Historical provider.
The listed service has been retired.

Overview

StackPath operated a CDN, security and edge platform. Its 2018 platform combined delivery, managed DNS, WAF, monitoring and DDoS mitigation; later offerings included edge compute.

In August 2023, Akamai announced acquisition of approximately 100 enterprise customer contracts after StackPath decided to cease CDN operations. Personnel and technology were excluded. This was a limited contract transaction, not a whole-company acquisition.

Network

Choose current replacement-provider locations for the audience you need to reach.

For a replacement, verify delivery routes and performance with your own audience. A customer-contract transfer does not mean the same physical network, cache behavior or edge runtime is preserved.

Past features

The historical platform advertised WAF, DDoS mitigation and edge compute alongside CDN delivery. Its 2018 release also described an API-first platform whose portal used the customer-facing API. These are historical capabilities rather than current service or endpoint promises.

Check the purge timing, log delivery, image workflow and protocols required by the old application. Match actual configurations and security behavior against the replacement service.

Service status

Confirm the contract actually covering the former account. Only selected enterprise contracts were part of Akamai ’s 2023 transaction.

  • Inventory domains, origins, rules, certificates and edge workloads.
  • Map each dependency to a supported replacement.
  • Test cache behavior, purge, security, logging and delivery cost.
  • Use a monitored rollout with a reversible DNS change.

A transition-services agreement did not promise perpetual compatibility.

History timeline

  • 2015 — StackPath founded — Its2018 platform announcement dates its founding to late 2015.
  • February 2017 — Highwinds acquisition announced — The provider planned integration with its existing platform.
  • August 2023 — CDN exit and selected customer-contract transfer — Akamai acquired approximately100 enterprise contracts, excluding personnel and technology.
  • June 2024 — Wider product closure reported — Data Center Dynamics reproduced a customer decommissioning notice; this is not a legal dissolution date.

Budgeting for a replacement

The 2018 launch advertised Edge Delivery bundles starting at USD 20/month with consumption allowances and overage pricing. Those retired plans are historical context, not an estimate for a current account.

Use the calculator with current replacement-provider rates or a USD quote. Include delivery, requests, support, fixed platform charges and migration overlap. Quote security and edge compute separately when they are outside the delivery tariff.

Historical integrations

For the replacement, use its current documentation and account support. Preserve any exported configurations and records needed to understand an old deployment.

  • Match API and purge jobs to replacement endpoints.
  • Recheck cache keys, authentication and security rules.
  • Test DNS, certificates, log export and application dependencies.

Check the successor API, credentials and configuration requirements before changing the integration.

What to know

Recover delivery, security and compute requirements from an old StackPath, MaxCDN or Highwinds setup. Test the replacement provider’s configuration and review the account’s successor contract before switching.

Planning a replacement

Use current replacement-provider rates for a new deployment. For an old StackPath account, check the migration destination and recreate the required behavior; the Akamai transaction excluded StackPath technology.

History

Platform growth

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Dallas, StackPath brought together acquired CDN and security technologies. Its February 2017 announcement described the Highwinds acquisition; the 2018 platform release also addressed legacy MaxCDN transitions.

CDN exit

The August 2023 Akamai transaction covered selected enterprise contracts and a 90-day transition-services agreement. It did not transfer StackPath personnel or technology.

Wider closure

A June 2024 Data Center Dynamics report reproduced a customer notice announcing closure of all products and the beginning of decommissioning.

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