What Damaris does

Damaris Groupe is a French document dematerialization and Records Management software vendor founded in 1989 and headquartered in Dardilly, France. The company designs and distributes information storage software built around Damaris RM, an ISO 15489-compliant platform managing the full lifecycle of electronic and physical documents — from creation through standardized destruction — and certified to French NF Z 42-013 (SAE), NF Z 42-020 (digital vault), and NF Z 42-026 (digitization) standards. Its ecosystem spans Damaris Cloud (SaaS hosted on OVH infrastructure), Damaris Mobile (iOS/Android), Damaris Printer (virtual print driver), Damaris Transfer, Damaris Scan Manager, Damaris PA (Plate-forme Agréée for the French B2B e-invoicing mandate), and the recently announced Damaris Intelligence Artificielle Souveraine for AI-based invoice anomaly detection. Technology components include native MySQL 8 support, Microsoft Azure AD SSO, OVH SMS-based signature verification, QR-code-driven document separation, Swagger-documented APIs, WebDAV/CSV/XML exchange, and integrations with Canon scanners, SilaExpert/ADP/Cegid payroll systems, Chorus Pro, Gesprojet, SharePoint, and PayPal.

Damaris monetizes through a hybrid model combining software subscriptions, perpetual licensing, cloud/SaaS tiers (including OVH Marketplace plans for SMB pay slip dematerialization), and professional services for implementation and digitization. The company has participated in over 2,000 projects in 30 years, archives more than 200,000 pay slips monthly across its customer base, and serves primary use cases in HR/Payroll digital delivery and Finance/Accounting invoice automation, with secondary verticals in surveying (OGE Lyon digitized 1.5M+ cadastral documents), agriculture, healthcare, banking, and logistics. Notable long-tenured customers include First Stop (Bridgestone) since 1991, Conseil Régional OGE Lyon, OGE Montpellier, and Chambre d'Agriculture Saône-et-Loire.

Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales for custom deployments with channel partnerships (Inbusol for New Caledonia/French Polynesia, RSM France for payroll), marketplace listing on OVH, technology integrations with Canon France (since 1990) and Microsoft, and content marketing through the Damaris.fr website and trade publication coverage. The firm operates with 11-50 employees, holds an investor relations page suggesting public-market orientation under ticker epa:MLDAM, and maintains a bi-monthly software release cadence with annual major versions documented through v14 (announced April 2026).

Name

Damaris

Legal name

Damaris Groupe

Website

https://damaris.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Damaris Groupe is a French software vendor, founded in 1989, that designs ISO 15489-compliant document dematerialization and Records Management solutions (Damaris RM) for HR/payroll, finance/invoicing, surveying, healthcare, and public-sector organizations across France and the French Pacific.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Document Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Document Preparation Services (561410)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Asset Management (DAM) (HDAEAGAE)

Keywords

• Document management software
• Records management
• Document dematerialization
• Electronic archiving
• Payroll digitization

Headquarters

HQ city

Dardilly

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Damaris RM software licensing with options for perpetual licenses and subscription-based cloud/SaaS deployment. Cloud offerings include Damaris Cloud hosted on OVH infrastructure with tiered pricing based on company size.
2. Professional Services: Implementation, migration, and consulting services. Damaris has participated in over 2000 projects over 30 years, offering migration from legacy systems (Damaris LDS, Damaris Archives, SpeosFile), on-site digitization, and custom integration work.
3. SaaS/Cloud Services: Monthly/annual subscription for cloud-hosted Damaris RM with automatic updates, infrastructure management, and scalable capacity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Damaris designs, develops, and distributes document dematerialization and Records Management software, anchored by its flagship Damaris RM platform implementing the ISO 15489 standard. The software manages the full lifecycle of electronic and physical documents (creation, classification, indexing, electronic signature, workflow, secure storage, and destruction) as a certified digital vault (coffre-fort numérique) and electronic archiving system (SAE), with deployment options including on-premise installation and a SaaS cloud offering (Damaris Cloud) hosted on French OVH infrastructure. The portfolio also includes complementary modules for mobile access (Damaris Mobile), virtual printing (Damaris Printer), scanning project management (Damaris Scan Manager), secure document transfer (Damaris Transfer), the Damaris PA (Plateforme Agréée) for French B2B e-invoicing compliance, and AI-based anomaly detection (Damaris Intelligence Artificielle Souveraine).

