Vantosh
VanTosh is a Belgian ISV/MSP delivering open source IT managed services, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, and vertical software (e-commerce, label/POS printing, surveillance, GPS) plus training to mid-large enterprises.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2010
- HeadquartersAntwerp, Belgium
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Vantosh does
VanTosh (legal entity VanTosh bvba) is a privately-held Belgian IT services company founded in 2010, headquartered in Antwerp with a regional office in Mumbai, India. The company operates an ISV/MSP hybrid model, delivering managed services, infrastructure solutions, and specialized vertical software built primarily on open source technologies including Linux, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Icinga2, Ansible, Puppet, and Foreman. Its core product portfolio centers on the Icinga2 monitoring platform (offered as cloud SaaS, on-premise appliance, or hybrid), the vtCommerce e-commerce suite, and a diversified set of vertical solutions covering label printing (vtLabeler), POS receipt printing (vtReceipt), AI/ML-enabled IP surveillance, GPS-based location and food delivery, retail digital signage, mass e-mailing, and pre-configured 'Cloud in a Box' infrastructure appliances (12U to 42U racks).
Revenue is generated across six streams: recurring managed IT services (Level 1/2/3 support), cloud subscriptions spanning IaaS/PaaS/SaaS/FaaS/MaaS models with distinctive bare-metal offerings on NVIDIA Jetson, OpenPOWER, and Raspberry Pi hardware, professional consulting and training services (Icinga, Ansible, Foreman, Git, Linux, DNS, Golang, Python, IBM POWER, AIX), ISV hardware/software/service bundles, IT Renting that converts customer CAPEX to OPEX, and IT procurement. Distribution relies on direct enterprise sales via [email protected] and [email protected], a channel partnership with Trilands for hardware distribution, and OEM IT-monitoring bundles co-developed with Icinga.
The company targets a broad customer base across mid-to-large enterprises requiring complex IT infrastructure management, retail and commerce businesses, IT companies and MSPs seeking monitoring expertise, and organizations pursuing IT upskilling — though no named customer logos are publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is event-driven: VanTosh organizes and sponsors OSMC, DevOpsDays, LOADays, StackConf, CfgMgmtCamp, and IcingaConf, building community standing that supports inbound demand generation for its open-source-first portfolio.
Vantosh firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Vantosh
- Legal name
- VanTosh bvba
- Website
- https://vantosh.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2010
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- VanTosh is a Belgian ISV/MSP delivering open source IT managed services, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, and vertical software (e-commerce, label/POS printing, surveillance, GPS) plus training to mid-large enterprises.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Vantosh industry classification
Industry- Product category
- IT Managed Services
- NAICS
- Computer Facilities Management Services (541513), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)
- SIC
- Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) Services (BPAEABAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Fault & Performance Monitoring (SNMP/Telemetry/APM for Networks) (HDAFAMAA), Infrastructure & Network Monitoring (NPM/NPMD) (HDABAJAA)
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Where Vantosh is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Antwerp
- HQ country
- Belgium
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
Vantosh business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- Managed IT Services: Recurring managed services covering IT operations, updates, maintenance, and support across Level 1, 2, and 3 support tiers. Services include colocation, storage, backup, archiving, and desktop hosting.
- Cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS, MaaS): Cloud offerings including OpenStack-based IaaS (private and hosted), PaaS application platforms, SaaS software subscriptions (Icinga, NextCloud, HedgeDoc, Zulip, Pretalx, PreReg, Jitsi, Mattermost), FaaS functions, and MaaS bare-metal services.
- Professional Services (Consulting, Training): Consulting services for Icinga, DevOps, IT infrastructure, and IoT; training programs for Icinga2, Ansible, Foreman, Git, Linux, DNS, Golang, Python, IBM Power Systems, and IBM AIX.
- ISV Solutions (Software, Hardware Bundles): Pre-built vertical solutions combining hardware, software, and services: eCommerce (vtCommerce), Label Printing (vtLabeler), POS Printing (vtReceipt), IT Monitoring, Retail Advertisement, GPS Location, Surveillance, Cloud in a Box, eMailing, and Label Printing solutions.
- IT Renting Services: IT renting services allowing customers to avoid large CAPEX and move to OPEX cost structures for VanTosh-provided integrated solutions.
