivers a suite of modular SaaS web and mobile applications including online appointment scheduling (CNI/passports), SMS alerts, administrative acts publication (RAA), service-public.fr co-branding, online invoice payment, dematerialized forms, citizen participation tools, housing exchange, and coworking reservation.

Product overview

Agence Digitale is a web agency specializing in digital communication for territorial collectivities (municipalities, intercommunalities, and public establishments) in France. Founded in 2006, it operates as a specialist Joomla development company offering two main poles: (1) a full-service digital communication agency for public entities (custom-built websites, consulting, project management assistance), and (2) a dematerialized SaaS platform for municipalities featuring ready-to-use solutions. The core offering is organized around 123mairie, its subsidiary brand providing turnkey municipality websites, complemented by a suite of modular SaaS-style web and mobile products including appointment scheduling (appli-rdv), SMS alerts (appli-sms), document management for administrative acts (module-RAA), administrative co-branding with service-public.fr, online invoicing via PAYFIP/TIPI, a library of 30+ dematerialized forms, citizen participation sites, polling and voting tools, a housing exchange platform (bourse aux logements), and coworking space reservation tools. All solutions are built on the Joomla open-source CMS framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 123mairie: Turnkey website solution brand for town halls and local authorities, offering rapid deployment at lower cost while respecting regulatory obligations. Launched in 2016 as a subsidiary service to enable all communes, regardless of size or budget, to benefit from professional web solutions.

