Kong Gateway
The World's Most Popular API Gateway.
Overview
Kong Gateway is a lightweight, fast, and flexible cloud-native API gateway. It's built for hybrid and multi-cloud and optimized for microservices and distributed architectures. Kong is known for its high performance and extensibility through plugins.
✨ Key Features
- Cloud-native and platform agnostic
- High performance and low latency
- Extensible with a large ecosystem of plugins
- Authentication and authorization
- Traffic control and rate limiting
- Logging and monitoring
- Caching
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Open-source core with a large and active community
- High performance and scalability
- Extensive plugin architecture for customization
Unique Value: A high-performance, extensible, and open-source API gateway for modern architectures.
🎯 Use Cases (3)
✅ Best For
- Kubernetes-native API gateway
- High-traffic API management
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Organizations looking for a fully managed, hands-off solution without any operational overhead
🏆 Alternatives
Offers more flexibility and control than fully managed cloud provider solutions, with a strong open-source community.
💻 Platforms
✅ Offline Mode Available
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Live Chat
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Enterprise tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
✓ 14-day free trial
Free tier: Open-source version is free.
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