DE LA SUITE

What DE LA SUITE does

DE LA SUITE (commercial and product name LaSuite / La Suite Numérique) is the French State's open-source digital workspace suite, operated by the Direction Interministérielle du Numérique (DINUM) under the authority of the Prime Minister. It provides sovereign, secure communication, collaboration, document management, and data tools to roughly 49,000 French public-sector tech agents across ministries and agencies, and indirectly serves French citizens through the FranceConnect national digital identity layer (20M+ users, 1M+ FranceConnect+ users across 1,000+ administrative services).

The suite is built on an open-source stack anchored by Wagtail CMS (Python Django), the DSFR design system, and sovereign cloud infrastructure, and bundles multiple discrete products: Tchap (Matrix-protocol secure instant messaging for public servants), LaSuite Visio (video conferencing recognized as a UN Digital Public Good), LaSuite Grist (collaborative spreadsheets), Sites Conformes (Wagtail-based CMS that lets administrations publish DSFR/RGAA-compliant websites with ANSSI security homologation), FranceConnect/FranceConnect+ (national digital identity and authentication), and the Campus du Numérique Public training platform (200+ courses across 7 expertise domains). The SILL interministerial catalog curates 500+ validated libre software packages for the broader public-sector ecosystem.

LaSuite's business model is non-commercial: all services are free to French public administrations and citizens, and funding flows through French government budget allocations to DINUM and the 10 ministerial digital directions. Distribution operates through direct ministerial deployment, the Club Contributeurs co-maintenance model, the BlueHats open-source community, and training rollout via Campus du Numérique Public. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed because no commercial revenue is generated; the entity is a government service, not a commercial vendor.

Name

DE LA SUITE

Legal name

Direction Interministérielle du Numérique (DINUM) - La Suite

Website

https://numerique.gouv.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Short description

LaSuite (DE LA SUITE) is a French government-operated, open-source sovereign digital workspace suite providing secure messaging, video, documents, and identity services to French public-sector agents and citizens, operated by DINUM under the Prime Minister's office.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Digital Workplace Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Work Management & Collaboration Suites (BPAMAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

WebRTC & In-Browser Voice/Video (HDAIAHAH), Low-Code/No-Code Application Platforms (HDAEAKAA)

Keywords

• Public sector collaboration
• Sovereign digital workspace
• Government productivity tools
• Open source public software
• Secure government messaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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. Government Funding: LaSuite and DINUM services are funded through French government budget allocations. No commercial revenue is generated as all services are provided free of charge to public administrations and citizens.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

LaSuite is an open-source collaborative digital workspace suite operated by France's DINUM that provides sovereign communication, collaboration, document, and data tools (Tchap messaging, Visio video conferencing, Grist spreadsheets, Sites Conformes CMS, and FranceConnect identity) to French public sector agents and administrations. All tools are free, open-source, and built to reduce dependency on foreign technology vendors while complying with French accessibility and security standards.

Product overview

La Suite Numérique [fr] (LaSuite / DE LA SUITE) is a suite of sovereign, collaborative digital tools for French public administration agents, developed by DINUM (Direction Interministérielle du Numérique). It provides agencies with independent, secure, and GDPR-compliant alternatives to non-European software providers. The suite includes LaSuite Visio for secure video conferencing and LaSuite Grist for interactive spreadsheets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LaSuite Visio: Visioconferencing solution recognized as a Digital Public Good
• Grist Paris Summit
• LaSuite numerique.gouv.fr

Products and services

• LaSuite Visio A sovereign and secure video conferencing solution for French government agents, developed within the LaSuite suite to enable remote collaboration independent of non-European providers. Recognized as a Digital Public Good by the United Nations and the DPGA.
• LaSuite Grist A sovereign interactive online spreadsheet application within the LaSuite collaborative suite, enabling structured data management and collaborative tabular workflows for public administrations.
• Tchap Secure instant messaging application for French public servants, based on the Matrix protocol, providing sovereign communication within and between government agencies. Available as a mobile application on App Store and Google Play.
• Sites Conformes CMS platform based on Wagtail and enriched with DSFR components, enabling French government administrations to create accessible, secure websites without coding. Holds a security index of 3.9/5 on Mon Service Sécurisé (ANSSI) and is used by 60+ State websites as of 2026.
• FranceConnect / FranceConnect+ National digital identity connectivity solution enabling citizens to access over 1,000 French administrative services securely; supports 20M+ users (FranceConnect) and 1M+ users for sensitive online procedures (FranceConnect+).
• Campus du Numérique Public Interministerial digital training platform offering 200+ digital training courses across 7 expertise domains for French public servants; has trained over 39,000 public agents.

