What Smoose does

Smoose B.V. is a privately held Dutch managed-services provider founded in 2012 and headquartered at Etnastraat 20, Breda, Netherlands. The company delivers managed hosting for open-source applications to Dutch and European organizations, with a primary customer focus on Dutch public-sector entities — municipalities, provinces, and ministries — alongside civil-society organizations seeking privacy-compliant, vendor-lock-in-free IT infrastructure.

The core technology offering is Smoose Cloud, a managed platform that provisions an isolated, shielded environment per organization and enables 1-click deployment of a curated catalog of open-source applications including Polis NL, Nextcloud, CURQ, Jitsi, and Zimbra. The platform provides automatic updates, backups, and continuous monitoring with SLA-guaranteed uptime and response times, all hosted within Dutch and European data centers in compliance with AVG (GDPR). A flagship product, Polis NL, is an online dialogue platform for large-group civic participation that aggregates participant responses into consensus-and-divergence insights; it is delivered compliant with the Haven-standard from CommonGround. Underlying technical differentiation rests on per-tenant isolation, GDPR-aligned data residency, Haven-standard certification, and curated open-source application packaging rather than proprietary IP.

Smoose operates a consultative, sales-led go-to-market with an adjacent product-led self-service layer (Smoose Cloud 1-click deployment) and a parallel "Plan a demo" funnel. Revenue is generated through custom annual subscription contracts with tailored SLAs; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is bootstrapped (no disclosed funding rounds), has no parent company, and reports no M&A, leadership changes, or restructuring events. Geographic scope is explicitly Netherlands- and EU-focused, and the company is actively engaged in open-source community contributions (UBports, Odoo Community Association) as a brand-authenticity lever.

Name

Smoose

Legal name

Smoose B.V.

Website

https://smoose.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Smoose B.V. is a Dutch managed-hosting provider that runs open-source applications in isolated, NL/EU-hosted environments for Dutch municipalities, provinces, ministries, and civil-society organizations seeking vendor-lock-in-free, GDPR-compliant IT. Flagship offerings include Smoose Cloud and Haven-standard-compliant Polis NL.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Managed Open-Source Cloud Hosting

NAICS

Computer Facilities Management Services (541513)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Managed Services (M365/Azure/AWS/GCP) (BPAEABAE)

Keywords

• Managed cloud hosting
• Open source hosting
• Managed services
• Civic participation platform
• Data sovereignty hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Oosterhout

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Managed Hosting Services: Smoose provides managed hosting for open-source applications, offering isolated environments with automatic updates, backups, monitoring, and SLA-guaranteed uptime and response times. Organizations pay for managed infrastructure and support services, eliminating the need for in-house technical management.
2. Hosted Polis NL: Specialized hosting service for Polis NL, providing organizations with their own compliant Polis account under their own URL. Includes security and continuity guarantees through Service Level Agreements, enabling reliable deployment of citizen participation platforms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Smoose provides managed hosting for open-source applications through its Smoose Cloud platform, delivering isolated per-organization environments with 1-click deployment, automatic updates, backups, and continuous monitoring. Its flagship Polis NL offering delivers a Haven-standard-compliant online dialogue platform that helps Dutch public-sector organizations run large-scale citizen participation and consensus-building processes.

Product overview

Smoose is a Dutch open-source hosting company offering managed services for open-source applications. The core offering is Smoose Cloud, a managed platform enabling 1-click deployment of open-source applications in isolated environments with automatic updates, backups, and monitoring. Polis NL is their flagship product—a civic participation platform for dialogue and consensus-building used by government entities. The company also provides general managed hosting services and IT support, all hosted within NL/EU datacenters without vendor lock-in.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PolisNL: Hosted Polis NL platform - an online conversation platform for democratic participation, compliant with the Haven-standard.

Products and services

• Smoose Cloud A managed hosting platform for open-source applications that provides 1-click deployment from a curated catalog, isolated per-organization environments, automatic updates, backups, and continuous monitoring. Designed for Dutch and European organizations—including government entities—that want open-source productivity and collaboration tools without vendor lock-in.
• Polis NL Hosted online conversation platform for democratic participation that enables large groups to discuss societal topics by responding to statements and adding their own. Aggregates agreement and disagreement into structured insights showing consensus and divergence. Delivered compliant with the Haven-standard from CommonGround under each organization's own URL, with security and continuity guaranteed through SLAs. Used by Dutch municipalities, provinces, ministries, and civil-society organizations.
• Managed Platform Services End-to-end managed hosting services including setup of isolated environments, automatic updates, backups, continuous monitoring, and IT support for deployed open-source applications. Includes guaranteed uptime and response times via service level agreements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Quick deployment: ready for use within a short time without additional complications
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CommonGround (Haven-standard)coreTechnology or IntegrationSmoose delivers Hosted Polis NL compliant with the Haven-standard from CommonGround. This ensures organizations receive their Polis account under their own URL and can independently start Polis conversations, with security and continuity guaranteed through SLAs. Haven is a Dutch government interoperability standard for public sector digital services.
• UBportsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmoose actively contributes to open-source projects and communities, supporting UBports and giving employees time to contribute to open-source development. UBports is a community-driven project maintaining the Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system.
• Odoo Community AssociationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSmoose supports the Odoo Community Association, investing in knowledge sharing, collaboration, and technology that remains available to everyone. This aligns with Smoose's commitment to open-source software and communities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CitizenLab: Belgian/European SaaS for citizen participation and civic engagement targeting municipalities. Most directly comparable to Smoose's Polis NL offering and competes for the same Dutch/European local-government procurement budgets.
• Decidim: Open-source participatory democracy platform used by European cities for citizen deliberation. Comparable to Polis NL as a competing open-source stack that Dutch municipalities could self-host, increasing Smoose's dependency on Haven-standard differentiation.
• Clever Cloud: French PaaS focused on hosting open-source languages and applications with automated scaling and monitoring. Comparable to Smoose Cloud in delivering managed open-source hosting in European jurisdictions under data-protection-compliant terms.
• Platform.sh: Managed PaaS purpose-built for open-source applications with isolated environments per organization, automated updates, and SLAs. Closely mirrors Smoose Cloud's operational model and target audience of organizations seeking managed open-source without vendor lock-in.
• Jelastic: Managed hosting PaaS offering 1-click deployment of OSS stacks in isolated containers with SLA-backed support. Directly comparable to Smoose Cloud's curated-app, isolated-environment model for European public-sector and enterprise customers.
• CONSUL Democracy: Open-source civic participation application used by cities worldwide, including several Dutch municipalities. Represents a direct free, self-hostable substitute to Polis NL that constrains Smoose's pricing power in tenders.

Broad incumbents

• Granicus: Established SaaS suite for government engagement, communications, and service delivery. Competes with Polis NL for civic-participation budget allocations in Dutch municipalities and broader European local government.
• Bang the Table (EngagementHQ): Commercial civic-engagement SaaS used by councils for community consultation. Directly comparable to Polis NL on functionality and competes for the same public-sector dialogue and consultation procurements.
• OVHcloud: Large European cloud and managed-hosting provider with EU data-center footprint and sovereignty positioning. Overlaps with Smoose's NL/EU managed-hosting offering at scale but does not specialize in open-source curation.

Regional players

• SURF: Dutch collaborative IT organization providing managed open-source and cloud services to Dutch education and research institutions. Operates in the same Dutch public-sector ecosystem and competes for open-source managed-services budgets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/smoose_nl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smoose

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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