What DoveRunner does

DoveRunner is a privately held mobile application and content security company headquartered in San Jose, California, formed in 2025 through the unification of AppSealing and PallyCon under a single brand. The company operates a dual-track platform covering Mobile App Security (RASP, code encryption, anti-tampering, anti-reverse engineering, rooting/jailbreak detection, and data encryption for Android, iOS, and now tvOS) and Content Security (Multi-DRM licensing across Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, Wiseplay, and proprietary NCG DRM, plus forensic watermarking, distributor watermarking, and anti-piracy monitoring with automated takedowns). Its technical architecture is API-first, with pre-integrated CDN edge watermarking through Akamai and Amazon CloudFront, CPIX/SPEKE key exchange, and an on-premises License Cipher Gateway for regulated deployments.

DoveRunner serves enterprise customers in streaming/OTT, banking and fintech, mobile gaming, IoT, telecom, healthcare, ride-hailing, online casino, and EdTech, with named logos including Samsung, Vodafone, Schneider Electric, DAZN, AMC, Coupang, BookMyShow, Vidio, Sinarmas, and India's public broadcaster Prasar Bharati. The company holds compliance with major Hollywood studio security standards, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and DMCA, and operates offices in the United States, South Korea (Seoul), India (Mumbai and Bengaluru), and Indonesia (Jakarta, opened February 2026 as the Southeast Asia regional hub).

DoveRunner generates revenue primarily through tiered monthly subscriptions priced per package (mobile app security), per MAU/MAL (Multi-DRM), per watermark session (forensic watermarking), and per distributor/title (anti-piracy and distributor watermarking), with custom enterprise plans for high-volume deployments. The company sells through direct enterprise field sales, AWS Marketplace, a self-serve 30-day free trial, developer documentation and console, and channel/reseller partnerships with CDN, video platform, and cybersecurity integrators. No revenue, ARR, or funding figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

DoveRunner

Legal name

DoveRunner Inc.

Website

https://doverunner.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DoveRunner is a privately held mobile app and content security company, offering RASP, code encryption, Multi-DRM, forensic watermarking, and anti-piracy solutions to enterprise customers across streaming/OTT, banking, gaming, IoT, telecom, and government globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Application and Content Security Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Web Application Security (WAF, RASP) (HDADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

DRM & License Enforcement (Multi-DRM, Key Management, Tokenization) (MPAHAMAB)

Keywords

• Mobile application security
• Content security software
• Multi-DRM licensing
• Forensic watermarking
• Anti-piracy platform

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Mobile App Security Subscription: Monthly subscription-based pricing for mobile app security (RASP/app shielding) sold per app/package. Professional tier at $129/package/month covering up to 15,000 MAD (Monthly Active Devices). Enterprise tier for high-volume customers with custom pricing and flexible plans.
2. Multi-DRM SaaS License Service: Subscription-based Multi-DRM licensing service with tiered pricing based on Monthly Active Users (MAU). Standard plan starts at $299/month for up to 1,000 MAU with per-user overage charges. Professional plan at $499/month includes client SDKs for mobile/OTT with up to 20,000 MAL (Monthly Active Licenses). Additional per-user and per-license charges apply above tier thresholds.
3. Forensic Watermarking: Subscription-based forensic watermarking with tiers based on monthly session volume: free trial (up to 1,000 sessions), Startup plan at $500/month (up to 20,000 sessions), Business plan at $2,000/month (up to 2,000,000 sessions). Additional charges apply for pre-processing, SaaS packaging, watermark detection, and distributor watermarking.
4. Anti-Piracy Services: Subscription-based anti-piracy services at Standard ($999/month) and Premium tiers, offering global piracy monitoring, takedowns, social media coverage (YouTube, messaging apps, P2P, UGC sites), and dedicated support.
5. License Cipher Gateway: On-premises license protection product for organizations with existing multi-DRM systems, sold as a standalone license/protection add-on.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

DoveRunner provides a unified mobile application and content security platform combining Runtime App Self-Protection (RASP), code encryption and anti-tampering for Android, iOS and tvOS with Multi-DRM licensing (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, Wiseplay, NCG), forensic watermarking, and an anti-piracy monitoring and takedown service. The portfolio is sold primarily as subscription-based SaaS with an API-first integration model, an on-premises deployment option (License Cipher Gateway), and white-label/OEM licensing for partners.

