What BOMIST does

BOMIST is a privately held software company headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, that builds an offline-first desktop application for managing electronic parts inventory, multi-level bill of materials (BOMs), supplier procurement, and production planning for the electronics manufacturing industry. The platform is built on PouchDB (local) and CouchDB (cloud sync) NoSQL databases, allowing data to reside on the user's machine while enabling real-time team synchronization. Core functionality includes multi-level BOM management with revision tracking and BOM explosion, stock balance tracking across multiple states (on-hand, allocated, available, reserved, planned, ordered, in-production, unavailable), barcode printing and scanning, lot-level traceability, and procurement automation. A defining technical component is the native integration with the Octopart/Nexar API and six major distributor APIs (DigiKey, Mouser, TME, Farnell/Element14, LCSC, Future Electronics), providing real-time pricing and availability data directly inside the application.

The company operates a product-led, direct-to-consumer distribution model: users download the desktop app from bomist.com, self-serve a free tier (100 parts, 3 products) and a 14-day PRO trial, then convert to one of four annual subscription tiers — MAKER ($15/month), PRO ($50/month), TEAM ($175/month), and ENTERPRISE (starting at $350/month, with on-premises deployment and priority support). The customer base spans makers and micro-businesses, small-to-mid-market electronics companies, and larger electronics manufacturers, with 2,000+ users across verticals including consumer electronics, medical devices, robotics, satellite and oceanographic technology, fire-safety IoT, and academic research. BOMIST is GDPR-compliant, hosts data in Frankfurt and Northern California, and is operated by a sub-10-person team led by founder Mario.

The business generates revenue exclusively through tiered annual subscriptions and has raised no external funding, indicating a self-sustaining, capital-efficient operating profile. Customer testimonials cite multi-year relationships (3-6+ years) and describe entire production workflows built around the platform, evidencing meaningful switching costs. The company has expanded its footprint into adjacent product areas with the 2025-2026 launches of multi-level BOM management, the BOM Compare tool (also offered as a free lead-generation utility), and Assembly Instructions linking BOM rows to step-by-step build documentation.

Name

BOMIST

Legal name

BOMIST

Website

https://bomist.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BOMIST is a Lisbon-based software company that provides an offline-first desktop application for managing electronic parts inventory, multi-level bill of materials, procurement, and production workflows for hardware and electronics manufacturing teams.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Software Licenses: BOMIST generates revenue through tiered subscription plans (MAKER, PRO, TEAM, ENTERPRISE) with annual billing. Each tier provides different feature sets, user limits, and deployment options. The freemium tier allows limited use (100 parts, 3 products) without subscription to drive product adoption and conversion to paid plans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

BOMIST provides a desktop, offline-first software platform for electronics manufacturing teams to manage electronic parts inventory, multi-level bill of materials (BOMs), suppliers, procurement, and production workflows. The platform integrates with Octopart/Nexar and major distributor APIs (DigiKey, Mouser, TME, Farnell, LCSC, Future Electronics) for real-time component pricing and availability, and supports team collaboration via cloud-synced Team Workspaces with role-based permissions.

