Type Private Website severa.visma.fi Founded 2003 | Industry Software Headquarters Lappeenranta, Finland Parent organization Visma | |
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Products Professional services automation, Project portfolio management, Customer relationship management, Project management Motto A single tool to manage projects, customers and billing | ||
Visma Severa is a professional services automation (PSA) tool used to manage projects, customers, sales, time tracking and billing. Severa is also known as business software for project management (PM), Project portfolio management (PPM) and customer relationship management (CRM).
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Functionality
Accessed through the web, Visma Severa is a hosted solution, software as a service (SaaS), cloud computing or software on-demand, where the software and data are maintained in a secure, remote server and available through a computer’s web browser from anywhere at any time.
Since there is no need to download and install software Visma Severa can be seen as easy to deploy. Over 6,000 companies around the world use Severa to handle over 170,000 projects, 280,000 invoices and 13 million work hours.
Web Services
Visma Severa has developed a web service API which allows customers to share data between Visma Severa and other software applications.
Languages
The user interface is currently available in English, Finnish, German, Swedish, Norwegian and Dutch.
Invoices can be created in 12 languages, including the above and Danish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian.
Market
Visma Severa is used by small to medium sized businesses, and optimized for service-based organizations such as PR, advertising, design, IT, engineering, law and architecture firms.
Editions
Visma Severa is scalable with three editions, Professional, Business and Enterprise, designed to meet customer needs based on the company size, desired features and support options. Add-on features are available, and can be tested during the free trial period.
Company history
Severa was founded in Lappeenranta, Finland, in 2004 by Ari-Pekka Salovaara and Jari Kärkkäinen, graduates of the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Department of Computer Sciences.
Severa grew at a staggering 1500% over five years to become the premier PSA tool in Finland. In the summer of 2010 Severa was acquired by Visma. In May 2013 Visma Severa merged with Visma Solutions, where Visma Severa is still being developed for the benefit of its customers. Visma Severa has offices in Lappeenranta, Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen.
Visma Severa has been the recipient of many awards including the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 and the Red Herring Global Finalist in 2008.