- IT Procurement Services: IT procurement services to help customers select and source the right IT materials, with vendor contract setup and negotiation assistance.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Linux Basic Training |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Linux Advanced Training |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Linux Specialised Training |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Icinga2 Fundamental Training |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Icinga2 Advanced Training |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | Icinga2 Intensive Training (Combined) |
| Subscription | Multi-year contract | Pretalx Single Event |
| Subscription | Monthly | Pretalx Basic Instance |
| Subscription | Monthly | Pretalx Standard Instance |
| Subscription | Monthly | Pretalx Advanced Instance |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Monthly | PreReg Connected Standard Instance |
| Transaction based/ take rate | Monthly | PreReg Connected Advanced Instance |
| Subscription | Annual | Label Printing Subscription Models |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Vantosh product offering
Product offeringCore offering
VanTosh is an ISV/MSP that delivers IT managed services, cloud infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS, MaaS), and open-source-based solutions for IT operations, monitoring, retail, and DevOps. Its portfolio centers on Icinga2-based monitoring, OpenStack cloud, and proprietary vertical solutions (vtCommerce, vtLabeler, vtReceipt, surveillance, GPS tracking, retail advertising), complemented by official training and consulting across Icinga, Linux, Ansible, Foreman, and IBM POWER/AIX.
Product overview
VanTosh is an ISV/MSP (Independent Software Vendor / Managed Service Provider) offering a broad portfolio of IT managed services and solutions built primarily on open source technologies. The product portfolio centers on the Icinga2 open-source monitoring platform (offered as SaaS, on-premise appliance, or hybrid) and the vtCommerce e-commerce platform, complemented by specialized solutions for label printing (vtLabeler), POS receipt printing (vtReceipt), IP-based surveillance with AI/ML, GPS location tracking, retail digital signage, and mass e-mailing. Infrastructure offerings include OpenStack-based IaaS (private, hosted, and hybrid), bare-metal MaaS (NVIDIA Jetson, OpenPOWER, Raspberry Pi), PaaS, FaaS, SaaS applications (NextCloud, HedgeDoc, Jitsi, Mattermost, Zulip, Pretix/PreReg, Pretalx), colocation, virtual desktop hosting, and managed services. VanTosh also provides DevOps consulting, IT infrastructure services, event management, official Icinga and Ansible/Foreman/Linux/Golang/Python/IBM POWER/AIX training, and Icinga development, consulting, and support services as an Icinga Enterprise Partner and OpenPOWER Silver Partner.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- vtCommerce: Customized e-commerce platform solution that evolved over more than a decade into a state-of-the-art e-commerce platform.
- vtLabeler
- vtReceipt
- teReceipt
Products and services
- vtCommerce A customized e-commerce platform built from multiple components that integrates with existing product databases and ERP/order systems, evolved over more than a decade into a state-of-the-art platform.
- eMailing Solution Mass mailing solution with subscribe/unsubscribe functionality, contact filtering, email campaign follow-up, and templated personalized emails that integrate product data from e-commerce, ERP, or other databases.
- Label Printing Solution (vtLabeler) Label creation and printing solution using Zebra ZPL printers, offering food labeling, wristband printing, stock label printing, and custom label solutions combined with hardware, supplies, software, hosting, and service components.
- POS Printing Solution (vtReceipt) Receipt creation and printing solution using Zebra ZPL or Epson ESC/pos printers, combined with software, hosting, and maintenance services.
- Surveillance System IP-based camera surveillance system combining specialized hardware (GPU, FPGA), optimized software, and AI/ML patterns for intelligent video surveillance tailored to customer needs.
- Cloud in a Box Pre-configured hardware and software cloud solution in multiple rack sizes (12U to 42U), combining compute, storage, and networking with tailored Linux platforms running OpenStack, Kubernetes, OpenNebula, Nomad, or Libvirt.
- IT Monitoring System Solution Ready-to-use Icinga2-based IT monitoring system available as cloud-based, on-premise appliance, or hybrid solution, with AI-based intelligence for monitoring, metrics, alerting, and logging.
- GPS Location Solution Location tracking solution for vehicles, devices, and people, including a food delivery system with routing and scheduling, a taxi service with dispatcher software and driver app, and trip optimization using ML-based heuristics.