Product overview

Damaris offers a unified document dematerialization and Records Management platform centered on Damaris RM — an ISO 15489-compliant solution managing both electronic and physical document lifecycles as a digital safe (coffre-fort numérique) and SAE (Système d'Archivage Électronique). The core platform is supplemented by a modular ecosystem: Damaris Cloud provides cloud hosting on OVH infrastructure; Damaris Mobile (iOS/Android) and Damaris Printer enable document capture and access from mobile devices and standard Windows applications; Damaris Transfer and Damaris Scan Manager handle document exchange and scanning workflows; Damaris PA (Plateforme Agréée) addresses France's B2B e-invoicing mandate; and Damaris Intelligence Artificielle Souveraine adds AI-powered anomaly detection for invoice processing. Damaris has operated in dematerialization since 1989 and archives over 200,000 pay slips monthly.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Damaris RM: Records Management software implementing ISO 15489 standard for managing electronic and physical document lifecycle.
• Damaris Cloud
• Damaris Mobile
• Damaris Printer
• Damaris Transfer
• Damaris PA
• Damaris Scan Manager
• Damaris Collect
• Damaris FDI
• Damaris Intelligence Artificielle Souveraine

Products and services

• Damaris RM (Records Management) Flagship ISO 15489-compliant Records Management software managing the full lifecycle of electronic and physical documents (creation, indexing, workflow, electronic signature, secure storage, and destruction) as a certified digital vault (coffre-fort numérique) and electronic archiving system (SAE) for pay slips, supplier invoices, customer invoices, HR files, and delivery proofs.
• Damaris Cloud SaaS deployment option of Damaris RM hosted on OVH Cloud infrastructure with French data centers, ISO 27001 compliance, automatic capacity adjustments, and SSL Labs A-rated security. Distributed via OVH Marketplace in tiered plans by company size.
• Damaris Mobile Mobile application for iOS and Android enabling employees and operators to access, view, and add documents to the Damaris RM digital vault directly from a smartphone, with QR code-based authentication and document capture via the device camera.
• Damaris Printer Virtual printer driver that captures output from any Windows application (Office, email, etc.) and submits it directly as a PDF to the Damaris RM archive, enabling seamless dematerialization of documents originating from existing workflows.
• Damaris Transfer Document transfer module enabling secure exchange and submission of documents from Damaris RM to external systems, including automated invoice delivery to the French public-sector Chorus Pro portal and to private-sector recipients.
• Damaris Scan Manager Centralized and decentralized scanning project management module supporting unlimited scanning stations and operators, with QR Code-based operator authentication, lot transfers to Damaris RM servers, and completeness verification for large-volume digitization campaigns.
• Damaris PA (Plateforme Agréée) Approved Platform (Plateforme Agréée) for electronic invoice dematerialization in France under the PPF/PA/OD ecosystem, enabling compliant submission to the Portail Public de Facturation with automated data extraction, 'Bon à payer' electronic approval, and accounting entry generation.
• Damaris Intelligence Artificielle Souveraine Sovereign AI solution for document processing, providing anomaly detection on invoice data (amount mismatches, irregularities) and assisting with administrative handling of electronic documents, deployed on sovereign French infrastructure.
• Damaris Collect Document collection module within the Damaris ecosystem for gathering and consolidating documents into the Damaris RM archive as part of dematerialization projects.
• Damaris Professional Services Fee-based implementation, migration, and consulting services covering project setup, migration from legacy systems (Damaris LDS, Damaris Archives, SpeosFile), on-site digitization, custom integration work, and training, delivered by teams that have completed more than 2,000 projects in 30 years.
• Damaris Business Services Outsourced document processing services including mail handling, digitization, data entry, file processing, and other back-office document operations delivered as managed services.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200,000+ pay slips processed monthly across all clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability8 records

