# GoInstant

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/goinstant/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

GoInstant was a Canadian (Halifax, Nova Scotia) real-time collaboration startup, founded in 2011, that provided a JavaScript API and backend-as-a-service for building multi-user, real-time web applications — shared browsing / co-browsing, live data synchronization, and presence. Developers embedded a hosted client library to add real-time collaboration (shared cursors, forms, and widgets) to a web page without plugins. Salesforce acquired GoInstant on 2012-07-09 (reported at ~$70M) and folded the technology into its platform; the standalone GoInstant developer service and website were subsequently discontinued (gone by late 2014). This API Evangelist profile is retained as a historical record — GoInstant is a defunct provider with no live API, documentation, or developer portal.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Real-Time, Collaboration, Co-Browsing, Backend-as-a-Service, JavaScript, Web Applications, Acquired, Defunct

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/goinstant/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.