- Retail Advertisement Solution Digital advertisement system for retail with stand-alone or centrally managed display units supporting screens from 7-inch to 50+ inches, with digital marketing media content delivery.
- Icinga2 Monitoring Platform Open-source infrastructure and service monitoring tool consisting of Icinga2 Core (master/proxy/client), Icinga Web 2 (central web console), and Icinga2 Modules for integrations with VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, Puppet, Ansible, Foreman, and other systems.
- OpenStack Cloud (IaaS) IaaS cloud solution based on OpenStack, available as private (on-premise), hosted (VanTosh-managed), or hybrid (combining private and hosted) deployment models.
- Pretalx Call-for-Participation system for event submission management, speaker scheduling, review workflow, and email communication, available in shared and dedicated instance tiers.
- PreReg / Pretix Event ticketing software for selling tickets and sponsorships, with payment integrations (Stripe, Mollie, PayPal, SEPA, Adyen, SIX Saferpay, Klarna), check-in management, and data export, available in standard, advanced, and connected payment tiers.
- VanTosh Jitsi Meet Fully encrypted, open source video conferencing solution hosted by VanTosh, supporting screen sharing, custom meeting URLs, integrated chat, lobby feature, and optional recording.
- NextCloud Online file and photo management tool with desktop, mobile, web, and server synchronization, with extra functionality for communication and groupware, available in shared, dedicated, and custom instance tiers.
- MaaS (Metal-as-a-Service) Bare-metal machine cloud hosting offering including NVIDIA Jetson (AI/ML CUDA-enabled SBC), OpenPOWER machines (open-source firmware), and Raspberry Pi models (3, 3+, 4 in 2GB/4GB/8GB variants and Cluster 304).
- IT Managed Services IT managed services covering IT operating, update/upgrade, maintenance (basic to full), and support (Level 1, 2, 3) across a wide variety of software, services, and hardware.
- DevOps Consulting Services DevOps consulting from bottom-up tooling introduction, including workshops, training, and automated software deployment pipeline creation for continuous integration and/or deployment.
- Icinga Consulting Services Official Icinga Enterprise Partner consulting including installation, configuration, updating, optimization, High Availability setup, and alerting/notification configuration.
- Icinga Support Services Icinga support subscriptions and packages covering Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 support in cooperation with Icinga, with Icinga Stack configuration and module support.
- Training Portfolio Technical training offerings including Icinga2 (standard, advanced, intensive, custom), Ansible (basic, advanced, AWX), Foreman (introduction, advanced, Katello, Pulp, Ansible), Git SCM, Linux (beginner, advanced, specialized), DNS, Golang, Python, IBM Power Systems, and IBM AIX.
- Event Management Services Event management for IT sector including virtual event support, content management, financial services, catering, online event solutions, WiFi setup, check-in desk, and badge printing, supporting events VanTosh organizes: CfgMgmtCamp, LOADays, OSMC, DevOpsDays, StackConf, IcingaConf.
- Colocation Hosting Colocation services in VanTosh's own datacenters and partner datacenters, ranging from single machine to multiple racks including mainframes.
- Desktop Hosting Cloud-based virtual desktop infrastructure hosting, allowing desktop access from anywhere at any time with performance, integration, and security.
- IT Renting Services IT renting service integrated with VanTosh solutions, converting large CAPEX costs into OPEX through rental arrangements.
Companies that use Vantosh
Customer profileSegments4 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Vantosh technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration75 records
AI capability9 records
Feature5 records
Vantosh partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- IcingacoreVanTosh is an Enterprise Partner of Icinga, providing Icinga services (installation, maintenance, updating), Level 1/2/3 support, official Icinga training with direct contact to Icinga developers, and OEM solutions for IT monitoring systems in combination with Trilands.
- OpenPOWER FoundationcoreVanTosh is a Silver Partner of the OpenPOWER Foundation. They participate in OpenPOWER workgroups and ecosystems, focusing on POWER architecture from both hardware and software sides, providing data center centric offerings enabling open infrastructure for on-premise and cloud computing.
- TrilandscoreVanTosh partners with Trilands for IT hardware, components, printing supplies, and solutions. Trilands provides IT hardware, software and cloud from A-brand manufacturers, while VanTosh provides IT services and solutions. Joint solutions include IT Monitoring System, Retail Advertisement System, POS Printing System, Hyperconverged DC in a box, GPS Location System, and Hybrid/Multi Cloud offerings.
