Decide Internet Services GmbH

What Decide Internet Services GmbH does

Decide Internet Services GmbH is a German digital agency founded in 1997 in Bad Windsheim (Franken region), operating under private, founder-owned status with Managing Directors Uwe Wagner (since 2006) and Thomas Zollner (since 2025). The company builds custom websites, web applications, and mobile apps, primarily using TYPO3 CMS, WordPress, and Laravel, alongside its proprietary CheckBox visitor management SaaS. Its customer base spans German Mittelstand, municipalities, and regulated enterprises, with named accounts including SKY Deutschland, Joyson Safety Systems, Currenta, Tiergarten Nürnberg, Tourismus Nürnberg, Planetarium Nürnberg, and Landratsamt Neustadt/Aisch.

The company's technical core is TYPO3-based enterprise website development using the Bootstrap Package, supplemented by CheckBox—a digital visitor management platform featuring pre-registration, QR-code check-in, AI-generated multilingual safety briefings, and integration with biometric, RFID, and license-plate-recognition access control systems. CheckBox is positioned around NIS2 and GDPR compliance with audit-ready documentation, German data hosting, and AVV agreements. The in-house team of approximately 10–15 staff covers development, project management, marketing/design, and leadership, with two apprentices in software development indicating internal talent pipeline building.

Commercially, Decide runs a sales-led, quote-based model with no resellers or channel partners. Web projects range from under €5,000 for basic WordPress sites to €15,000–€30,000+ for TYPO3 enterprise platforms, while CheckBox is sold as an annual SaaS subscription with a 2–4 week standard implementation and a 98% uptime SLA. The company pairs one-off project delivery with long-term hosting, monitoring, and continuous development, creating recurring revenue attached to project wins. Marketing relies on its own website case studies, direct outreach, and referrals rather than paid advertising, and the operating geography is concentrated in Germany (DACH).

Name

Decide Internet Services GmbH

Legal name

Decide Internet Services GmbH

Website

https://decide.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Decide Internet Services GmbH is a Bad Windsheim-based German digital agency founded in 1997, building TYPO3/WordPress websites, custom mobile apps, and the CheckBox visitor management SaaS for German Mittelstand, municipalities, and regulated enterprises including SKY Deutschland, Joyson Safety Systems, and Currenta.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Windsheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Project-based software development billed by effort/time at company's standard rates. Monthly invoicing common. Revenue recognized as work progresses.
2. SaaS (CheckBox): Software-as-a-Service model for CheckBox visitor management. Customer receives web-based access to platform hosted on provider's servers. 98% availability SLA guaranteed.
3. Long-term Operations & Hosting: Ongoing website hosting, monitoring, updates, and continuous development. SLA with defined response times and 24/7 monitoring included in service packages.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Decide Internet Services GmbH is a German digital agency that develops custom digital solutions, including the proprietary CheckBox visitor management software, corporate websites built on TYPO3, WordPress, and Laravel, and custom mobile applications. The company delivers project-based custom development combined with a SaaS-based visitor management platform, serving the German Mittelstand, municipalities, and enterprise clients.

Product overview

Decide Internet Services GmbH is a digital agency founded in 1997, offering a portfolio of proprietary software and custom development services. The core proprietary product is CheckBox, a visitor management and access control platform. Complementary offerings include custom corporate website development (TYPO3, WordPress) and mobile app development. All solutions are built and operated in Germany with long-term support and hosting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CheckBox: Professional visitor management software with pre-registration, check-in, AI-powered safety briefings, and access control features.

Products and services

• CheckBox Proprietary visitor management software offered as a SaaS solution for enterprises, industrial facilities, and public sector organizations requiring high-security visitor tracking and compliance with security regulations such as NIS2.
• Corporate Website Development Custom corporate website development services using TYPO3, WordPress, and Laravel frameworks, delivered to the German Mittelstand, municipalities, and enterprise clients.
• Mobile Application Development Custom mobile application development services for iOS and Android platforms, supporting client digital product initiatives.
• Design Services Design services supporting digital product development, including user interface and visual design for web and mobile projects.

Named customers10 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

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mittwald CM Service GmbH & Co. KGcoreTechnology or IntegrationWebsite hosting provider. Mittwald provides hosting infrastructure for decide.de website. Data processing agreement (AVV) in place. Used for reliable website presentation and operations.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• jweiland.net: Long-standing TYPO3 specialist agency in Germany providing custom TYPO3 development, hosting, and support. Directly competes for TYPO3 enterprise web projects in the DACH Mittelstand.
• pixelant: Nordic-German digital agency specializing in TYPO3, custom web platforms, and digital experience work. Most directly comparable TYPO3-focused agency competing for similar mid-market web projects.
• Sine (formerly Proxyclick): Visitor management platform serving enterprise and high-security facilities globally. The most direct product competitor to Decide's CheckBox offering, with significantly greater scale and funding.
• Sitegeist: Hamburg-based digital agency with comparable services in TYPO3 web development, custom digital products, and long-term client partnerships. Closely matched German full-service digital agency peer.

Broad incumbents

• Envoy: Well-funded US visitor management platform with broader enterprise feature set. Competes with CheckBox in enterprise reception/visitor workflows but operates at much greater scale and across more geographies.
• denkwerk: Larger German digital agency offering strategy, design, and custom software across enterprise clients. Comparable in service scope (full-cycle digital) but at materially greater scale than Decide.
• TWT Interactive: German digital agency part of TWT group offering web platforms, TYPO3/WordPress development, and digital transformation for mid-market and enterprise. Adjacent in service mix and customer base.
• HID Global (Visitor Manager): Global identity and access management vendor with a visitor management solution bundled with physical access control. Competes with CheckBox's biometric/RFID integration story for large enterprises.

Emerging players

• Lobbytrack: Visitor management platform with pre-registration, check-in, and watchlist screening for corporate facilities. Overlaps with CheckBox in regulated enterprise and government visitor workflows.
• iLobby: Visitor management system focused on enterprise facility check-in, badge printing, and compliance. Comparable product overlap with CheckBox at the SMB-to-mid-market enterprise layer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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