Product overview

DoveRunner is a dual-track security platform combining Mobile App Security and Content Security into a unified portfolio. The Mobile App Security track covers Android and iOS application protection with runtime self-protection (RASP), code encryption, anti-tampering, and integrity checks, available on both cloud-based and on-premises delivery models. The Content Security track centers on Multi-DRM licensing (Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, Wiseplay), enhanced by License Cipher Gateway for on-premises license protection, Forensic Watermarking for A/B-session leak tracking via CDN insertion (CloudFront, Akamai), Distributor Watermarking for pre-release leak tracing, and Anti-Piracy monitoring with automated takedowns. The two tracks share a unified Dev Console and API-first integration architecture, and together form the DoveRunner Complete solution marketed as end-to-end protection spanning mobile applications and digital content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mobile App Security Enterprise-grade Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) and app shielding for Android, iOS and tvOS apps, including code encryption, anti-tampering, anti-reverse engineering, fraud prevention, rooting/jailbreak detection, emulator and debugging detection, memory protection, hooking/Frida/Xposed blocking and integrity checks. Sold as a monthly subscription per app/package.
• Content Security End-to-end content protection suite bundling Multi-DRM licensing, forensic and distributor watermarking, anti-piracy monitoring and takedowns, and content packaging for streaming and OTT customers.
• Multi-DRM Cloud-based DRM license service supporting Google Widevine, Apple FairPlay, Microsoft PlayReady, Huawei Wiseplay and DoveRunner NCG DRM, with 99.99% SLA, license issuance, key exchange and client SDK integration across Android, iOS, tvOS, Windows, macOS and web.
• Multi-DRM Client SDK Client-side SDKs for native DRM integration on Android, iOS, tvOS, Windows UWP and macOS, including Widevine, FairPlay Streaming, PlayReady and NCG DRM SDKs.
• Content Packaging Encoding and packaging service for video content into DRM-protected formats, available as CLI self-service or cloud-based SaaS packaging.
• License Service DRM license issuance service that manages license requests and delivery for protected content with SLA-backed performance guarantees.
• DRM License Cipher License-level protection layer for existing Multi-DRM systems, offering real-time client legitimacy verification and encrypted license exchange, available as cloud-based License Cipher Cloud and on-premises License Cipher Gateway.
• License Cipher Gateway On-premises license protection product that adds a real-time verification and encryption layer above existing Multi-DRM deployments to defend against license harvesting, key extraction and automated illegal streaming generation.
• Forensic Watermarking A/B session-based forensic watermarking that embeds invisible, tamper-resistant marks into video content at playback time to identify the source of leaks within minutes, with Akamai and CloudFront CDN integration.
• Distributor Watermarking Pre-release distributor watermarking that embeds unique identifiers in content distributed for review copies and early releases, enabling tracking of unauthorized leaks.
• Anti-Piracy Subscription-based piracy monitoring and enforcement platform combining global monitoring, automated takedowns, forensic watermarking and analytics to detect and shut down piracy across 20–30 platforms within minutes.
• Data Encryption Solutions Data-at-rest and data-in-transit encryption for mobile applications, including whitebox AES 256 encryption with FIPS 140-2 certification, protecting API keys, authentication tokens, sensitive user data and game resources.
• On Premise App Security On-premises deployment of DoveRunner Mobile App Security for organizations that require app protection within their own infrastructure rather than cloud delivery.
• DoveRunner TV OS Security Runtime App Self-Protection for Apple TV applications built on tvOS, providing app shielding, obfuscation, anti-tampering, jailbreak detection and screen mirroring abuse controls for streaming, media and enterprise B2B apps.
• Android Application Security Comprehensive app security platform for Android applications, offering DEX encryption, code protection, SO/DLL encryption, integrity protection, rooting/emulator/debugging detection, memory protection and runtime RASP.
• iOS Application Security Comprehensive app security platform for iOS applications, offering code protection, jailbreak detection, anti-tampering, memory protection and runtime RASP.

