PubNation

Publisher ad-quality tool spun out of the publisher Curiosity Media in 2015. It monitored ads in real time and removed slow, resource-heavy and low-quality ones. OpenX acquired it together with Mezzobit in September 2017 and folded its technology into the OpenX platform.

Where they sit

Stack tier: Infrastructure & Data (B)

Supply Side Platform (SSP)Programmatic Platform

Emerging header bidding wrapper solution for independent and mid-tier publishers prior to acquisition by OpenX in 2017

Ownership

Parent: OpenX

Competitors

Magnite

PubMatic

Rubicon Project

Index Exchange

Prebid.org

Sovrn