Quantifiable outcome

• France ranked 1st globally in open data (OECD) for 5 consecutive years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 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

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered important, core and flagship.

• Inria AcademyimportantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Campus du Numérique partners with Inria Academy for AI prompting workshops and training content.
• La DINUM (Direction Interministérielle du Numérique)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024DINUM is the coordinating body for all French government digital initiatives including LaSuite. It works with 10 ministerial digital directions, the Club Contributeurs for Sites Conformes, and the BlueHats open source community.
• France IdentitécoreTechnology or Integration · 1 November 2024FranceConnect+ integrates France Identité to offer more choice and security to citizens for their most sensitive online procedures.
• Germany and Netherlands - Franco-German Digital CooperationflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024France and Germany signed a joint declaration for digital sovereignty, expanding to include Netherlands in a trilateral cooperation for sovereign administration tools. First successes of LaSuite Franco-German cooperation achieved in December.
• Digital Commons EDIC (European Digital Infrastructure Federation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024France, Germany, Netherlands, and Italy created a consortium for digital commons. The EDIC takes shape with new observer countries, a director, and first projects for European digital sovereignty.
• Matrix.org FoundationimportantTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024DINUM announced support for the Matrix.org Foundation to strengthen digital autonomy of France and Europe. LaSuite Visio uses Matrix protocol for secure video conferencing.
• Orange Business ServicesimportantTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024DINUM developed in co-innovation with Orange Business Services a unique and evolvable portal based on APIs for the State's interministerial network (RIE).
• L'Assurance MaladiecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024L'Assurance Maladie deploying LaSuite collaborative digital tools to its 80,000 agents, serving as a flagship reference implementation for other agencies.
• DGFiP (Direction Générale des Finances Publiques)importantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024DGFiP participates in the Open Source Experience public sector village and contributes to the libre software market expertise, publishing software surveillance studies.
• ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024ANSSI participates in the Open Source Experience public sector village and provides security expertise for Sites Conformes homologation.
• ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires)importantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ANCT partners with DINUM for territorial digital transformation initiatives, including the Incubator of Territories.
• France TravailimportantTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2024France Travail participates in the public sector village at Open Source Experience and integrates FranceConnect for identity services.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• OnlyOffice: OnlyOffice offers an open-source office and document collaboration suite that competes with LaSuite's productivity tools for organizations seeking sovereign, on-premises alternatives to Microsoft Office.
• Jitsi: Jitsi is the open-source WebRTC video conferencing stack that LaSuite Visio builds upon. Both target sovereign video meetings for organizations that cannot or will not use Zoom/Teams.
• Mattermost: Mattermost offers a self-hosted, open-source secure messaging and collaboration platform used by defense, government, and critical infrastructure customers — a direct peer to Tchap in the sovereign messaging category.
• Open-Xchange: Open-Xchange provides white-label email, collaboration, and productivity suites primarily to telcos and ISPs in Europe, competing in the same sovereign email/collaboration space as LaSuite's workspace tooling.
• Collabora Online: Collabora Online provides open-source, sovereign document collaboration built on LibreOffice, targeting the same public-sector and regulated-enterprise use cases as LaSuite's Grist and document tools.
• Rocket.Chat: Rocket.Chat is an open-source team chat and collaboration platform adopted by government and defense customers for sovereign communications, overlapping with Tchap and LaSuite's secure messaging use cases.
• Element (Matrix): Element is the commercial steward of the Matrix protocol that LaSuite's Tchap secure messaging is built on. Both target sovereign and end-to-end-encrypted communications for governments and regulated enterprises.
• Nextcloud: Nextcloud provides an open-source, self-hosted collaboration and file-sharing suite widely used by European governments, including the French administration. It is the closest commercial open-source analog to LaSuite's sovereign workspace positioning.

Emerging players

• BigBlueButton: BigBlueButton is an open-source web conferencing platform focused on education and large-scale meetings — a partial peer to LaSuite Visio in the sovereign video stack.
• XWiki: XWiki offers open-source wiki and structured collaboration software used by large European public administrations; it overlaps with LaSuite's knowledge and document collaboration capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Numerique_Gouv
• GitHubgithub.com/numerique-gouv
• YouTubedailymotion.com/dinum
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/direction-interministerielle-du-numerique-dinum

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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