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Greenly

Overview

Greenly is a French carbon accounting platform, founded in 2019, built to help companies of all sizes measure, reduce, and report on their carbon footprint according to the GHG Protocol. With around 3,000 customers globally, Greenly is one of the more established and well-funded platforms in this space, and covers CSRD, SBTi target-setting, and CDP disclosure alongside its VSME module. The platform’s core focus is comprehensive carbon accounting first, with regulatory reporting — including VSME — layered on top of that emissions data.

Who it’s for

Greenly is best suited to mid-market and SMB companies that expect to grow into mandatory CSRD-level reporting over time, or that are already under supply-chain pressure to provide detailed, audit-ready carbon data. It’s a stronger fit for a business that wants a single platform to cover both day-to-day emissions tracking and regulatory disclosure, rather than a company that only needs a lightweight, once-a-year VSME questionnaire.

Key features

  • Core carbon emissions calculations, footprint tracking, and greenhouse gas inventory management, alongside data consolidation tools for pulling source data together.
  • Integrations with accounting and business tools including QuickBooks, Shopify, and several others, reducing manual data entry.
  • Customizable, real-time reporting dashboards, supplier management, and emission-reduction planning tools.
  • Employee-facing sustainability challenges designed to build company-wide engagement with emissions-reduction goals.
  • A dedicated VSME module alongside CSRD-level reporting, for companies that expect their obligations to expand over time.

Pricing

Greenly doesn’t publish fixed list pricing — quotes are tailored per company. Independent comparisons put Greenly’s starting price at roughly £3,000/year, rising to around £9,000/year for higher tiers, which sits well above the entry-level VSME-only tools on this site. One independent VSME comparison noted Greenly’s pricing puts it out of reach for many micro-SMEs undertaking a purely voluntary reporting exercise.

Bottom line

Greenly is a strong fit if you want one platform to grow with you from voluntary VSME reporting into full CSRD compliance, and you’re prepared to pay mid-market rates for that runway. It’s a less natural fit for a very small business that just needs a one-off VSME report, both on price and because Greenly doesn’t currently offer XBRL or Word export — a limitation worth flagging if a reader’s next step after VSME is a formal digital filing.