Fabbrain

What Fabbrain does

Fabbrain Software GmbH is a German software company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Steinheim, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company develops and delivers customized business applications through its proprietary low-code platform, branded Software-FABrik, which uses Microsoft Excel spreadsheets as its native data model and transforms them into multi-user, permission-controlled web applications. The platform integrates a Rules-Engine, Process-Engine, Process-Mining, and machine learning/AI components, and supports both on-premises and SaaS deployment on German servers. Beyond the core platform, Fabbrain offers a portfolio of pre-built modules — DMS, CRM, HRIS, DAM, LMS, CMS, MIS, PIM, and an AI-powered personnel deployment planning system (TALÖVSIS) — as well as specialized configurators and a Text2Videobrain video generation tool.

Fabbrain serves medium-sized and large enterprises across at least seven verticals including healthcare/social services, public sector, manufacturing, real estate, education, retail, and crafts. Named customers include incluedo GmbH, HAEHNE Elektronische Messgeräte GmbH, Landmarken AG, PPPlatten GmbH, bobbie Deutschland, Botanischer Garten Höxter (TH OWL), and Harztec-Modellbau. The company generates revenue through professional services (custom software development, iterative delivery) and platform licensing (subscription/recurring), with multi-year contracts and quote-based, transparent pricing.

The company operates with 1-10 employees and a bootstrapped ownership structure under Managing Director Linda Döhre, with no disclosed external funding. Distribution combines direct consultative sales with channel partners, including Deutsche Telekom's TechBoost program, sociallution GmbH as a vertical reseller for the social sector, and digitalHUB Aachen as a regional innovation hub. The company holds recognition from BMAS (Civic Innovation Platform), EU/EFRE/NRW (NEXT.IN.NRW), and Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (Media Innovation Fellowship), and is building AI/ML capabilities through an academic R&D partnership with Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe.

Name

Fabbrain

Legal name

fabbrain Software GmbH

Website

https://fabbrain.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fabbrain Software GmbH is a German low-code software company that uses its Software-FABrik platform to transform Excel spreadsheets into customized multi-user web applications for medium and large enterprises across healthcare, public sector, manufacturing, and other verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Low-Code Application Development Platform

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (51321), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Application Platforms (HDAEAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Custom Application Development (Web/Mobile/Desktop) (BPAEAFAA)

Keywords

• Low-code platform
• Custom business software
• Excel-to-web applications
• Enterprise software modules
• Rapid application development

Headquarters

HQ city

Steinheim

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development: Fabbrain develops customized business software applications using their Low-Code Software-FABrik platform. The company follows an iterative development approach where requirements are gathered collaboratively, first functions are delivered quickly for testing, and software is optimized through feedback loops. Pricing is described as fair and transparent.
2. Software Platform Licensing: The company offers their Low-Code platform enabling customers to self-configure web applications. On-demand configuration capability allows customers to extend applications themselves using the Software-FABrik.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fabbrain develops customized business software applications on its proprietary low-code platform, the Software-FABrik, which uses Excel spreadsheets as the data model to rapidly generate multi-user web applications without deep programming knowledge. The company combines professional custom development services with on-demand platform licensing that allows customers to self-configure and extend their applications, supported by German-server hosting and on-premises deployment options.

Product overview

Fabbrain operates as a Low-Code software company offering its core Software-FABrik platform for rapid development of customized business applications. The platform uses Excel spreadsheets as a data model to create multi-user web applications. The product portfolio includes domain-specific modules built on the platform: DMS (Document Management System), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), PEP/TALÖVSIS (AI-powered Personnel Deployment Planning), HRIS (Human Resource Information System), DAM (Digital Asset Management), LMS (Learning Management System), CMS (Content Management System), MIS (Management Information System), and PIM (Product Information Management). Additional offerings include specialized configurators (Sensor-Konfigurator) and a Text2Videobrain tool for automated video generation. The platform supports export to multiple formats and integrates AI/machine learning for optimization use cases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Software-FABrik: Low-Code software platform by fabbrain that enables rapid development of customized business software applications using Excel as data model.
• TALÖVSIS
• Text2Videobrain

