Overview
Powtoon is a leading video and visual communication platform that was launched in 2012. Powtoon’s mission is to empower individuals, teams, and companies to achieve measurable results by transforming communications into visual experiences that get their audience to care, connect, and act.
Powtoon adds a spark of awesomeness to everyday communications, turning content into substance people want to watch and engage with.
Challenge
For the first 5-7 years of Powtoon’s existence, their e-learning video product was flash-based. However, with the rise of JavaScript, the need to protect their source code arose. With the launch of their HTML5 product, the Powtoon team realized they didn’t want to lose their competitive edge by putting their unprotected source code out there for everyone to see and copy.
Powtoon’s CTO and Co-Founder insisted the team invested in finding and using the best JavaScript protection he could find at the time.
Powtoon needed a solution to protect its core code at runtime and safeguard its digital assets from reverse engineering and IP theft, which would allow it to stay ahead in a competitive market.
Solution
Before choosing Jscrambler, the Powtoon team looked at open-source solutions and found Jscrambler to be the most comprehensive client-side solution with best-of-breed features.
Powtoon started using Jscrambler’s Code Integrity from the very beginning, so their product never went live unprotected at any stage. The polymorphic JavaScript obfuscation was one the biggest factors in choosing Jscrambler as it proved to be very comprehensive and customizable. Additionally, the variety of runtime protections was deemed helpful.
The Powtoon team also enjoyed using Code Integrity’s dashboard and web interface which they preferred instead of having to use some kind of command line tools that they would need to integrate in a complicated way into their build. However, the biggest deal breaker for Powtoon was the performance aspect. They strived to balance the performance of a very complex application with the need to protect it.
“With Jscrambler, we wanted to protect our competitive advantage. We weren’t the first HTML5 product in the market, but we were the only one that was already an established brand. And we didn’t want to risk it as we were already subject to copycats. Some clones were almost identical to us and they were stealing our graphical assets, which are much more difficult to protect.”
Sven Hoffmann, CTO and Co-Founder at Powtoon
“You do not go for the heaviest protection because it just doesn’t fly with our performance requirements. So you look for the right ratio of reasonable price and a reasonable level of protection with a minimal performance impact. That’s what we got with Jscrambler.”
Sven HoffmannCTO and Co-Founder at Powtoon
Top Jscrambler Features and Capabilities
- State-of-the-art first-party JavaScript obfuscation
- Smooth integration into the existing CI/CD pipeline
- Minimal impact on website performance
Results
Powtoon’s platform is protected from IP theft and code tampering. Jscrambler provided a comprehensive first-party code protection solution with a minimal performance impact. The Powtoon team is happy with the solution Jscrambler offers, as well as with customer support and the stress-free relationship.
