What Nexedi does

Nexedi is a privately held French open-source software publisher founded in 2001 and headquartered in La Madeleine (Marcq-en-Baroeul), France, with wholly-owned subsidiaries in Japan (Nexedi KK) and Brazil (Nexedi Brasil). The company positions itself as Europe's largest open-source software publisher and serves enterprises, governments, and research institutions with a vertically integrated stack centered on three platforms: ERP5 (a customizable enterprise ERP system implemented on Zope with business and industry templates), SlapOS (a decentralized cloud orchestration and operating system automating provisioning, backup, recovery, and invoicing across distributed POSIX infrastructure), and Wendelin (a big data and machine learning platform built on out-of-core numpy arrays, interfacing with scikit-learn, Jupyter, and pandas). The stack is rounded out by NEO (distributed transactional NoSQL storage without cluster-wide commit locks), OfficeJS (an offline HTML5 productivity appstore built on RenderJS and jIO), Re6st (IPv6 mesh networking), Cloudooo (multimedia conversion), WebRunner (cloud IDE), rPLC (industrial automation coupler), Caucase, ShaCache, NayuOS, and other supporting tools.

Underlying the stack is a consistent architectural philosophy of offline-first operation, decentralization, and freedom from vendor lock-in, expressed through progressive web applications, REST-based IPv6 mesh networking, and multi-storage connectors (ERP5, Dropbox, Google Drive, WebDAV, IndexedDB). Customer implementations cited include a 14-factory ERP rollout for GKR Rubber Group across China and Southeast Asia in three months, a SANEF tolling deployment delivering 130,000 customers and 22,000 invoices per hour, a 30,000-user French Government deployment on SlapOS, TeraLab at Institut Mines Télécom, Syngenta Japan's migration to Rapid.Space open-source PaaS in 2026, and China's first open-source e-government platform for lightning protection.

Nexedi monetizes through subscription on ERP5 enterprise deployments, managed cloud services on SlapOS, managed big data services on Wendelin, and professional services for customization and implementation, with annual billing and custom enterprise pricing on direct inquiry. Distribution combines direct enterprise field sales, channel partnerships (ViFiB, Rapid.Space International SAS, Netframe, Horizon Computing, PilotSystems), regional entities (Nexedi KK, Nexedi Brasil), and a self-serve developer channel via WebRunner. No public pricing, no disclosed revenue, and no external funding rounds are reported; Jean-Paul Smets is identified as founder and the company appears founder-controlled.

Name

Nexedi

Legal name

Nexedi SA

Website

https://nexedi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nexedi is a privately held French open-source software publisher offering ERP5 enterprise ERP, SlapOS decentralized cloud orchestration, and Wendelin big data/ML platforms, serving enterprises, governments, and research institutions across Europe, Asia, and Brazil.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Open Source Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Core ERP Suites (Financials, Procurement, Projects) (HDAEAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Managed Application Platforms (App PaaS & Runtime Services) (HDABAAAD), Developer Experience Platforms for Enterprise (IDEs, CI/CD, Dev Portals) (HDAEAKAI), Platform Engineering & Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) for Compute (HDABADAI)

Keywords

• Open source ERP software
• Decentralized cloud computing
• Enterprise resource planning
• Big data platform
• Open source software publisher

Headquarters

HQ city

Marcq-en-baroeul

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ERP5 Enterprise Service: Customizable ERP5 enterprise system deployment with professional services for implementation, customization, and ongoing support. Targets enterprises requiring open-source ERP with offline capabilities.
2. SlapOS Managed Cloud: Managed cloud infrastructure services based on SlapOS decentralized cloud platform. Provides IaaS, PaaS, SaaS capabilities with edge computing and network management features.
3. Wendelin Managed Big Data: Managed big data and machine learning platform with managed instances, support, and platform access for industrial big data processing.
4. Software Customization Services: Professional services for customization and development of Nexedi's open-source software stack including ERP5, SlapOS, and related technologies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Nexedi designs, develops, and deploys enterprise open-source software, primarily ERP5 (a customizable enterprise resource planning system), SlapOS (a decentralized cloud orchestration platform), and Wendelin (an industrial big data and machine learning platform). The company also delivers professional services including managed cloud hosting, custom ERP implementation, and big data deployments, supported by a comprehensive stack of complementary tools (NEO database, OfficeJS, jIO, RenderJS, Re6st).

