Why us
One environment for the whole construction company
Whether you work with five people or five hundred: the same open tools, in a way that fits the size of your organisation.
Why the OpenAEC SuperCloud
Your data, your control
Your data lives in your own environment, encrypted with your own key. You decide who has access, and you can always export everything.
Open source
All software is open source: verifiable, no lock-in, and it runs on your own servers too.
Hosted in Europe
On Amazon Web Services in Frankfurt, Germany. Our contract runs through its European entity, Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL in Luxembourg. Your data does not leave the EU.
AI across all your tools
One AI assistant that can work with all your tools at once: read your model, have it calculated and record the result, through the same APIs and the same open language (IFCX).
Built with practitioners
Built by engineers, together with engineering firms and construction companies that use the tools every day.
IFCX as a generic format
All your building data in one open, generic format that any program can read. Based on the open IFC standard, so never dependent on a single vendor.
Full data copy at your office
Alongside the cloud, a full copy of all your data is kept locally at your own office and updated automatically. So you can always carry on, even without internet.
1 to 50 employees
For SMEs
Get started straight away
Sign up, switch on apps and go. No IT department needed.
Everything in one place
Administration, project files, calculation tools and AI behind one account, instead of dozens of separate subscriptions.
Start small, grow along
Start with one app or with everything. Add users, storage and apps whenever you like, without moving.
An ERP that is ready
Z-Next gives you a ready-made set-up for construction SMEs, with a simple workspace for every day.
Cancel monthly
You pay per user per month and are never locked in.
50 employees and more
For large companies
Your own environment
Your own servers and network with no other customers on them, or on-premises in your own server room.
Connect to what you have
Every tool as an API too, with one key and in IFCX, so the SuperCloud fits into your existing systems.
Control and oversight
Roles and permissions per environment, logs, support access only with permission, and AI you can restrict to the EU.
Agreements that fit
Data processing agreement, certified infrastructure in Frankfurt and a dedicated contact.
Implementation and custom work
OpenAEC Studio BV sets up the environment, helps with the switch and builds custom tools where needed.
Side by side
| Side by side | SME | Large company |
|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Sign up yourself, get started right away | Guided implementation |
| Environment | Shared infrastructure, own database and key | Own servers and network, or on-premises |
| Administration | Yourself, in the admin environment | Yourself, or together with OpenAEC Studio BV |
| Integrations | Apps work together via IFCX | APIs for every tool, connected to your own systems |
| AI | European models, credit per team | European models, limits and policy per department |
| Billing | Per user per month | Per user per month, or by invoice |