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    Kong Gateway OSS

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AKong 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

    Kong Konnect

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AKong Konnect is a cloud-delivered platform for managing connectivity across APIs, AI services, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, event streams, and microservices. It provides centralized governance and observability while supporting gateway runtimes in customer-managed, hybrid, and Kong-managed cloud environments.

    $250

    per month

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    Kong Gateway OSSKong Konnect
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    $250
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    Kong Gateway OSSKong Konnect
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Kong Gateway OSSKong Konnect
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    User Testimonials
    Kong Gateway OSSKong Konnect
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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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    Kong, Inc
    Using Kong [Konnect]'s declarative settings, a user may control traffic, automate deployment, and maintain container-based software after it's deployed. In addition, it handles the whole lifecycle of service management. Installation, management, and operation of Kong [Konnects]'s cloud-native connection runtimes may be performed in any cloud or Kubernetes provider environment, as well as on-premises environments. In order to optimise their services and transactions, users may keep track of their services and transactions in real-time via real-time monitoring.
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    Pros
    Kong, Inc
    • Mapping requests to back-end services
    • Plugins for almost everything
    • It's super fast
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    Kong, Inc
    • Application orchestration
    • Error tracing
    • Analyzing traffic
    • Load balancing
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    Cons
    Kong, Inc
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    Kong, Inc
    • Community support
    • Sample projects for easy integration
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    Kong, Inc
    We haven't used anything else.
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    Kong, Inc
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    Kong, Inc
    • Increased application efficiency
    • Reduced system downtown
    • Significantly improved error resolution
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