Products and services

• Custom-Built Websites for Municipalities (Sites sur mesure) Fully custom website design, development, and hosting for large territorial collectivities. Agency Digitale uses a structured 5-phase methodology with iterative consultation and validation tailored to each client's specifications, regulatory requirements, and artistic direction.
• 123mairie Turnkey Website Solution Subsidiary brand offering turnkey, ready-to-deploy websites for French municipalities and local authorities. Provides pre-designed responsive templates, integrated back-office management, and a full ecosystem of companion mobile apps and digital services for communes of all sizes and budgets.
• Municipal Web Hosting (Hébergement web mairie) Dedicated server hosting provided through a leading open-source hosting partner. Servers are exclusively allocated to Agence Digitale clients with ISO 27001 certification, 99.9% availability SLA, GTR under 4 hours, and daily data backups.
• Third-Party Application Maintenance and Support (TMA Mairie) Technical maintenance and premium support service for municipal websites. Includes regular CMS security updates, plugin/extension updates, SSL certificate management, daily backups, firewall and anti-malware monitoring, real-time performance monitoring, and a sub-15-minute response time support ticket system.
• Consulting and Project Management Assistance (Conseil et AMO) Assistance to the contracting authority (AMO) for municipalities undertaking website redesign projects. Provides technical, legal/regulatory, and cost optimization expertise, along with rigorous project management to ensure deadlines and specifications are met.
• 123mairie Mobile Application Autonomous mobile application for territorial collectivities, fully manageable from the municipal website's back-office without double data entry. Features unlimited push notifications, automatic content extraction, embedded city map with geo-referenced locations, and extensive personalization options.
• Online Appointment Scheduling App (Appli RDV - CNI/Passeports) Online appointment scheduling application for municipalities issuing national ID cards and biometric passports. ANTS-approved with direct connection to the national appointment search engine. Verifies pre-application numbers and sends automated email/SMS notifications. Adaptable to other uses. No recurring subscription fees.
• SMS Alerts Application (Appli SMS) Bulk SMS alert and information distribution application integrated directly into the website's administration interface. Features audience list creation by theme, integrated subscription forms, real-time character count management, and cost control options.
• RAA Module - Administrative Acts Dematerialization Document management solution for the dematerialized publication of administrative acts (Recueil des Actes Administratifs), required for municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants. Includes timestamping, tamper-proof documents, activity log, multi-user management with role-based access control.
• Comarquage service-public.fr Integration (Joomladministration) White-label co-branding module integrating official French administrative information from service-public.fr (DILA) directly into the municipal website. Features real-time data updates across 10 thematic areas and 10 life-event categories, automated local data integration using INSEE codes.
• Online Invoicing Module (Factures en ligne / PAYFIP-TIPI) Online invoice payment module integrating the PAYFIP/TIPI secure tele-payment system (DGFIP). Enables citizens to pay local public service invoices (water, canteen, daycare, library, parking) online. Custom Joomla component generates payment forms, includes help tooltips, and maintains a payment journal. Compatible with HELIOS accounting software.
• Dematerialized Forms Library (Formulaires dématérialisés) Library of over 30 dynamic, customizable online forms for municipalities covering civil status, citizenship, communication, associations, education, urban planning, commerce, and public services. All forms are GDPR and SVE compliant, modifiable in terms of recipients, duplicable as templates, and exportable to CSV.
• Citizen Participation Websites (Sites participatifs) Participatory citizen engagement platforms enabling municipalities to consult residents, conduct public debates, and involve citizens in co-construction projects. Features include online consultations, discussion forums, idea boxes, participatory budgets, participatory mapping, and participatory agendas.
• Surveys and Voting Tool (Sondages et Votation) Survey and public consultation tools for citizen participation. Enables simple questionnaires, themed consultation forms, and participatory budget voting, integrated directly into the municipal website.
• Social Housing Exchange Platform (Bourse aux logements) Online housing exchange platform enabling social housing tenants to find compatible exchanges. Tenants register, define criteria, view matching offers, arrange joint visits, and submit requests to landlords. Designed to facilitate residential mobility and optimize social housing occupancy.
• Coworking Space Reservation Platform (Réservation coworking) Coworking space booking and management platform including a dedicated website with workspace presentation, member management, online reservation of workspaces and meeting rooms, dematerialized registration and membership handling, idea boxes, and discussion forums.
• Joomla Migration Service Joomla version migration service for municipal websites. Includes migration from Joomla 3.x to the latest version (4/5), security hardening, performance optimization, improved media manager, enhanced search functionality, and improved back-office UI with accessibility features. Conducted by certified Joomla experts.
• Site clé en main 'Mon village' - Ultra Low-Cost Turnkey Website Ultra-low-cost website package offered through 123mairie specifically designed for small municipalities. Created to help them during the pandemic and extends reach to communes with the most limited budgets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Response time under 15 minutes during business hours for technical support via ticket system
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• ISO 27001 Certified Hosting ProvidercoreTechnology or IntegrationDedicated server hosting partner for 15+ years with ISO 27001 certification for information security management systems, 99.9% uptime guarantee, and GTR under 4 hours in case of incident. Daily data duplication and backups.
• APIDAEcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with APIDAE tourism information system for automatic updates of tourism content on client websites including accommodation, activities, and events.
• ANTS (Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés)coreTechnology or IntegrationConnection to national search engine for CNI/passport appointment scheduling; verification of pre-demand numbers. Partnership established in 2023.
• ADJOOMLAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal development studio producing Joomla templates (AdMonvillage) and extensions specifically designed for municipalities and public sector organizations.
• 123mairiecoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerSubsidiary created in 2016 to provide turnkey website solutions for small municipalities at low cost. First service of its kind exclusively for mairies and local authorities. Sells ready-made templates and pre-configured solutions.
• DGFIP / TIPI (Titres Payables sur Internet)majorTechnology or IntegrationIntegration of government tele-payment system TIPI for online invoice payment for local public services (water, canteen, childcare, library) connected to HELIOS accounting software.
• DILA / service-public.frmajorTechnology or IntegrationCoarquage partnership integrating service-public.fr administrative content into client municipal websites as white-label, providing real-time updated administrative information for citizens.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Atos: Atos is a European IT services group with significant government and municipal digital transformation engagements. It competes for large public-sector digital contracts as a broad incumbent with much greater scale than Agence Digitale.
• Sopra Steria: Sopra Steria is a major French IT services firm with a dedicated public-sector division serving central and local government. It offers overlapping digital services for municipalities but as part of a much broader portfolio of consulting and systems integration work.
• Capgemini: Capgemini is a global IT services leader with a substantial French public-sector practice delivering large-scale digital transformation for government agencies and municipalities. It competes for the same municipal digital tenders but as a broad incumbent rather than a Joomla specialist.

Others

• OVHcloud: OVHcloud is a major French cloud and hosting infrastructure provider. Agence Digitale relies on an ISO 27001-certified hosting partner for client websites; OVHcloud represents an alternative hosting backbone that public-sector clients may procure directly, and is an adjacent ecosystem player in French municipal digital services.
• ADULLACT: ADULLACT is a French association of local authorities and developers promoting free/open-source software for territorial collectivities. It is an ecosystem enabler rather than a direct competitor, but channels demand toward open-source providers including Joomla-based agencies.

Direct peers

• Alter Way: Alter Way is a French open-source services company providing web development, hosting, and consulting for enterprises and public administrations. Its open-source-first approach, public-sector focus, and hosting offerings overlap directly with Agence Digitale's value proposition.
• Smile: Smile is a French open-source digital agency that serves both private and public sector clients, including municipalities. Like Agence Digitale, Smile builds custom web platforms and applications based on open-source technologies (including Joomla and Drupal), making it the closest direct competitor for French municipal digital projects.
• Makina Corpus: Makina Corpus is a French open-source web agency specializing in custom web application development, geospatial solutions, and content platforms. It serves public-sector clients and competes for similar municipal and territorial digital communication contracts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agencedigitale
• Facebookfacebook.com/agencedigitale
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-digitale-83

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

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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