TL;DR - Kong
- Kong is an API gateway and platform for managing, securing, and monitoring APIs
- It provides rate limiting, authentication, and traffic control for microservices
- Free and open-source, Enterprise plans available
Pricing: Free plan available
Best for: Growing teams
Pricing Plans
free trialMost Popular
Free
Free
Open source
- API gateway
- Plugins
- Community support
Plus
Free
Enterprise
- Enterprise plugins
- Support
- GUI
About Kong
Kong manages APIs as a gateway and platform. Traffic control, security, and observability—API infrastructure that scales from startup to enterprise.
The gateway is proven. The platform adds management. The deployment options are flexible.
Organizations managing APIs choose Kong for gateway infrastructure that grows with them.
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Kong FAQ
Kong Gateway open source. Kong Konnect from $250/month. Enterprise features paid.
API gateway and service mesh. Manage APIs at scale. Plugin ecosystem.
Kong is API-focused with plugins. Nginx is general purpose. Kong for API management.