The AI-enabled application platform for enterprise software.

The AI-enabled application platform for enterprise software.

The AI-enabled application platform for enterprise software.

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Powering

Powering

Cost

Significant cost reduction.

Starcounter’s platform streamlines today’s increasingly complex software landscape with a simplified stack that eliminates connectivity layers and accelerates development, avoiding the scaling challenges of traditional solutions.

This approach drastically reduces total cost of ownership (TCO): a single commodity server can replace an entire fleet, a small room can replace a vast hall, and a few developers can replace an entire team. Hardware, software licenses, and energy costs shrink dramatically.

Cost

Significant cost reduction.

Starcounter’s platform streamlines today’s increasingly complex software landscape with a simplified stack that eliminates connectivity layers and accelerates development, avoiding the scaling challenges of traditional solutions.

This approach drastically reduces total cost of ownership (TCO): a single commodity server can replace an entire fleet, a small room can replace a vast hall, and a few developers can replace an entire team. Hardware, software licenses, and energy costs shrink dramatically.

TCO Benchmark

Commercial Stack

Open-source Stack

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Development Effort

Software Cost

Hardware Cost

TCO Benchmark

Commercial Stack

Open-source Stack

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Development Effort

Software Cost

Hardware Cost

Performance

Unrivalled performance

The foundation of Starcounter is the patented Virtual Machine Database Management System, VMDBMS that keeps data in one place instead of moving it between application and database.

This revolutionary solution integrates the execution logic into RAM with the database, allowing data to be immobilized. With Starcounter, bottlenecks like messaging between the database and app server, inter-process communication and data redundancy are eliminated.


Real-world benchmarks confirm extremely high transaction rates compared to all other commercial platforms.

Performance

Unrivalled performance

The foundation of Starcounter is the patented Virtual Machine Database Management System, VMDBMS that keeps data in one place instead of moving it between application and database.

This revolutionary solution integrates the execution logic into RAM with the database, allowing data to be immobilized. With Starcounter, bottlenecks like messaging between the database and app server, inter-process communication and data redundancy are eliminated.


Real-world benchmarks confirm extremely high transaction rates compared to all other commercial platforms.

STARCOUNTER

3,000,000

Enterprise DB 1

1,244,550

Enterprise DB 2

770,000

Enterprise DB 3

250,000

Open Source DB 1

215,000

Open Source DB 2

100,000

Open Source DB 3

46,000

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3,000,000

Enterprise DB 1

1,244,550

Enterprise DB 2

770,000

Enterprise DB 3

250,000

Open Source DB 1

215,000

Open Source DB 2

100,000

Open Source DB 3

46,000

Development

Simplified development

Starcounter’s simplified stack (see illustration below) solves several complexity issues with today’s enterprise software development. Stacks have simply grown too complex, voluminous and fragmented.

Unlike competing platforms, where you need unconventional query and programming languages along with defensively complex software design concepts to leverage underlying technology, Starcounter uses established languages (such as standard SQL) and frameworks (such as regular .NET and .NET Core).

This approach lowers the entry barrier for programmers and enables a faster, more cost effective building of software. It also results in an improved time-to-market with kept levels of performance.

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Front-end Framework

Client-side Logic

Network

Service API

Application Code

Business Logic

ORM

Network

DBMS

React, Vue, Svelte other

Client-side Logic

Network: REST, WebSocket

Service API

Application Layer: view models, entities, business logic

Business Logic

ORM

Network

VMDBMS: persistence, queries

Operating System

Infrastructure

Hardware

About

Founded in 2006 by Joachim Wester, Starcounter set out to revolutionize enterprise software with its in-memory database technology. Early milestones include the first commercial deployment in 2009 (version 0.9) and the launch of a stable platform in 2012 (version 1.0).

The game-changing 2013 release of version 2.0 combined a web application server and database, forming the backbone of today’s platform. Customers like Heads, Modular Management and AdFenix adopted the technology, driving real-world validation and rapid innovation.

Recognized by Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Horizon 2020 for its groundbreaking advancements, Starcounter launched version 3.0 in 2020. With the fourth-generation platform around the corner, Starcounter is set to redefine enterprise software.

The team

Joachim leads a diverse R&D team of 9 experts, specializing in AI, in-memory computing, and enterprise software, with over 200 years of combined experience.

Joachim Wester

Founder

"Software should empower, not get in the way. It's time to put the business owner back in the driver's seat."

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Founder

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Founder

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Anton Fagerberg

CEO

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CEO

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CEO

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Martin Törnwall

Software Engineer

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Martin Törnwall

Software Engineer

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Software Engineer

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Simon Westerlind

Software Engineer

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Recognition

European Horizon 2020

Starcounter was named a winner of the SME Instrument program, a key initiative within the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.

European Horizon 2020

Starcounter was named a winner of the SME Instrument program, a key initiative within the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.

European Horizon 2020

Starcounter was named a winner of the SME Instrument program, a key initiative within the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme.

Gartner

Gartner recognized Starcounter as a “Cool Vendor” in In-Memory Computing Technologies, a prestigious accolade that underscores the company’s groundbreaking contributions to the field.

Gartner

Gartner recognized Starcounter as a “Cool Vendor” in In-Memory Computing Technologies, a prestigious accolade that underscores the company’s groundbreaking contributions to the field.

Gartner

Gartner recognized Starcounter as a “Cool Vendor” in In-Memory Computing Technologies, a prestigious accolade that underscores the company’s groundbreaking contributions to the field.

Forrester

Forrester featured Starcounter in its Wave report for In-Memory Platforms, acknowledging the company’s role in driving innovation in high-performance database technologies.

Forrester

Forrester featured Starcounter in its Wave report for In-Memory Platforms, acknowledging the company’s role in driving innovation in high-performance database technologies.

Forrester

Forrester featured Starcounter in its Wave report for In-Memory Platforms, acknowledging the company’s role in driving innovation in high-performance database technologies.

IDC

Starcounter was recognized as an IDC Innovator for its groundbreaking advancements in database management technologies.

IDC

Starcounter was recognized as an IDC Innovator for its groundbreaking advancements in database management technologies.

IDC

Starcounter was recognized as an IDC Innovator for its groundbreaking advancements in database management technologies.