Apache APISIX vs. Kong Gateway Community (Open Source)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Apache APISIX
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Apache APISIX provides traffic management features like Load Balancing, Dynamic Upstream, Canary Release, Circuit Breaking, Authentication, and Observability. Apache APISIX lets the user build Cloud-Native Microservices API gateways, delivering performance, security, open source and scalable platform for APIs and microservices. It is free and open source, available on the Apache 2.0 license.N/A
Kong Gateway Community (Open Source)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Kong Gateway Community (Open Source) is the open source community Gateway supported by Kong, Inc, in San Francisco. Presented as the world's most popular API gateway, it is built for hybrid and multi-cloud, optimized for microservices and distributed architectures. Kong Gateway is also part of the Konnect platform, Kong's enterprise service offering.N/A
Pricing
Apache APISIXKong Gateway Community (Open Source)
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Apache
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Kong, Inc
You can use Kong for simple to complex micro service back-ends. You can leverage the various categories of plugins to quickly set-up things.
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Pros
Apache
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Kong, Inc
  • Mapping requests to back-end services
  • Plugins for almost everything
  • It's super fast
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Alternatives Considered
Apache
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Kong, Inc
We haven't used anything else.
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