Products and services

• Software-FABrik Low-Code Platform Low-code development platform that transforms Excel spreadsheets into multi-user web applications, enabling rapid digitalization of business processes without deep programming knowledge; supports self-configuration, multi-format exports, AI/ML, and integration with ERP/CRM systems.
• DMS - Dokumentenmanagementsystem (Document Management System)

Quantifiable outcome

• Faster software delivery compared to traditional development
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe (TH OWL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for AI/ML development. The Chair of Professor Dr. Jessica Rubart (with Valentin Grimm) researches and develops AI algorithms for the TALÖVSIS personnel scheduling system. Also collaborated on the Botanischer Garten Höxter visitor application.
• incluedo GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvider of youth and integration assistance for NRW, Lower Saxony, and Baden-Württemberg. Defines functional requirements for the AI personnel scheduling system and tests technical implementation with several hundred school attendants. Also a customer using Fabbrain's Low-Code platform for employee management and time tracking systems.
• TechBoost (Deutsche Telekom Geschäftskunden GmbH)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerStartup program providing sales and marketing support including access to TechBoost Connect digital matchmaking platform, up to 100,000 EUR Open Telekom Cloud credit, and exclusive discounts on Telekom products and tariffs.
• sociallution GmbHminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorReseller partner distributing administration systems for the social sector (school accompaniment and youth welfare). Software applications are built on Fabbrain's Low-Code platform.
• digitalHUB AachenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInnovation hub that facilitated the matching between Landmarken AG and Fabbrain for project data evaluation automation. Landmarken AG found Fabbrain through digitalHUB Aachen's matchmaking program.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Bubble: No-code visual web application builder popular with startups and SMBs. Comparable to Software-FABrik in democratizing app building, though targeted at a different customer profile (early-stage digital businesses rather than Excel-driven enterprises).

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Power Apps: Low-code application platform bundled in the Microsoft Power Platform alongside Dataverse, Power Automate, and Copilot. The dominant incumbent low-code option for mid-market and enterprise customers, especially those already standardized on Microsoft 365 and Excel.
• Pega (Pegasystems): Low-code platform with case management, BPM, and rules/decisioning capabilities. Competes with Fabbrain for process automation and rules-engine-driven enterprise applications, particularly in regulated industries.
• ServiceNow App Engine: Low-code development environment on the ServiceNow Now Platform. Targets enterprise workflow and process automation, directly overlapping with Fabbrain's process-engine and rules-engine capabilities for large organizations.

Direct peers

• Appian: Low-code platform with process automation, rules engine, and process mining capabilities. Closely overlaps with Software-FABrik's Rules-Engine, Process-Engine, and Process-Mining features and targets similar regulated enterprise use cases.
• Mendix: Siemens-owned low-code application platform for building enterprise web and mobile apps. Most direct competitor to Fabbrain's Software-FABrik in the DACH and European mid-market, with a much larger installed base and ecosystem.
• OutSystems: Enterprise low-code platform for web and mobile application development with strong visual modeling and DevOps tooling. Competes directly with Fabbrain for digital transformation deals in European mid-market and enterprise.
• Betty Blocks: European low-code platform headquartered in the Netherlands, with strong footprint in DACH and Benelux. Direct competitor to Fabbrain in the European mid-market for citizen development and business application modernization.
• Caspio: Low-code platform for building custom web applications and databases without coding. Comparable to Fabbrain in serving SMB and mid-market customers that need to spin up internal business apps quickly.
• Ninox: Low-code database and application platform with strong SMB and mid-market traction in the DACH region. Shares Fabbrain's positioning of letting non-developers build customized business applications from spreadsheet-like data models.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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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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