AI Connect | Data Science Connect
AI ConnectExplore the 2027 portfolio

Integrations and DevOps

Kong

API gateway and API management platform

Visit website ↗See if it’s a matchRequest an introduction

About Kong

Kong develops an open source API gateway and a commercial platform for API management, service mesh, and AI gateway features. Platform and API teams use it to secure and route traffic to microservices and large language model endpoints. It runs on Kubernetes, cloud, and on-premises environments.

Common use cases

  • API management
  • Microservice networking
  • LLM traffic governance
  • API monetization

Social listening

What people are saying about Kong

The review evidence read is limited; reviewers credit Kong with traffic management and observability for distributed applications, and buyers typically plan for community resources and examples.

What stands out

  • Reviewers say it coordinates distributed applications and handles load balancing well.
  • It helps trace errors and analyze traffic, which reviewers link to less downtime.

Things to consider

  • Worth confirming community and vendor support options.
  • Plan for building your own integration examples.

Often compared with: Apigee, KrakenD

Sources (2)

Themes summarized from public reviews, community discussion and press coverage as of November 2026. They reflect public discussion, not a rating or an endorsement by AI Connect.

Products and services

Kong Gateway

Open source and enterprise API gateway.

Kong Konnect

Cloud control plane for API management.

Kong AI Gateway

Governs and routes traffic to AI models.

Kong Mesh

Service mesh for microservices.

Key features

  • API gateway
  • Plugin ecosystem
  • Rate limiting
  • Authentication plugins
  • AI traffic governance
  • Developer portal

Integrations

  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud
  • Okta
  • Datadog
  • Terraform

Kong alternatives

FAQs

Is it open source?

The core gateway is open source with commercial editions.

Where can it run?

In cloud, Kubernetes, or on-premises, with a SaaS control plane option.

How is it priced?

Subscription with custom enterprise quotes.

Work at Kong? Request updates to this profile. Update this profile

Compare with similar providers

All Integrations and DevOps providers