Cyface captures the condition of your cycling network using ordinary smartphones: via app, your existing fleet, or a citizen campaign. You receive reliable condition data, clear analyses – and the data belongs to you.
Your cycling network is more than segregated cycle paths: it also includes cycle streets, advisory cycle lanes and the quiet side streets where people actually ride. Each part calls for a different collection method – but the result is always the same: a current, objective picture of your entire cycling network.
Vehicles already on the carriageway every day – such as your street-cleaning or municipal depot vehicles – carry our smartphones and capture the on-street part of your network: cycle streets, cycle lanes, side streets. We install the technology and monitor the collection – no dedicated trips. Tested at city scale in Saarlouis and Leipzig.
View pricing & details →Package 2 · Citizen CampaignAn app in your corporate design collects condition data during everyday trips – including on segregated cycle paths that no service vehicle reaches. Proven around the STADTRADELN campaign: network-wide data and citizen engagement in one.
View pricing & details →Package 3 · Platform & SDKOur open-source SDK embeds data collection into your existing app. We provide the data collection service, API and support – proven in STADTRADELN with over 1 million users a year.
View pricing & details →Every project is built from proven building blocks. You only book what you need. Our focus is on cycling infrastructure – on request we also survey footpaths, agricultural and forestry roads and other paths.
From vibration data we compute the surface quality of every segment of your network – classified into four levels based on the International Roughness Index (IRI), which captures depressions and bumps of 1–10 cm. Map-ready and exportable in open formats.
Included in all packages →Alongside the vibration analysis we evaluate image data – for example to detect damage and objects in the street space. Proven in the DatEnKoSt project in Saarland.
Enquire →Network usage heatmaps, dwell and waiting time analyses, transport mode detection – we analyse your data according to your research or planning question.
Select as add-on module →Our data collection app in your corporate design – your name, your logo, your colours. For Android and iOS, open source at its core.
See the Citizen Campaign package →Software development kit for Android and iOS that embeds data collection into your own app. Freely available on GitHub, field-tested in STADTRADELN with over 1 million users a year.
See the Platform & SDK package →Horizontally scalable service for receiving and storing your measurement data – hosted by us on servers in Germany or, if you prefer, in your own infrastructure.
See the Platform & SDK package →We support you in building your own AI models based on the data you have collected – from data preparation to the trained model.
Select as add-on module →
Typical use case: A municipality wants to know which cycle paths should be repaired first. Cyface surveys the network, classifies every segment by surface quality and delivers a prioritised map – as a basis for construction programmes and funding applications.
Together we clarify your objectives, the survey area and the most suitable collection method – fleet-based survey, citizen campaign or SDK integration.
Smartphones record acceleration, rotation and position data while riding or driving – mounted in vehicles that are already on the road every day, or in your citizens’ own phones. For campaigns, we work with experienced partners such as DigiPL GmbH and Klima-Bündnis Services GmbH.
Our data collection service receives the data; we compute surface quality and further metrics and prepare everything clearly – as a map, a report and a data export.
You receive all raw and result data in open formats. Whether for maintenance planning, research or your own AI model – you continue working with it however you like.
The core of our software is openly available on GitHub. That means full transparency – and security: the solution can in principle keep running even after our contract ends. No vendor lock-in.
Many providers ultimately sell you only an analysis – and keep the raw data for themselves. We do it differently: we merely manage your data. You control it, can export it at any time and publish it as open data.
In the STADTRADELN app, our technology has captured the trips of over 1 million users a year for more than 8 years (as of 2025). We trialled fleet-based surveys at city scale in Saarlouis and Leipzig, among others.
Our data collection service is based on Vert.x and scales horizontally in the cloud – from a pilot project with a handful of vehicles to a nationwide campaign.
Every project is different – but you should know from the start what to expect. That is why we work with three packages and transparent add-on modules.
For municipalities & engineering firms
Your existing vehicles collect the data along the way – you receive the finished condition map.
from €3,500
Project fee €3,000 + €7–12/km of network (tiered by network size)
For municipalities with citizen engagement
Your citizens collect data via app – we take care of everything else.
from €5,000
Base price per campaign, tiered by municipality size
For institutions with their own app
You integrate our SDK – we provide infrastructure and support.
from €390/ month
plus one-off integration support billed on time spent · API free tier included
Optional – you can also decide on the add-on modules later in our conversation.
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All prices exclude VAT. For universities and research institutions we offer special rates and support with third-party funding applications. Get in touch.
From a nationwide cycling campaign to municipal fleet-based surveys – from research into practice for over a decade.
In the Germany-wide STADTRADELN app, our technology has captured trip data from over 1 million cyclists a year for more than 8 years (as of 2025) – proof that it holds up reliably on the bike.
Read the post →Capture and AI-based assessment of the street space in Leipzig. The survey ran on the municipal street-cleaning vehicles, into which we built the smartphones and whose collection we monitored.
Read the post →Cycling traffic simulation based on real movement data – research into modelling and planning cycling infrastructure.
Read the post →Image data capture and analysis in Saarland – the basis of our camera-based detection of damage and objects in the street space.
Capturing and providing mobility data for the city of Vicenza near Venice, among other things to study the modal shift towards cycling.
Data capture and analysis in the Nordsachsen district and the city of Köthen – funded by the German federal mFund programme.
Partners & origin: Born out of research at TU Dresden. For running data collection campaigns we work with DigiPL GmbH and Klima-Bündnis Services GmbH.
Project completions, new platforms and insights into our work – what we are currently working on.
2 September 2026 · News
Since 2018, Cyface technology has captured the trips of the STADTRADELN campaign. How we handle the load of more than 3,000 municipalities – and what municipalities gain from the data.
14 July 2026 · Research results
Whether traffic-calmed zones, new cycle highways or roadworks: with the new RadSim platform, cycling flows can now be simulated precisely and on a data-driven basis – available nationwide from now on.
1 July 2026 · Research
Three and a half years of mFund research in Leipzig: waste collection vehicles as mobile sensors – and an AI model for the automated detection of road damage.
Cyface grew out of fundamental research at TU Dresden – founded and run by two engineers who keep research and product in one pair of hands.
Co-founder · Research & system architecture
Machine-learning expert. Leads Cyface’s research work and system architecture.
Co-founder · Software & hardware
Passionate developer. Responsible for software and hardware development – from the SDK to the data collection service.
Whether you have a concrete tender or just a first idea – we will advise you, without obligation, on which collection method fits your project and budget.
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