Quantifiable outcome

• 84% reduction in piracy incidents across monitored OTT environments following multi-layered content protection implementation
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers20 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• VidiomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026Vidio, Southeast Asia's largest streaming platform, has been a key customer and partner for DoveRunner's content security and app security solutions in Indonesia, cited in the February 2026 Jakarta office expansion announcement.
• SinarmasmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026Sinarmas, a major Indonesian conglomerate with banking and financial services operations, partners with DoveRunner for mobile app security solutions in Indonesia.
• JapfaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026Japfa, an Indonesian agribusiness and manufacturing company, partners with DoveRunner for mobile application security.
• EMTEK GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 February 2026EMTEK Group, a major Indonesian media conglomerate (part of SCTV/SCTV network), partners with DoveRunner for content security and app security across its digital media operations.
• AWS (Amazon Web Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationDoveRunner's Multi-DRM SaaS is pre-integrated with AWS and available through AWS Marketplace, enabling customers to use AWS consolidated billing (credit cards, check cards, electronic transfer) to pay for DoveRunner services. AWS Marketplace seller profile: seller-xgczpayuj323k.
• AkamaicoreTechnology or IntegrationAkamai CDN is supported for forensic watermarking insertion and CDN edge integration. DoveRunner's watermarking solution integrates with Akamai for real-time watermark insertion at CDN edge during streaming playback.
• Amazon CloudFrontcoreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon CloudFront CDN is supported alongside Akamai for forensic watermarking insertion. DoveRunner's watermarking solution integrates with CloudFront for A/B watermark session insertion at edge locations.
• CDN ProviderscoreTechnology or IntegrationDoveRunner works with CDN providers for edge-based forensic watermarking insertion and content delivery optimization.
• Video PlatformsmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVideo platform partners integrate DoveRunner's security technology into their streaming offerings, distributing content security solutions to end customers.
• Cybersecurity CompaniesmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCybersecurity companies partner with DoveRunner to resell or integrate content and mobile app security into their existing product portfolios.
• App DevelopersmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorApp development partners integrate DoveRunner's mobile security SDKs into their applications, distributing app protection to end-user clients.
• ZendeskcoreTechnology or IntegrationDoveRunner uses Zendesk service desk for technical support ticket management. Support tiers include P1 (critical, 1-hour response), P2 (high, 8-hour response), P3 (normal, 24-hour response) with a 3-level escalation matrix.

Scale indicators17 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Promon: Norwegian mobile app security vendor with the SHIELD platform offering RASP, anti-tampering, and code protection for Android/iOS. DoveRunner explicitly publishes comparison content against Promon, indicating direct competition.
• Guardsquare: Belgian mobile app security vendor offering DexGuard (Android) and iXGuard (iOS) with RASP, code obfuscation, and anti-tampering. Most direct competitor on DoveRunner's mobile app security track; DoveRunner explicitly publishes comparison pages against them.
• Irdeto: Global provider of multi-DRM, anti-piracy, and watermarking for video, gaming, and connected industries. Competes directly with DoveRunner's content security portfolio for premium content owners and OTT platforms.
• EZDRM: DRM-as-a-service provider for Widevine, FairPlay, and PlayReady targeting broadcasters and OTT operators. Comparable as a cloud-based multi-DRM alternative to DoveRunner's Multi-DRM SaaS.
• BuyDRM: Multi-DRM SaaS provider supporting Widevine, FairPlay, PlayReady, and ClearKey with cloud-based license delivery. Directly comparable as a multi-DRM alternative for streaming and OTT customers.
• Verimatrix: Cybersecurity and content security vendor offering multi-DRM, forensic watermarking, and anti-piracy monitoring for streaming and OTT providers. Closely comparable across DoveRunner's Multi-DRM, watermarking, and anti-piracy product lines.
• AppDome: Mobile app security platform offering RASP, anti-fraud, and code obfuscation for Android and iOS with no-code integration. Direct competitor; DoveRunner publishes explicit comparison pages against AppDome.
• Bitmovin: Video infrastructure provider offering multi-DRM, player, encoding, and analytics for OTT and streaming customers. Comparable in the multi-DRM and streaming content protection layers where DoveRunner operates.
• NAGRA (Kudelski Group): Content protection and pay-TV security vendor offering multi-DRM, watermarking, and anti-piracy services for broadcasters, OTT providers, and content owners. Comparable across DoveRunner's content security portfolio, particularly for premium video.

Emerging players

• Protectt.ai: Mobile app security vendor focused on RASP, fraud prevention, and threat defense for banking and fintech apps in emerging markets. DoveRunner explicitly publishes comparison content against Protectt.ai, indicating direct overlap in the mobile app security track.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/doverunner_inc
• Facebookfacebook.com/DoveRunner.Official
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/doverunner

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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