Historical provider.
Current availability of the listed service is not confirmed.

Overview

Instart Logic, later known as Instart, combined CDN delivery with software running in the browser. It optimized application content and controlled third-party scripts in the browser.

Akamai acquired selected customer contracts and intellectual property in February 2020. For an existing integration, check whether the account transferred and which browser-side features the replacement supports.

Network

Instart operated a worldwide proxy network combined with browser-side software. Current Instart cache locations remain unconfirmed. Ask the operator of an existing account about its serving locations and support.

Past features

Delivery and optimization

AppSpeed combined DNS-routed proxy servers with the browser-side Nanovisor. Its documented capabilities included:

  • Image compression, format selection and configurable image manipulation.
  • Streaming cached HTML elements before dynamic origin content arrived.
  • Prioritizing JavaScript and predicting resources for later page visits.

These historical application optimizations are not equivalent to a general-purpose edge-function runtime.

Application security

The 2019 WAAP platform combined Web Security for WAF and DDoS protection, Bot Management, and Tag Control for third-party JavaScript. It also included shared threat intelligence and managed security services.

For an existing integration, check required protocols and access-log delivery with the current account operator.

Service status

For an acquired agreement, confirm the successor provider, contract scope and actual migration status. Inventory DNS routes, origin settings, cache keys, certificates, image rules and browser-side scripts before changing delivery.

Akamai planned to transition the acquired customers. That statement does not cover unselected contracts or guarantee configuration and feature parity.

History timeline

  • 2010 — Company founded — Company origin, distinct from the later commercial service launch.
  • June 2013 — Commercial delivery service launched — Identified in Instart’s March2014 announcement.
  • 2016 — Kwicr acquired — Mobile SDK integration announced; exact completion day is not asserted.
  • June 20, 2019 — WAAP platform announced — Combined web security, bots and browser tag controls.
  • February 27, 2020 — Selected contracts and IP acquired by Akamai — Asset transaction with planned customer migration; not a whole-company acquisition.

Budgeting for a replacement

For a replacement, get current delivery and application-feature prices. Use the calculator to budget replacement delivery using a current provider’s USD quote.

Include traffic, requests, origin egress and any image optimization, bot protection or browser-security services. Include the browser-side optimization and security features your application still needs in the replacement quote.

Historical integrations

Instart announced a partnership with F5 in April 2019 to combine origin application delivery with CDN and browser controls. Its earlier Kwicr acquisition was intended to extend acceleration to native mobile apps through an SDK.

Treat these as historical integrations. Confirm present API, SDK, Terraform and configuration support with the provider that now serves the account.

What to know

Use this entry to identify a legacy contract and understand its browser optimization and security dependencies. A replacement evaluation should test personalized pages, third-party scripts, images and actual user performance, alongside network delivery.

Planning a replacement

For a new deployment, choose a provider with confirmed availability and current terms. For an existing Instart integration, check the account’s migration status and test browser-side scripts and optimization rules against the replacement.

History

Founded in 2010, Instart Logic launched its commercial delivery service in June 2013. By 2020 it was based in Palo Alto, California.

It acquired mobile-acceleration company Kwicr in 2016 and later used the shorter Instart name. Akamai closed the selected-contract and intellectual-property transaction on February 27, 2020. The acquired IP was intended for Page Integrity, and the acquired customers were to move to Akamai.

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