Product overview

BOMIST is an all-in-one desktop inventory and BOM management platform for electronics manufacturing teams. The core BOMIST Platform serves as the unified product, with specific capabilities for Octopart-integrated supply chain data, procurement automation, and BOM management handled as core feature modules within the platform. A free BOM Compare tool is offered separately as a free online resource. The platform is offered in four subscription tiers: MAKER ($15/month, single user, up to 1000 parts), PRO ($50/month, single user, unlimited parts), TEAM ($175/month, unlimited users, cloud-synced Team Workspace), and ENTERPRISE (starting at $350/month, on-premises deployment).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BOMIST Platform All-in-one desktop, offline-first software platform for electronics manufacturing teams that tracks inventory across multiple locations, manages multi-level BOMs with revisions, automates procurement through real-time supplier data, and optimizes production workflows from prototype to production.
• Octopart Integration Built-in integration with Octopart (Nexar API) that delivers real-time part pricing, availability, and datasheet data directly within BOMIST, enabling accurate BOM cost estimation and supply chain visibility for electronics manufacturing teams.
• Procurement Software Module of the BOMIST platform that automates purchase list generation from BOMs, compares supplier pricing with real-time data from Octopart and distributor APIs, and manages purchase orders to reduce lead times and avoid stockouts.
• BOM Management Software Component of the BOMIST platform for managing bill of materials with support for multiple revisions, BOM comparison, real-time cost estimates, supplier linking, and BOM explosion for multi-level hierarchies, targeted at electronics designers and manufacturers.
• BOM Compare Free online tool for comparing two or three BOMs side-by-side with support for reference designator expansion, DNP-aware diffing, and classification of components as equal, different, or unique across BOM revisions.
• BOMIST REST API (Local and Cloud) API offering that includes a Local API (launched on every workspace via a local web server with Swagger UI and CORS support) and a Cloud read-only API for Team Workspaces (authenticated via x-api-key header), enabling custom scripting, third-party integration, and data retrieval.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 companies use BOMIST across various sizes from makers to enterprises
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Octopart (Nexar)coreTechnology or IntegrationOctopart (now part of Nexar) provides real-time supplier pricing and availability data through their API. BOMIST integrates with this API to give users access to pricing from multiple online distributors. This is a core integration for BOMIST's value proposition around real-time supply chain data.
• Digi-KeycoreTechnology or IntegrationDigi-Key is one of the major electronic component distributors integrated through Octopart API, providing real-time pricing and availability data within BOMIST.
• Mouser ElectronicscoreTechnology or IntegrationMouser Electronics is a major electronic component distributor integrated through Octopart API, providing real-time pricing and availability data within BOMIST.
• TME (Transfer Multisort Elektronik)coreTechnology or IntegrationTME is an electronic component distributor integrated through Octopart API, providing real-time pricing and availability data within BOMIST.
• Farnell/Element14coreTechnology or IntegrationFarnell/Element14 is a major electronic component distributor integrated through Octopart API, providing real-time pricing and availability data within BOMIST.
• Future ElectronicscoreTechnology or IntegrationFuture Electronics is an electronic component distributor integrated through Octopart API, providing real-time pricing and availability data within BOMIST.
• LCSC ElectronicscoreTechnology or IntegrationLCSC Electronics is an electronic component distributor integrated through Octopart API, providing real-time pricing and availability data within BOMIST.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• SiliconExpert (S&P Global): SiliconExpert provides electronic component data, lifecycle, and supply chain intelligence — adjacent to BOMIST's Octopart-driven pricing and availability features, often integrated into larger BOM tools.
• Tin专线: Tin Rocket is one of several smaller inventory tools serving electronics makers and small hardware teams — partial overlap with BOMIST's MAKER-tier target segment, though with less specialization.
• SnappyXO / Inventory Cloud: Inventory Cloud offers inventory and BOM management for hardware and electronics teams, with similar cloud-based deployment models competing for the same SMB and enterprise electronics manufacturing customers.

Direct peers

• Omnify Software: Omnify delivers PLM and BOM management software specifically for electronics manufacturers, serving the same mid-market customers as BOMIST with similar BOM-centric workflows.
• PartsBox: PartsBox is a direct competitor offering electronics parts inventory management with similar features (BOM, stock tracking, supplier integration) targeted at the same maker and small-to-mid electronics manufacturer segments as BOMIST.
• OpenBOM: OpenBOM provides cloud-based BOM management and inventory software for hardware and electronics teams, directly competing with BOMIST's BOM management, cost estimation, and procurement automation capabilities.

Broad incumbents

• Altium (formerly Octopart competitor): Altium offers electronic design automation with growing BOM and supply chain management capabilities (Altium 365, Octopart integration). Competes with BOMIST in the electronics manufacturing tooling stack at the higher end of the market.
• NetSuite (Oracle): NetSuite is a broad cloud ERP used by electronics manufacturers for inventory, procurement, and BOM — often the incumbent BOMIST is sold against in mid-market deals.
• Arena Solutions: Arena offers product lifecycle management (PLM) with BOM management, change control, and supplier collaboration — a broader incumbent that overlaps with BOMIST's BOM and supplier management value proposition, especially for larger manufacturers.

Others

• Octopart (Nexar): Octopart is both a BOMIST integration partner and an adjacent platform: it provides component search and pricing data that BOMIST surfaces, but does not provide inventory or BOM management itself.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bomist_com

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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