dvore

What dvore is

dvore is a SaaS platform for deploying custom client portals (extranets) and employee portals (intranets). Its homepage describes it in French as a "Plateforme SaaS permettant de déployer des portails intranet et extranet personnalisés s'intégrant aux outils de gestion et technologies existantes" (a SaaS platform for deploying customized intranet and extranet portals that integrate with existing management tools and technologies). It is written for companies that sell B2B or train staff and customers online, and the site names manufacturers, distributors and service companies as its three industry groups. The site is in French with an English version.

What you build and how

The homepage organizes the product by use. There are four solutions. The first is CPQ, which it frames as a way to optimize your quoting process. The second is the client portal (extranet), described as "Centralisez et standardisez vos interactions clients" (centralize and standardize your client interactions) through a customized extranet built to develop a lasting relationship with a B2B clientele. The third is the employee portal, a platform in your company's colors for structuring staff training and internal communications. The fourth is a strategic plan tracking tool, a SaaS platform for planning, following work plans and measuring results, which the footer lists as a related product.

The portal is not a blank canvas where you drag blocks. The homepage calls it "un écosystème numérique modulable" (a modular digital ecosystem) and "un outil puissant pour développer des portails sur mesure" (a powerful tool for developing tailored portals). The company says its team specializes in developing customized client portals that fit into existing technologies, with a range of modules to match each business, and the footer lists implementation as a service. In practice, you work with dvore to assemble modules and connect them, rather than configuring a self-service signup alone.

The blog gives the clearest picture of the modules. A November 2023 article on what a client portal is lists the functions found in most good portals: orders and invoices, a client space with client groups, products and services, inventory, news and publications, notifications, document management and events. It adds that the right portal should be customizable enough to adapt to your business model, and that dvore builds portals in this style with a range of modules.

The industry pages explain how those modules combine:

• Manufacturers get "Une plateforme développée spécifiquement pour automatiser vos ventes B2B ainsi que la formation de vos clients" (a platform developed specifically to automate your B2B sales and the training of your clients). The blog's feature list for manufacturers adds a product configurator with a 3D viewer, a product calculator, B2B and B2C customer groups, 3D training, and integration with the ERP and other systems already in place.
• Distributors get a tailored, interoperable platform to multiply sales channels and standardize order taking. The blog adds that a portal lets B2B customers see their specific prices, check product availability and view order history, that B2C buyers can browse products, fill a cart and pay online, and that distributors can sell at different prices by customer group. Its distributor feature list covers stock management per store and online, custom prices by customer group, automated order tracking, and integration with a CRM or other existing systems.
• Service companies get a portal integrated into their processes, to increase sales and ease employee training. The blog says such a portal lets customers submit a service request, follow its progress, view invoices and message the company, and simplifies appointment booking. The features it highlights for service firms are two-way communication through messages, notifications and news, central management of service offers and their status, and management of documents such as reports and contracts.

Integration is the other pillar. The platform promises to plug into the management tools and technologies you already run, and the navigation carries a dedicated integrations page and an API link. The blog names the kinds of systems in play, an ERP for manufacturers and a CRM for distributors, and lists integration with other systems "à l'aide d'une connexion API" (through an API connection) as one of the things that set a client portal apart from an online store.

The blog also explains the vocabulary, which helps if you are choosing between product types. It treats "client portal," "extranet," "client space" and "self-service platform" as names for the same idea, an online space where customers get information, run transactions and manage accounts. It separates that from an intranet, a private network used inside a company for communication, resource sharing and collaboration among employees, which it says is the right tool for training your staff online. It also separates a client portal from an e-commerce site. Among the benefits the blog lists for a client portal are a more autonomous customer, internal productivity gains from automation and centralized client data, and a real-time dashboard for informed decisions.

Plans, pricing and proof

The site publishes no prices; access starts with a demo request. Its calls to action are to request a demo or contact the team, and the footer offers a help center, a blog, ebooks and a partner program.

What the site does give you is a clear scope. The company positions itself around custom portals built to your needs. The "Par secteur d'activité" (by industry) menu points to manufacturers, distributors and services, and the "Par utilisation" (by use) menu points to CPQ, the client portal and strategic plan tracking. The navigation also points to a Clients section, the blog links to examples of companies that have put a client portal in place, and the help center promises answers for teams already running a dvore portal.

Who it suits

dvore suits a manufacturer or distributor that wants to move wholesale ordering, account-specific pricing and customer training into a portal tied to its own systems. It also suits a service firm that wants customers to request work, track it and read documentation in one place, and a company that needs an internal portal for staff training next to its customer one. The blog's advice on choosing a portal is to weigh current and future needs so you do not have to switch platforms several times, which is the situation a modular, custom build is meant for. One of the blog's related articles asks why you would add a 3D viewer to a client portal. A French-speaking team will find the whole site, including the blog and ebooks, in its own language.

It is a weaker match for a solo founder who wants to build and launch a portal alone in an afternoon. Setup is described as custom development with modules, with implementation offered as a service, and with no public prices you must request a demo before you can budget.