Product overview

Nexedi is Europe's largest open-source software publisher offering a comprehensive stack of free software solutions. The portfolio centers on three core platforms: ERP5 (enterprise ERP system), SlapOS (decentralized cloud computing), and Wendelin (big data and machine learning). These integrate with a rich ecosystem of complementary tools including OfficeJS (HTML5 productivity appstore), NEO (distributed NoSQL database), jIO and RenderJS (for offline-capable web applications), Cloudooo (multimedia conversion), WebRunner (cloud IDE), Re6st (IPv6 mesh networking), and specialized components for industrial automation (rPLC), certificate management (Caucase), and data caching (ShaCache). The entire stack is designed for flexibility, offline capability, and enterprise-grade reliability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ERP5 Generic and customizable enterprise ERP system consisting of a core and various business templates (bt5s) providing specific business features (accounting, CRM, etc.) or industry templates (government, banking, etc.). Based on five abstract concepts enabling modeling for any industry and business scenario.
• SlapOS Software for deploying and managing software applications on a distributed cloud infrastructure, automating provisioning, orchestration, backup, resiliency, recovery and invoicing. Supports edge computing, hyperconverged infrastructure, 4G/5G network management, and resilient low latency networks.
• Wendelin Convergent platform for Big Data and Machine Learning, a variant of ERP5 with extensions for ndarrays, managing RAM beyond physical limits and interfacing with libraries such as scikit-learn, Jupyter, pandas, fluentD and embulk. Hosted on SlapOS and uses NEO for data storage.
• OfficeJS HTML5 Productivity Appstore ecosystem for RenderJS/jIO-based progressive web applications (PWA). Includes productivity apps such as editors, converters and compact ERP5 web apps that work offline, sync automatically and connect to storage of choice.
• NEO Distributed, redundant and transactional NoSQL storage designed as an alternative to ZEO and FileStorage. Provides no cluster-wide commit locks, load balancing and replication over multiple machines. Used in all recent ERP5 and Wendelin instances.
• ERP5 Enterprise Service Managed enterprise ERP5 deployment service with professional implementation, customization, and ongoing support for enterprises requiring open-source ERP with offline capabilities, distributed deployment, and multi-subsidiary management.
• SlapOS Managed Cloud Service Managed cloud infrastructure services based on SlapOS decentralized cloud platform. Provides IaaS, PaaS, SaaS capabilities with edge computing, hyperconverged infrastructure, and 4G/5G network management features for enterprise and government customers.
• Wendelin Managed Big Data Service Managed big data and machine learning platform providing managed instances, support, and platform access for industrial big data processing, ML model development, and integration with scikit-learn, Jupyter, and pandas.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 factories implemented in 3 months for GKR Rubber Group
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Syngenta JapanmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 January 2026Syngenta Japan successfully migrated its Drupal-based Web portal from a proprietary cloud to Rapid.Space open source Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud with support from Netframe (France) and Nexedi KK (Japan). This demonstrates the flexibility, cost efficiency and resilience of open source cloud compared to traditional cloud.
• NetframecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetframe (France) partnered with Nexedi to support the Syngenta Japan cloud migration project to Rapid.Space open source platform.
• Nexedi KKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNexedi KK (Japan) provides regional support in Japan for Nexedi's open-source solutions, including supporting the Syngenta Japan migration project.
• Horizon ComputingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHorizon Computing partnered with Nexedi to announce a turnkey enterprise cloud solution powered by Open Hardware Solutions (OHS) and SlapOS, priced at 205,000 EUR per building block with 2880 x86 cores.
• ViFiBcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorViFiB is Nexedi's commercial cloud provider operating on SlapOS-based system. Offers freefib tokens and commercial hosting services for cloud computing infrastructure.
• Rapid.Space International SAScoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRapid.Space International SAS hosts Nexedi websites and provides high-performance, low-cost, ethical cloud services based on Open Hardware and Free Software.
• PilotSystemsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPilotSystems offers free trial hosting code for Plone 3.1 sites on NEO storage, as part of their Objectis hosting service. An early supporter of NEO technology.
• Institut Mines Télécom / Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC Paris 6)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partners involved in NEO development and SlapOS research including System@tic competitive cluster endorsement in 2009 by Paris Region and FEDER programme of European Union.
• International Freestyle Federation (IFF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIFF and Nexedi bootstrapped the Cloudooo Network, a free cloud of universal office document conversion servers.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SAP: SAP is the dominant enterprise ERP incumbent (S/4HANA, Business One). It competes with ERP5 for the same enterprise ERP buyer, but with vastly broader resources, partner network, and industry templates.
• Red Hat (IBM): Red Hat commercializes and supports open-source enterprise software (Linux, OpenShift, Middleware). Comparable to Nexedi in open-source enterprise positioning, sovereign infrastructure, and government/regulated-industry adoption, but at vastly larger scale.
• Oracle NetSuite: Oracle NetSuite is a leading cloud ERP suite for mid-market and enterprise. Comparable to ERP5 in targeting enterprise ERP use cases, but as a proprietary cloud incumbent with global scale.

Direct peers

• Odoo: Odoo is the leading open-source ERP/CRM suite with a large app marketplace and SaaS distribution. It is the most direct comparable to Nexedi's ERP5 in target market (SMB to enterprise ERP), open-source licensing, and customization model.
• ERPNext: ERPNext is a widely adopted open-source ERP focused on simplicity and broad feature coverage for SMB and mid-market. Comparable to ERP5 in open-source license, customization, and vertical breadth.
• Compiere: Compiere is one of the original open-source ERP projects; iDempiere forked from it. It targets the same open-source enterprise ERP niche as Nexedi's ERP5.
• iDempiere: iDempiere is a community open-source ERP/CRM fork of Compiere with Java-based architecture. Comparable to Nexedi ERP5 as a community-driven open-source ERP targeting multi-vertical enterprise deployments.
• Apache OFBiz: Apache OFBiz is an open-source enterprise automation/ERP project from the Apache Software Foundation. Directly comparable to ERP5 in open-source license, modular architecture, and broad enterprise applicability.

Emerging players

• Nextcloud: Nextcloud is a leading open-source decentralized file sync and collaboration platform. Comparable to Nexedi's stack (OfficeJS, SlapOS, jIO) in philosophy of privacy-first, decentralized, open-source productivity/cloud for self-hosted deployments.
• OpenStack: OpenStack is the dominant open-source cloud infrastructure platform. While at a much larger scale, it overlaps with SlapOS in providing open-source, self-hosted cloud orchestration and IaaS capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 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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