# NetApp Instaclustr

> NetApp Instaclustr operates open source data infrastructure as a managed service, combining automated provisioning, monitoring, maintenance and expert support. Its portfolio spans databases, streaming, search, analytics and workflows, with customer-cloud, provider-cloud and on-premises deployment options.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Redwood City, United States
- **Founders:** Peter Lilley (Co-founder; former CEO; subsequently VP and General Manager), Doug Stuart (Co-founder; COO in historical company profiles), Ben Bromhead (Co-founder; CTO in historical company profiles), Adam Zegelin (Co-founder; engineering leader in historical company profiles)
- **Products:** Managed Apache Cassandra, Managed Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect, Managed PostgreSQL, Managed OpenSearch, Managed ClickHouse
- **Notable:** Acquired by NetApp on May 20, 2022; NetApp disclosed an approximately US$500 million cash purchase price., Level Equity reports more than fourfold ARR growth between its investment and exit., Pega case study reports about 60,000 management hours saved annually.

## Products & services

- **Managed Apache Cassandra** — Distributed database operations, monitoring, scaling, backups and expert support.
- **Managed Apache Kafka and Kafka Connect** — Managed event streaming and data integration.
- **Managed PostgreSQL** — Relational database management; public preview announced September 2021 following the credativ acquisition.
- **Managed OpenSearch** — Search and analytics; AI Search adds semantic and hybrid retrieval and RAG capabilities.
- **Managed ClickHouse** — Column-oriented analytics database; AWS GA in November 2024 and Azure GA in July 2025.
- **Managed Cadence** — Workflow orchestration for distributed applications.
- **MCP Gateway** — Managed Model Context Protocol gateway listed in current pricing and demonstrated in 2026 platform coverage.
- **Enterprise support, consulting and training** — Expert assistance, architecture, migrations, performance optimization and education for open source data systems.

## Achievements

- Acquired by NetApp on May 20, 2022; NetApp disclosed an approximately US$500 million cash purchase price.
- Level Equity reports more than fourfold ARR growth between its investment and exit.
- Pega case study reports about 60,000 management hours saved annually.
- Operata case study reports over 6,200 engineering hours reclaimed annually.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — August 27: Zero Inbound Access became generally available for BYOC and on-premises deployments across supported applications; RIIA excluded.
- **2026-07** — July 30: self-service BYOC for AWS launched, with guided cloud-account connection through console, API and Terraform. The 30-day developer trial waives management fees; AWS infrastructure remains payable.
- **2026-06** — June 18 product update covered GA AI Search for OpenSearch, Kafka Client Telemetry and ClickHouse integration with FSx for ONTAP across VPC/account boundaries.
- **2026-04** — NetApp announced availability of AI Search for OpenSearch on April 14.
- **2025-07** — Managed ClickHouse on Azure became generally available July 16.

## Links

- Website: https://www.instaclustr.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instaclustr/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Instaclustr
- GitHub: https://github.com/instaclustr
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NetAppInstaclustr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/instaclustr/

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Last updated: 2026-10-26