Snapt
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South African provider of a unified application delivery platform for load balancing, WAF and API security.
Also known as Snapt Nova
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Snapt develops application delivery software that combines load balancing, web acceleration, caching, and security for web applications, services, and APIs. The company positions its offering as a unified application delivery platform spanning traditional, cloud-native, and hybrid environments, delivered as SaaS with a centralized control plane and per-environment data planes. Its stated feature set includes dynamic load balancing, an AI-driven web application firewall (WAF), an API gateway, threat intelligence, and OWASP Top 10 protection covering bots, scrapers, data leaks, spam, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, denial-of-service, and API vulnerabilities, alongside real-time telemetry and end-to-end visibility exposed through a web UI and an API.
The company's product line includes Snapt Nova, for which it publishes integration tooling such as a CLI helper, a Helm repository, a Traefik plugin that proxies requests to Nova for WAF evaluation, a Kong plugin that scans requests with the Nova WAF, and Kubernetes deployment examples. Snapt states that its solutions are built using open source software, and it provides 24x7x365 support across the solutions it delivers.
Founding story
Snapt was founded in 2012 by Dave Blakey, who serves as CEO and describes the company as a technology startup focused on empowering free and open source software.
Business model
Snapt sells application delivery and application security software, offered with a SaaS delivery model and flexible pricing intended to work across architectures without vendor lock-in. Free trials of its options are available, and the company provides 24x7x365 support for the solutions it delivers.
Software sold with a SaaS delivery model and flexible pricing, with free trial access to product options.
Traction
Directory profiles report roughly 10 employees (Gust) to a range of 11-50 employees, and list investor backing from Convergence Partners, Nedbank, Sanari Capital, and 4Di Capital, with total funding of about $4 million.
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Market position
Snapt describes itself as a modern, unified application delivery platform for traditional, cloud-native, and hybrid environments, and states that it works with large global companies to keep their websites and services available, fast, and secure.
Technology
The platform pairs a centralized control plane with distributed enforcement for low-latency traffic handling, and applies centralized data collection, machine learning, and AI to WAF decisions and operational insight. Snapt builds on open source software and publishes integration components for cloud-native stacks, including Helm charts, a Traefik plugin, a Kong plugin, Kubernetes example configurations, and a CLI helper for Snapt Nova, written in Go, Lua, PHP, and other languages.
Go-to-market
Organizations running websites, applications, and APIs, including large enterprises; product messaging is aimed at DevOps, NetOps, and PlatformOps teams operating multi-cloud, hyperscale, and modern containerized architectures.", "go_to_market">
Geography
South Africa-based, with company profiles listing headquarters in Johannesburg, Gauteng and in Cape Town, Western Cape.
History
Founded in 2012 in South Africa around open source-based application delivery products, Snapt later developed the Nova platform, publishing supporting open source integrations for Kubernetes, Traefik, and Kong between 2021 and 2023.
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Key figures
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primary sources listed
- Snapt · GitHubgithub.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Snapt do?
- South African provider of a unified application delivery platform for load balancing, WAF and API security.
- Who are Snapt's investors?
- Snapt's investors include Convergence Partners.