What 株式会社システムフォレスト does

株式会社システムフォレスト (System Forest Co., Ltd.) is a privately held Japanese web services company founded in February 2004 and headquartered in Hitoyoshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture. The company operates a regional, ASP-based content management system branded "CMSイジデコ" (Easy Web Decoration) that enables small businesses and professional services to build and manage websites without technical expertise. Its platform includes built-in templates, blogs, forums, email forms, mobile/smartphone optimization, RSS feed aggregation, access analytics, and password-protected page restrictions, with an optional shopping cart add-on.

The business monetizes through three tiers of one-time website creation fees (Simple Plan ¥98,000, Silver Plan ¥148,000, Gold Plan ¥198,000) combined with a recurring ¥10,500/month subscription for hosting on the company's dedicated server (500MB capacity) and optional support services starting at ¥2,100/month. The company also offers "ひのくにSEO" and "ひのくにMEO" add-on services for search and map engine optimization, with the MEO service launched in July 2010.

Go-to-market is primarily product-led growth via a self-serve online registration portal (ecgo.jp), supplemented by local seminars and SEO-focused content marketing. The target customer base consists of small and medium enterprises along with professional services (lawyers, tax accountants, social insurance consultants) in Kumamoto Prefecture. Primary customers are government offices and systems-related companies. The company is unrelated to a sister entity, キャリアリンクス株式会社 (Career Links Co., Ltd.), which operates in the staffing/placement business.

Name

株式会社システムフォレスト

Legal name

株式会社システムフォレスト

Website

https://edeco.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

株式会社システムフォレスト is a privately held Japanese web services company in Kumamoto Prefecture that operates CMSイジデコ, an ASP-based website creation platform serving small and medium enterprises and professional services with built-in templates, hosting, and optional SEO/MEO add-ons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Website Creation and CMS Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Web Content Management (WCM) & Experience Platforms (Content Services) (HDAEAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Blogging & CMS Content Platforms (BPAMAJAG)

Keywords

• CMS platform
• Website creation services
• ASP hosting
• SEO services
• Local SEO optimization

Headquarters

HQ city

Hitoyoshi

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Website Creation Services: One-time fees for website creation services with three plan tiers (Simple, Silver, Gold) providing different levels of customization and page counts.
2. Monthly CMS Subscription: Recurring monthly subscription for ASP-hosted CMS platform with 500MB server capacity included.
3. Optional Support Services: Optional maintenance and support services for updates and operational assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

株式会社システムフォレスト develops and operates CMSイジデコ, a cloud-based (ASP) content management system that enables non-technical users to create and manage websites via a template-driven interface with built-in blog, bulletin board, mail forms, and mobile optimization. The company provides initial website creation services under three tiered plans (Simple, Silver, Gold) with monthly subscription hosting at ¥10,500/month, plus supplementary SEO and Map Engine Optimization services.

Product overview

株式会社システムフォレスト operates as a website creation and internet services company based in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The company's primary product is CMSイジデコ (Easy Web Decoration), a cloud-based CMS platform that enables users to create and manage websites without technical expertise. The platform is offered through three service tiers: シンプルプラン (Simple Plan at ¥98,000), シルバープラン (Silver Plan at ¥148,000), and ゴールドプラン (Gold Plan at ¥198,000), each with different levels of customization and page counts. All plans include access to an extensive template library with multiple style categories (Cool, Business, Pop, Simple, Japanese-style, Portal), plus monthly hosting at ¥10,500. The company also offers add-on services including ひのくにSEO for search engine optimization and ひのくにMEO for local map optimization. Optional support and maintenance services are available from ¥2,100/month.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CMSイジデコ (CMS Ijideko) - ASP Website Creation Platform Cloud-based (ASP-hosted) content management system that enables non-technical users to create and manage websites using a template library, with built-in blog, bulletin board, profile pages, mail forms, mobile and smartphone support, RSS auto-fetch, access analytics, and page-level password protection. Hosted on the company's dedicated server with 500MB capacity at ¥10,500/month.
• Website Creation Service Tiers (Simple / Silver / Gold Plans) One-time website creation services bundled with the CMSイジデコ platform, offered at three price tiers with increasing levels of customization, page counts, and original design: Simple (¥98,000), Silver (¥148,000), and Gold (¥198,000). Each plan includes basic site configuration, original top image, and optional add-ons such as shopping cart, FLASH creation, photography, and additional pages.
• ひのくにSEO (Hinokuni SEO) Search engine optimization service for improving customer website rankings on Yahoo! Japan and Google, originally optimized for Yahoo! Japan's search engine and subsequently adjusted following the September 2010 transition to Google.
• ひのくにMEO (Hinokuni MEO - Map Engine Optimization) Map Engine Optimization service that optimizes customers' Google Maps business listings to improve local search visibility and drive foot traffic to local businesses.
• Optional Support and Maintenance Service Optional subscription support service for CMSイジデコ customers, providing simple update operations and operational support on request, with fees varying based on update content, starting from ¥2,100/month.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• キャリアリンクス株式会社 (Career Links Co., Ltd.)minorOthersRelated company operating in the staffing/placement business. Listed as a related company under the same corporate group.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ペライチ (Peraiichi): ペライチ is a Japan-focused single-page website builder popular with small businesses and sole proprietors, providing low-cost self-serve site creation in Japanese — competing directly for the same SME customer base.
• Goope (グーペ): Goope is a Japanese-hosted CMS/website builder by paperboy&co. targeting small retail and service businesses with template-driven sites — a like-for-like Japanese ASP competitor.
• Jimdo: Jimdo is a Germany-founded but Japan-strong CMS/website builder targeting small businesses and individuals, offering self-serve site creation with Japanese-language support — directly competing with CMSイジデコ in the Japanese SME segment.
• Movable Type: Movable Type is a long-established Japanese CMS (by Six Apart) widely used by Japanese SMEs and publishers for templated website creation — directly comparable to CMSイジデコ in product category and Japanese market.
• STUDIO: STUDIO is a Japanese-founded no-code website builder targeting designers and SMBs, with template-driven site creation and Japanese-language UX — comparable in target customer and self-serve model to CMSイジデコ.
• BASE: BASE is a leading Japanese e-commerce/CMS platform enabling individuals and SMEs to launch online stores with templates and hosted infrastructure — competing for the same Japanese SMB digital presence wallet.

Broad incumbents

• Drupal: Drupal is an enterprise-grade open-source CMS used by governments and large organizations — relevant as a broader-market CMS alternative for customers considering a more powerful platform than CMSイジデコ.
• Squarespace: Squarespace is a global template-driven website builder aimed at creatives and SMBs — a comparable hosted CMS business model with stronger design and marketing positioning than CMSイジデコ.
• WordPress.com: WordPress.com is the hosted commercial offering of the dominant open-source CMS, powering a large share of small business websites globally and in Japan — the structural alternative to any hosted ASP CMS.
• Wix: Wix is a global website builder with strong Japanese localization, offering self-serve CMS, templates, e-commerce, and booking for SMBs — overlapping with CMSイジデコ's SME-focused self-serve value proposition at a much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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