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Kong Gateway

byKong
in API Management
4.5

Overview

Product Information on Kong Gateway

Updated 5th August 2025

What is Kong Gateway?

High-performance, cloud-native API gateway that handles routing, authentication, rate limiting, and traffic management for APIs across the enterprise. Built on NGINX, it processes millions of requests with microsecond latency while providing plugins for security, analytics, and transformations.

Kong Gateway Pricing

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Gateway manager
Gateway manager
Choose your own plugins
Choose your own plugins

Overall experience with Kong Gateway

IT Associate
10B - 30B USD, Banking
FAVORABLE

“Lightweight high performance API gateway with strong flexibility but requires expertise to unlock full potential.”

5.0
Apr 21, 2026
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DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING
1B - 3B USD, Software
CRITICAL

“User Reactions to Kong - Its Strengths and Weaknesses Unveiled”

3.0
Jan 8, 2025
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About Company

Company Description

Updated 10th November 2023

Kong enables any company to become an API-first company with a unified platform for API management, service mesh, and ingress controller. From growing startups to Fortune 500 companies, more than 600 organizations rely on Kong to help them deliver fast, reliable, and secure digital experiences.

Company Details

Updated 12th June 2024
Company type
Private
Year Founded
2017
Head office location
San Francisco, United States
Number of employees
501 - 1000
Website
https://konghq.com/

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Peer Discussions

Kong Gateway Reviews and Ratings

4.5

(149 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
46%
4 Star
51%
3 Star
3%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?
  • IT Associate
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Lightweight high performance API gateway with strong flexibility but requires expertise to unlock full potential.

    5.0
    Apr 21, 2026
    Kong API Management platform is a standardized service. This aims to enable the majority of use cases, standardizing them where possible - stimulating overall improvement and quality. while also not blocking any special needs for unique applications.
  • IT Associate
    10B+ USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Lightweight high performance API gateway with strong flexibility but requires expertise to unlock full potential.

    5.0
    Apr 21, 2026
    Kong API Management platform is a standardized service. This aims to enable the majority of use cases, standardizing them where possible - stimulating overall improvement and quality. while also not blocking any special needs for unique applications.
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Deciding Factors: Kong Gateway Vs. Market Average
Performance of Kong Gateway Across Market Features

Kong Gateway Likes & Dislikes

Like

We have migrated our API management platform from APICS to Kong. Both Provider and Consumer journeys are easy to maintain. Customer registrations and subscriptions have become simple. Security services are very nice, we use OAUTH to connect to API's in Kong.

Like

We have migrated our API management platform from APICS to Kong. Both Provider and Consumer journeys are easy to maintain. Customer registrations and subscriptions have become simple. Security services are very nice, we use OAUTH to connect to API's in Kong.

Like

We have migrated our API management platform from APICS to Kong. Both Provider and Consumer journeys are easy to maintain. Customer registrations and subscriptions have become simple. Security services are very nice, we use OAUTH to connect to API's in Kong.

Dislike

- Plugin customizations can be hard to do or not flexible enough to cover the use cases for your company. - Responses to customer support enquiries and bug reporting can be slow. - We've discovered a couple of issues related to the ability to handle large amount of configuration data

Dislike

- Plugin customizations can be hard to do or not flexible enough to cover the use cases for your company. - Responses to customer support enquiries and bug reporting can be slow. - We've discovered a couple of issues related to the ability to handle large amount of configuration data

Dislike

- Plugin customizations can be hard to do or not flexible enough to cover the use cases for your company. - Responses to customer support enquiries and bug reporting can be slow. - We've discovered a couple of issues related to the ability to handle large amount of configuration data

Reviewer Insights for: Kong Gateway