Nuvole

What Nuvole does

Nuvole Web Srl is a privately held Italian software agency founded in 2010 and headquartered in Parma, operating as a 46-person Drupal-focused web development firm. The company delivers tailor-made multilingual and multi-site web platforms primarily for large international organizations and institutions, including UN agencies (World Food Programme, FAO, ILO, UN), EU institutions (European Commission, European Banking Authority), intergovernmental bodies (OECD, World Bank), and selected corporates and universities. Its core technical stack centers on Drupal 10, frequently deployed in decoupled architectures paired with Next.js frontends and GraphQL APIs, with engineering practices built around Docker-based CI/CD, Cypress and Behat E2E testing, and a proprietary JSON-RPC orchestration approach for fast test execution.

The firm's business model is professional services: custom development, consulting, migration, and ongoing maintenance engagements delivered on a project or quote-based pricing model with no publicly disclosed rates. In parallel with client work, Nuvole maintains and ships several widely used Drupal contrib modules (Config Split, Config Filter, Config Ignore, UI Patterns) and co-founded the OpenEuropa initiative with the European Commission's DIGIT directorate, providing both ecosystem influence and recurring institutional engagement. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales reinforced by thought leadership through technical blogging, conference presentations, and a portfolio of named flagship projects such as wfp.org and ILO Live.

Name

Nuvole

Legal name

Nuvole Web Srl

Website

https://nuvole.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nuvole is a Parma, Italy-based Drupal web development agency serving large international organizations and institutions (UN agencies, EU institutions, World Bank, OECD) with custom multilingual, decoupled CMS platforms and a portfolio of widely used open-source contrib modules.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Development Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Access, Virtual Workspaces & Digital HQ (BPAMAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Managed Workplace Services (DaaS/Workplace-as-a-Service) (BPAEAIAA)

Keywords

• Drupal development services
• Custom web applications
• Decoupled CMS solutions
• Open-source Drupal modules
• Multilingual web platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Parma

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services / Custom Development: Nuvole generates revenue through custom web application development, consulting, and training services. They provide Drupal development services for large international organizations, including website development, migration projects, and ongoing maintenance. Revenue is derived from project-based engagements and potentially retainer arrangements for long-term clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Nuvole is a professional services firm that builds tailor-made Drupal-based web applications for large international organizations and institutions. The company delivers custom multilingual and multi-site platforms, decoupled architectures combining Drupal 10 with Next.js frontends, migration projects, and contributes a portfolio of open-source Drupal modules (Config Split, Config Filter, Config Ignore, UI Patterns).

Product overview

Nuvole is a Drupal-focused web development agency offering tailor-made web applications for large international organizations and institutions. Their portfolio combines custom development services with a portfolio of open-source Drupal modules. Key offerings include: custom multilingual/multi-site Drupal platforms for organizations like the World Food Programme and European Commission; ILO Live, a decoupled streaming platform for the International Labour Organization; and a suite of open-source contrib modules including Config Split (environment-specific configuration management), Config Filter (configuration plugin architecture), Config Ignore (configuration import filtering), UI Patterns (atomic UI component system), and Nuvole Behat Drupal Extension (enhanced behavioral testing). They also provide migration tooling through the Middle Format Migration approach for complex Drupal data migrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Custom Web Application Development Tailor-made web applications built with Drupal for large international organizations and institutions, featuring multilingual and multi-site capabilities, decoupled architectures, and integration with third-party services.
• End-to-End Testing Solutions Custom end-to-end testing implementations for Drupal projects using Cypress, Docker, JSON-RPC, and GitHub Actions, enabling rapid test execution with actual CMS testing capabilities.
• Config Split A Drupal module that enables environment-specific configuration management by splitting configuration exports, allowing development modules and settings to remain separate from production configuration.
• Config Filter A Drupal module providing a plugin architecture for configuration management, enabling filters to interact with configuration during import and export operations, and serving as the foundation for Config Split.
• Config Ignore A Drupal module that allows ignoring specific configuration during import operations, preventing unwanted configuration changes from being deployed.
• UI Patterns A Drupal module that exposes atomic UI patterns as plugins and enables their use as drop-in templates across panels, field groups, views, Display Suite view modes, and field templates, with integration to PatternLab and Component Libraries.
• Nuvole Behat Drupal Extension A Drupal extension for the Behat testing framework providing service-based organization, custom contexts for Drupal operations, CKEditor interaction, responsive testing, and element positioning checks.
• Drupal Middle Format Migration A migration tool that externalizes data export and transformation from Drupal, using a middle-format approach (such as JSON API) to enable complex incremental migrations from multiple data sources.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over a decade of partnership with World Food Programme maintaining wfp.org
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• European Commission (DIGIT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNuvole is co-founder of the OpenEuropa initiative, a Directorate-General for Digital Services (DIGIT) project. They collaborate on developing and maintaining open-source components including Drupal modules, themes, Docker images, and client libraries. They co-led development of an internal SaaS platform and site factory pipeline for the European Commission.
• Drupal AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNuvole is affiliated with the Drupal Association and maintains several popular Drupal contrib modules. They actively contribute to the Drupal ecosystem through module development, documentation, and community involvement.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mediacurrent: Mediacurrent is a digital agency specialised in Drupal, serving enterprise, government, and nonprofit clients. Directly comparable as a Drupal services peer with similar open-source contribution profile.
• Chapter Three: Chapter Three is a Drupal-focused consultancy building complex platforms for media, nonprofit, and public-sector clients. Comparable in services model, Drupal specialisation, and target customer verticals.
• Kanopi Studios: Kanopi is a Drupal and WordPress digital agency focused on complex content platforms for nonprofits, government, and associations. Directly comparable as a Drupal-specialist services firm competing for similar institutional clients.
• Lullabot: One of the best-known Drupal-focused digital agencies, Lullabot designs and builds large-scale Drupal platforms and contributes heavily to the open-source Drupal ecosystem. Direct comparable in terms of Drupal specialisation, services-led model, and enterprise/civic client base.
• Vardot: Vardot is a Drupal digital solutions provider focused on enterprise web platforms, with notable presence in the MENA region and contributions to Drupal distributions. Direct peer in the Drupal services space with comparable mid-market positioning.
• Specbee: Specbee is a Drupal development agency offering custom Drupal development, decoupled architectures, and support. Comparable mid-size Drupal services peer with similar technical positioning around Drupal and modern JS frontends.

Broad incumbents

• Acquia (now part of Tanium / formerly Acquia): Acquia is the largest commercial player in the Drupal ecosystem, offering enterprise Drupal hosting, site factory, and a wide portfolio of services. Comparable as a Drupal services and platform provider targeting large organisations, but at materially larger scale and broader scope than Nuvole.
• Capgemini Engineering / Public Sector services: Capgemini is a large IT services firm with a significant public-sector and EU institution practice. A broader incumbent that competes for the same institutional digital transformation RFPs as Nuvole, but at much larger scale and with a much wider portfolio.

Others

• Drupal Association (commercial partner ecosystem): While not a competitor, the Drupal Association is the non-profit steward of the Drupal project and coordinates the partner ecosystem that Nuvole participates in as an affiliated member. Relevant ecosystem reference for evaluating Nuvole's positioning in the Drupal market.

Emerging players

• Open Source Politics: Open Source Politics provides open-source digital platforms (often built on Drupal and Decidim) for public institutions, citizen participation, and civic engagement. Comparable as a European-focused, open-source-oriented services firm competing for similar government and institutional clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nuvole

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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