What Kainet does

Kainet GmbH is a privately held, founder-operated software development and consulting company headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, founded in December 2015 by Rudolf Friedli. The company sells a small portfolio of Windows desktop tools and bespoke technical services. Its commercial product, Kainet LogViewPro, is a portable logfile viewer and analyzer supporting IIS, IIS Advanced Logging Module, W3C Extended, and Apache log formats, handling files up to roughly 10GB or 25 million entries; two companion products — Kainet Editor (a freeware text editor for files up to 8 TB) and Kainet AppleMan (a freeware Mandelbrot set viewer) — are distributed at no charge. Kainet also offers Kainet Aspi, a proprietary ASP.NET (Framework 4.5.2+) anti-spidering module with load-balancing support, together with related consulting, installation, operational support, and custom protection services.

The company's underlying technology stack is Microsoft-centric: .NET / C#, Microsoft SQL Server, ASP.NET Forms and MVC, and Windows Services and Applications. Kainet monetizes primarily through one-time commercial licensing of LogViewPro and through professional services — software architecture, development, business analysis, UI design, online marketing and SEO consulting, and technical project leadership — delivered by a small, founder-led team. Customer segments are concentrated in Swiss internet platforms and marketplaces, with named engagements including SMG Swiss Marketplace Group, Scout24 Schweiz AG, Netiva GmbH, and a bilingual Thai motorcycle marketplace built under a 2016–2026 contract.

Go-to-market is hybrid: product-led distribution via direct downloads from kainet.ch (software is portable, requiring no installation), combined with sales-led consulting for enterprise anti-spidering and ASP.NET development work. Most products are freeware; commercial pricing for LogViewPro is not publicly disclosed, and LogViewPro v3 has been discontinued while v4 remains under development. The company holds no patents, trademarks, certifications, or external funding, and operates as an independent, self-funded GmbH with no disclosed parent or subsidiaries.

Name

Kainet

Legal name

Kainet GmbH

Website

https://kainet.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kainet GmbH is a Bern-based, founder-operated Swiss software firm that builds Windows desktop tools (LogViewPro, Editor, AppleMan, Aspi) and provides ASP.NET/.NET consulting, anti-spidering protection, and technical project leadership primarily for Swiss marketplace and internet platform operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing: Sale of commercial software products including Kainet LogViewPro for web logfile analysis. Free tools (Kainet Editor, Kainet AppleMan) are distributed as freeware.
2. Professional Services: Consulting and development services including software architecture, development, business analysis, UI design, online marketing consulting, SEO consulting, and technical project leadership.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Kainet develops and distributes standalone Windows desktop software tools (Kainet LogViewPro for web logfile analysis, Kainet Editor for very large text files, Kainet AppleMan Mandelbrot viewer, and Kainet Aspi anti-spidering module) and provides consulting services for software architecture, database-based web solutions, and anti-spidering protection targeted at marketplace operators. Revenue is generated through software licensing of commercial products and professional services for enterprise clients.

Product overview

Kainet is a Swiss software development and consulting company offering a portfolio of standalone desktop software tools and professional IT services. The core products include Kainet LogViewPro (logfile analysis tool), Kainet Editor (large file text editor), and Kainet AppleMan (Mandelbrot set viewer), all provided as free portable Windows applications. Additionally, Kainet Aspi is an antispidering module for ASP.NET websites. The company also provides software development, consulting, and technical project management services focused on database-based web solutions using Microsoft technologies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kainet LogViewPro: Interactive analysis tool for web server logfiles, useful for detecting bots, hacker attacks, and data theft. Supports IIS, IIS Advanced Logging Module, W3C Extended, and Apache log formats.
• Kainet Editor
• Kainet AppleMan
• Kainet Aspi

Products and services

• Kainet LogViewPro Web logfile viewer and analyzer for visualizing web server logfile contents for examining marketing campaign success, finding server errors, hacker attacks, or detecting data theft by bots. Supports Microsoft IIS, IIS Advanced Logging Module, W3C Extended, and Apache log formats. Handles files up to approximately 10GB / 25M entries.
• Kainet Editor Simple and fast free text editor designed to handle files of any size (up to 8 TB) such as web server log files or raw data, with support for UTF-16, UTF-8 and various 8-bit encodings. Freeware distributed without charge.
• Kainet AppleMan Interactive free explorer for the Mandelbrot set with fast navigation, color palette tools, adjustable calculation depth, and PNG export capabilities. Freeware distributed without charge.
• Kainet Aspi Antispidering module for ASP.NET (Framework 4.5.2+) that protects websites with high traffic from spidering and data theft, supporting load-balancing environments. Designed for identifying and blocking spider/crawler activities.
• Software Development and Consulting Services Specialized services including software architecture and development using Microsoft .NET/C#, Microsoft SQL Server, ASP.NET Forms and MVC; consulting in software and internet projects; and technical project leadership for national and international projects.
• Antispidering Consulting Services Consulting and analysis for spider/crawler protection, installation and configuration of Kainet's own antispidering developments, operational support and training, and development of individual protection solutions for marketplace platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• LogViewPro can analyze logfiles up to approximately 10GB / 25M entries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sumo Logic: Sumo Logic is a cloud-native log analytics and observability platform comparable to Kainet LogViewPro for analyzing web server logs, detecting attacks, and surfacing marketing/operational insights — delivered as SaaS rather than a Windows desktop tool.
• DataDome: DataDome specializes in bot and anti-scraping protection for e-commerce and marketplace platforms, addressing the same fundamental problem Kainet Aspi solves: protecting valuable platform content from automated data extraction at scale.
• Elastic: Elastic's ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) is a leading open-source logfile analysis and search platform, directly comparable to LogViewPro's logfile visualization and analysis capabilities. Both target IT professionals analyzing web server logs.
• Splunk: Splunk is a market-leading platform for logfile analysis, security monitoring, and operational intelligence, addressing the same web log analysis use case as Kainet LogViewPro — albeit at enterprise scale and through a SaaS/cloud delivery model.
• HUMAN Security: HUMAN Security (formerly White Ops) offers bot mitigation and account protection for digital platforms, including marketplace operators. It competes directly in the application-level anti-spidering space where Kainet Aspi operates.

Broad incumbents

• Progress Software (Telerik): Progress Software, owner of the Telerik developer tooling suite, builds commercial components and developer tools for .NET/ASP.NET platforms. Comparable to Kainet in the ASP.NET ecosystem, though at much broader scale and across UI, reporting, and data tooling categories.
• Cloudflare: Cloudflare offers Bot Management as part of its global CDN and security platform, addressing the same marketplace scraping threat Kainet solves. Cloudflare competes at scale through bundled infrastructure sales rather than bespoke ASP.NET consulting.
• Imperva: Imperva bundles bot management as part of a broader application and data security suite, competing with Kainet Aspi at the enterprise level. Unlike Kainet, Imperva sells a portfolio of cybersecurity products rather than specializing in ASP.NET marketplace defense.
• Akamai Bot Manager: Akamai's Bot Manager product protects high-traffic web platforms from scraping and automated abuse. It competes with Kainet's anti-spidering services for the same marketplace operator buyer but is bundled into Akamai's broader edge delivery portfolio.

Others

• ThoughtWorks: ThoughtWorks is a global technology consultancy delivering custom software development and architecture services. Comparable to Kainet's professional services arm in providing technical leadership and bespoke .NET/web platform development, though at vastly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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