Feature19 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• InbusolcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 14 June 2019Inbusol and Damaris signed a partnership agreement for distribution of Damaris RM solutions in the Pacific region. Inbusol's strong presence in New Caledonia and French Polynesia complements Damaris's territorial coverage. Inbusol offers Damaris RM in SaaS mode on a dedicated server (pacific.damaris.pro) compliant with ISO 27001 and GDPR.
• OVH CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationDamaris leverages OVH Cloud services for its cloud offering (Damaris RM Cloud), using Public Cloud and Private Cloud servers. OVH Cloud provides data centers in France, ISO 27001 compliance, and container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes). Damaris RM Cloud is available on OVH Marketplace.
• Canon FrancecoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partnership since 1990. Canon France has been alongside Damaris teams as a technology partner. Damaris products integrate Canon scanner support as standard, including Canon Capture On Touch connector for direct scanning from Damaris RM interface. Canon DR series scanners (30-120 pages/minute) are recommended for centralized and front-office scanning.
• RSM FrancecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRSM France offers Damaris RM as the archiving platform for payroll processing using SilaExpert as the payroll calculation platform. RSM France accompanies clients in compliance with applicable laws and CNIL requirements. Joint matinale workshops are organized on dematerialization topics.
• CepheosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCepheos and Damaris became partners to address the digital transformation needs of large administrative functions. The partnership brings project management expertise and adapted dematerialization tools for enterprise-scale organizations.
• Microsoft (Azure AD / Active Directory)coreTechnology or IntegrationAzure AD connector enables user list synchronization, automatic user creation, group-based access rights assignment, and Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication for Damaris RM. Damaris RM version 6.5+ required for Azure AD integration features.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• iManage: Cloud-native document and email management platform serving professional services and regulated industries. Comparable to Damaris RM in document-centric lifecycle management, security, and compliance-driven customer base, though with greater focus on legal and professional services verticals.
• Zeendoc: French SaaS document management and dematerialization platform targeting SMB and midmarket. Comparable in offering (cloud document management, e-invoicing, payroll) and in targeting the French-speaking market with regulatory-aligned features.
• Yooz: French cloud-based AP automation and e-invoicing platform targeting midmarket and SMB. Competes directly with Damaris PA in the French e-invoicing and supplier invoice dematerialization market, with similar regulatory expertise around Chorus Pro and PPF compliance.
• DocuWare: German-headquartered document management SaaS provider serving mid-market and enterprise with cloud and on-premise ECM. Directly comparable to Damaris RM in target customer (midmarket compliance-heavy organizations), business model (subscription + services), and core functionality (document capture, workflow, archival).
• Everteam (Everware-Cesi): French ECM and records management vendor with deep expertise in regulated document workflows and archival. Direct peer in the French records management space, serving similar compliance-driven customers in banking, insurance, and public sector.
• M-Files: Finnish document management platform with AI-powered metadata-driven information management. Comparable to Damaris RM in core ECM capabilities and mid-market focus, though less specialized in French regulatory compliance.
• Laserfiche: US-based document management and content services platform with strong public sector and regulated-industry footprint. Comparable to Damaris RM in capture, workflow, archival, and records management capabilities; differs in geographic focus and regulatory specialization.
• Esker: French SaaS company specializing in accounts payable/receivable automation, invoice processing, and P2P document workflows. Direct competitor in the French e-invoicing and finance document dematerialization space where Damaris PA competes, with similar target customers (French midmarket and enterprise finance teams).

Broad incumbents

• Cegid: French enterprise software vendor spanning ERP, HR/payroll, and document management. Broader incumbent in the French midmarket, with overlapping payroll dematerialization and document workflow capabilities though not specialized as a standalone ECM/records management vendor like Damaris.
• OpenText: Canadian enterprise information management giant offering Documentum, Content Cloud, InfoArchive, and Extended ECM. Broad incumbent in the ECM space overlapping with Damaris RM in records management and archiving, particularly for large French enterprises, though not specialized in French SMB regulatory niches.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/damaris-group

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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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