Calamares

Media Asset Management Softwarecalamares.com

Calamares is a privately held Amsterdam-based software and services company founded in 1996 that provides software to centrally compose, enrich, publish, and distribute video and other rich-media assets, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees.

Company typePrivate
Founded2000
HeadquartersDelft, Netherlands
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What Calamares does

Calamares is a privately held software and services company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1996. According to the available firmographic data, Calamares provides software and services to centrally compose, enrich, publish, and distribute video and other rich-media assets, positioning it within the digital media and content management value chain. The company operates with a small team of 1-10 employees, suggesting a boutique or specialist vendor structure rather than a scaled enterprise platform. Calamares maintains a public web presence at calamares.com.

The aggregated dataset supplied as input contains substantial material about XTM International, a separate Netherlands-based AI-powered localization platform founded in 2000 with a much larger footprint (1,000+ enterprise customers, multiple product modules including a Video Creation Cloud). The relationship between Calamares and XTM International is not established in the available data; the descriptions are not directly attributed to one another, and conflicting fundamentals (founding year, employee count, product breadth) indicate they should be treated as distinct entities absent further confirmation. The analysis below reflects only the data specifically attributable to Calamares as identified in the firmographics.

Calamares firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Calamares
Legal name: XTM International
Website: https://calamares.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2000
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Calamares is a privately held Amsterdam-based software and services company founded in 1996 that provides software to centrally compose, enrich, publish, and distribute video and other rich-media assets, operating with a small team of 1-10 employees.
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Calamares industry classification

Industry

Product category: Media Asset Management Software
NAICS: Software Publishers (513210), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (51621)
SIC: Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)
akta.pro industry: PRIMARYMPACABAD
Video Creation, Editing & Publishing Tools (Creator Software)
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/User-Generated Video & Creator Platforms
SECONDARYMPAIADAG
Creator Tools & Monetization Platforms (Podcasts/Audio)
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Music & Audio (Recording, Publishing, Streaming)/Audio Streaming & Podcast Platforms
SECONDARYMPACAAAL
Enterprise/Creator Video Hosting & OTT SaaS Platforms
Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Video Streaming Platforms (SVOD/AVOD/FAST)

Keywords

Video asset management
Rich media distribution
Media composition software
Video publishing platform
Multimedia workflow tools

Where Calamares is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Delft
HQ country: Netherlands
HQ region: Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

Calamares business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

SaaS Platform Subscription: XTM operates as a cloud-based SaaS platform with subscription-based pricing. Pricing is customized around organization scale, localization complexity, users, workflows, and localization needs. Multiple product tiers exist including XTM Platform, TMS, Transifex, XTRF, Flowfit, Rigi, and Video Creation Cloud.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Annual	XTM Platform - Custom enterprise pricing
Subscription	Annual	Transifex - Pricing for scaling businesses
Subscription	Annual	TMS - XTM Cloud
Subscription	Annual	LSP TBMS
Subscription	Annual	Software Localisation
Subscription	Annual	Video Creation Cloud
Subscription	Multi-year contract	Enterprise TBMS

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Calamares product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Calamares provides software and services to centrally compose, enrich, publish, and distribute video and other rich-media assets. It is positioned as a workflow platform for organizations that need unified handling of multimedia content from creation through distribution.

Product overview

XTM offers a modular AI-powered localisation platform with multiple integrated products: XTM TMS serves as the core enterprise translation management system, Transifex by XTM targets scaling businesses with software and website TMS needs, XTRF by XTM serves LSPs and translation agencies with business and translation management, Flowfit by XTM addresses enterprise team governance and operations, Rigi by XTM provides visual software localisation editing, and Video Creation Cloud enables automated video creation and localisation from documentation. The platform is designed for global content teams across industries including manufacturing, software, life sciences, ecommerce, and gaming.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

XTM AI: Award-winning AI translation solutions for faster market launches and global growth.
Transifex by XTM
XTRF by XTM
Flowfit by XTM
Rigi by XTM
Video Creation Cloud
Voice Factory

Products and services

Video and rich-media asset management software and services

Quantifiable outcome

90% lower video production cost
+5 more outcomes

Companies that use Calamares

Customer profile

Named customers21 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Calamares technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability9 records

Feature9 records

Calamares partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

GitHubcoreTechnology or IntegrationGitHub integration that speeds up every release. Enables seamless connection between XTM's localization platform and software development workflows on GitHub.
HubSpotcoreTechnology or IntegrationHubSpot integration for multilingual campaigns. Enables XTM customers to manage multilingual marketing campaigns through HubSpot CRM integration.
WordPresscoreTechnology or IntegrationWordPress integration simplifies website translations. Allows XTM users to directly translate WordPress website content through the platform.
ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationShopify integration for easier international selling. Enables ecommerce businesses to localize their Shopify stores and product listings.
FigmacoreTechnology or IntegrationFigma integration for faster global design. Allows design teams to coordinate multilingual design workflows through Figma integration.
Adobe Experience ManagercoreTechnology or IntegrationAdobe Experience Manager integration enables translation of AEM content with ease. Connects enterprise content management workflows with XTM's localization platform.

Scale indicators7 records

Calamares competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

RWS Group: Global language services and technology company owning Trados, the long-standing enterprise TMS. Competes broadly across localization technology and services against XTM's full stack.
TransPerfect: Largest language services provider globally, with proprietary technology including GlobalLink TMS. Competes across both translation services and enterprise localization technology.

Emerging players

DeepL: AI translation provider with premium machine translation quality. Increasingly competing with XTM's AI translation capabilities and may eventually bundle workflow features.
Runway: Generative AI video creation platform with foundation-model capabilities. Represents an emerging competitive threat to XTM's Video Creation Cloud as AI video quality improves.
Synthesia: AI video generation platform with multilingual AI avatars for enterprise training and corporate communications. Directly competes with XTM's Video Creation Cloud for automated multilingual video use cases.

Direct peers

Smartling: Enterprise translation management platform offering TMS, AI translation, and multilingual content workflows. Directly competes with XTM's TMS and platform offerings for global enterprise localization.
Crowdin: Localization management platform with strong software/app localization, agile integration, and developer tooling. Overlaps with XTM's Transifex and software localization modules.
Phrase: Cloud-based localization platform (formerly PhraseApp) with TMS, machine translation, and software localization. Direct rival in modular enterprise and scaling-business segments.
memoQ: Translation management system serving LSPs and enterprise translators with CAT tools and project management. Comparable to XTM's TMS and XTRF LSP offerings.
Lokalise: AI-powered localization platform combining TMS, software localization, and automation for product, marketing, and engineering teams. Closely comparable in modular SaaS positioning and AI feature set.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Calamares financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Calamares leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Calamares funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Calamares M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Calamares

What does Calamares do?

Is Calamares a public or private company?

Calamares is a private company. It is classified as unknown and is currently operating.

When was Calamares founded?

Calamares was founded in 2000. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Calamares based?

Calamares is headquartered in Delft, Netherlands, in the Europe region.

How does Calamares make money?

One revenue line is on record: saaS Platform Subscription.

Who are Calamares's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are RWS Group and TransPerfect. Emerging players are DeepL, Runway and Synthesia. Direct peers are Smartling, Crowdin, Phrase, memoQ and Lokalise.

Does Calamares have an API?

No public API is recorded for Calamares.

What industry is Calamares in?

Calamares's product category is Media Asset Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is MPACABAD, Video Creation, Editing & Publishing Tools (Creator Software), with a secondary code of MPAIADAG, Creator Tools & Monetization Platforms (Podcasts/Audio). Its NAICS code is 513210 and its SIC code is 7372.