Scale indicators1 record
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Vantosh competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- OVHcloud: European cloud provider offering dedicated servers, private cloud (OpenStack-based), bare-metal hosting, and managed services. Comparable to VanTosh's IaaS/MaaS/colocation portfolio and shares the European SME and open source orientation.
- Rackspace Technology: Large global managed cloud and infrastructure services provider offering multi-cloud managed services, application migration, and managed security. Comparable as a managed services peer but operates at vastly greater scale and breadth than VanTosh.
- Red Hat: Enterprise open source leader offering RHEL, OpenStack, Ansible Automation Platform, and managed services. Comparable to VanTosh across the open source infrastructure, automation, and managed services stack—VanTosh effectively operates as a regional European mini-Red-Hat in the Icinga/OpenPOWER niches.
- SUSE: Enterprise open source infrastructure provider (SUSE Linux, Rancher Kubernetes, OpenStack). Comparable to VanTosh in the Linux/open source infrastructure space with a focus on enterprise customers avoiding vendor lock-in.
- Canonical (Ubuntu): Commercial sponsor of Ubuntu and provider of managed open source services, Kubernetes (Charmed), OpenStack (Charmed OpenStack), and enterprise support. Comparable to VanTosh in the open source infrastructure stack and managed services layer, but at much greater scale.
Direct peers
- Icinga GmbH: Vendor of the Icinga2 monitoring platform and VanTosh's most important technology partner. Both serve enterprises that need open source infrastructure monitoring with official training, consulting, and support, but Icinga is the product owner while VanTosh is a top-tier Enterprise Partner reseller and integrator.
- netways: German managed services and open source infrastructure company specializing in Icinga, Puppet, Foreman, and monitoring services. Closest direct peer to VanTosh in terms of size, focus, and open source infrastructure GTM (also organizes OSMC and IcingaCamp).
- Hetzner: European hosting and cloud provider offering dedicated servers, cloud servers, and managed hosting at competitive prices. Comparable to VanTosh's colocation, MaaS, and infrastructure hosting offerings, with similar European SMB/enterprise customer focus.
Emerging players
- Pretix: Open source event ticketing software vendor whose PreReg product is resold as a SaaS by VanTosh. Comparable as a direct product peer for VanTosh's event ticketing SaaS offering, though Pretix is upstream and VanTosh adds hosting, payments, and managed service layers.
- Open-Xchange: European provider of open source email, collaboration, and DNS (PowerDNS) software. Comparable to VanTosh as a European open source ISV/MSP selling SaaS subscriptions and managed services, with overlapping SaaS portfolio positioning.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Investors
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Frequently asked questions about Vantosh
What does Vantosh do?
VanTosh is an ISV/MSP that delivers IT managed services, cloud infrastructure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS, MaaS), and open-source-based solutions for IT operations, monitoring, retail, and DevOps. Its portfolio centers on Icinga2-based monitoring, OpenStack cloud, and proprietary vertical solutions (vtCommerce, vtLabeler, vtReceipt, surveillance, GPS tracking, retail advertising), complemented by official training and consulting across Icinga, Linux, Ansible, Foreman, and IBM POWER/AIX.
Is Vantosh a public or private company?
Vantosh is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was Vantosh founded?
Vantosh was founded in 2010. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Vantosh based?
Vantosh is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, in the Europe region.
How does Vantosh make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Managed IT Services are the primary driver. The others are cloud Services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS, MaaS), professional Services (Consulting, Training), ISV Solutions (Software, Hardware Bundles), IT Renting Services and IT Procurement Services.
Who are Vantosh's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are OVHcloud, Rackspace Technology, Red Hat, SUSE and Canonical (Ubuntu). Direct peers are Icinga GmbH, netways and Hetzner. Emerging players are Pretix and Open-Xchange.
Does Vantosh have an API?
No public API is recorded for Vantosh.
What industry is Vantosh in?
Vantosh's product category is IT Managed Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAEABAA, Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) Services, with a secondary code of HDAFAMAA, Fault & Performance Monitoring (SNMP/Telemetry/APM for Networks). Its NAICS code is 541513 and its SIC code is 7373.