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Kong Konnect is the unified API management platform delivered as a service that can manage Kong Gateway, Kong AI Gateway, Kong Ingress Controller, and Kong Mesh with a single management console to deliver API configuration, portal, service catalog, and analytics capabilities.
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Overview
Kong Konnect is the unified API management platform delivered as a service that can manage Kong Gateway, Kong AI Gateway, Kong Ingress Controller, and Kong Mesh with a single management console to deliver API configuration, portal, service catalog, and analytics capabilities.
Benefits:
*Reduce Operational Complexity: Deploy and manage multiple gateways, ingress controllers, and service meshes through a unified control plane.
*Federate Governance at Scale: Enforce consistency, compliance, governance, and observability at scale while promoting collaboration.
*Manage Full API Lifecycle: Make APIs discoverable, consumable, and reusable. And tap into the power of the world's fastest API gateway.
*Implement Robust API Security: Deploy security protocols, authentication policies, access management and operational insights without increasing platform's footprint.
Key Features:
*Gateway Manager: Catalog, connect to, and monitor the status of all control planes and data plane nodes in one place.
*Mesh Manager: Create, manage, and view Kong Mesh service meshes across multiple deployments and zones using the Konnect platform.
*API Products: Bundle and manage multiple services to accelerate API consumption.
*Dev Portal: Browse APIs, reference documentation, test endpoints, and register APIs through a unified and customizable API portal.
*Service Hub: Create a single source of truth for your organization's service inventory.
*Analytics: Use Analytics to gain deep insights into service, route, and application usage and health monitoring data.
For custom pricing, EULA, or a private contract, please contact Kong at amazon@konghq.com .
Highlights
- Reduce operational overhead through a hosted, unified control plane to manage gateways and ingress controllers. Less complexity, more flexibility.
- Speed up time to market by making APIs discoverable, consumable, and reusable. And tap into the power of the world's fastest API gateway.
- Automate robust security through zero-trust security and develop operational insight into security related events and usage patterns.
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
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Enterprise - AWS | 10 Services, 100 million API requests, Business Level Support only | $30,000.00 |
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Unified Control Plane Management
Single management console to manage Kong Gateway, Kong AI Gateway, Kong Ingress Controller, and Kong Mesh across multiple deployments and zones.
API Lifecycle Management
Capabilities to make APIs discoverable, consumable, and reusable through API Products bundling, Dev Portal with documentation and testing, and Service Hub for service inventory.
Zero-Trust Security Framework
Implementation of zero-trust security protocols, authentication policies, and access management with operational insights into security-related events and usage patterns.
Multi-Gateway Monitoring and Catalog
Gateway Manager functionality to catalog, connect to, and monitor the status of all control planes and data plane nodes in a single interface.
Analytics and Observability
Deep insights into service, route, and application usage with health monitoring data and observability capabilities across managed infrastructure.
AI-Powered Data Management
F5 AI Data Fabric enables generation of insights, management, and governance for data from different applications and products across multiple data lakes and data sources.
Multi-Cloud Network Connectivity
Global hub-and-spoke transit orchestration for connecting all cloud properties including public, private, network and edge clouds.
Integrated Security Stack
Unified software stack combining router, load balancer, network firewall, web application firewall (WAF), API security and API gateway capabilities.
Layer 3-7 DDoS Protection
L3-L7 DDoS defense capabilities for protecting applications and APIs deployed across distributed environments.
Unified Management Portal
Single SaaS-based console for SecOps, NetOps, and DevOps to manage and deploy virtual networks, connections, distributed applications, and API security.
API Lifecycle Management
Full lifecycle API management capabilities including creation, management, security, and socialization of APIs across clouds with governance and version control
Data Transformation Policies
Built-in and advanced data transformation policies including XSLT, GatewayScript, and custom policies for API mediation and control
Enterprise-Grade API Gateway
Encrypted gateway with single-tenant isolation option for cloud-native applications and microservices with pre-built security policies
Developer Portal and Community Features
Self-service developer portal with API discovery, exploration, and consumption capabilities including branded customization, blogs, ratings, and forums
API Analytics and Governance
Out-of-the-box dashboards for API ecosystem analysis, insights generation, and identification of monetization opportunities with organized API products and visibility controls
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Customer reviews
Rajeshk Kumar Nayak
Central control of microservices APIs has improved security and simplifies cloud deployments
Reviewed on Apr 16, 2026
Review provided by PeerSpot
What is our primary use case?
Kong Konnect serves as my main API Gateway for microservices, and it manages traffic between OpenShift and Kubernetes services, making it very helpful for monitoring API performance in my day-to-day operations.
A specific example of how I use Kong Konnect as an API gateway involves deploying multiple applications in OpenShift. Whenever we need API connectivity, the user connects to Kong Gateway data plane, which forwards that traffic to the back-end service with Kong Konnect control plane, ensuring that security and all processes work seamlessly on the microservices.
How has it helped my organization?
Kong Konnect has impacted my organization positively, particularly in enhancing security and providing a compliance dashboard for applications, making it a very positive impact on my organization.
The positive impacts I have observed include improvements such as acting as a security gate where requests come from any identity provider on JWT without passwords being sent repeatedly during the session, resulting in a very stateless application with no stored credentials.
What is most valuable?
The best features Kong Konnect offers include central control for all APIs, better security with auth, OAuth, JWT, very easy traffic management, and it is very helpful in Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters. It is also lightweight, super-fast, and allows for easy integration with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins , Tekton , or Argo CD.
The security features of Kong Konnect have helped my team mainly by allowing us to use auth and JWT for applications needing external identity provider authentications, such as LDAP or other authentication providers that need to be connected to back-end applications, which we can easily integrate using Kong Konnect with those identity providers for API integrations.
What needs improvement?
Kong Konnect can be improved by enhancing documentation and increasing support, as token integration presents challenges and has implementation complexities that need addressing.
I do not rate Kong Konnect a nine out of ten because the configuration can be complex and not beginner-friendly. The UI is acceptable but not the best since many features are managed through CLI and YAML, and full enterprise power comes only with a high paid subscription.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Kong Konnect for the last three to four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Kong Konnect is very stable with no issues regarding reliability in my experience.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Kong Konnect's scalability is very high, handles growth well, and since it is a stateless gateway, it scales easily in Kubernetes using horizontal scaling, allowing us to scale its workload in a very short time while remaining stable.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Kong Konnect is very good because we have portal access to raise issues, mail support available, and they offer twenty-four-hour support with SLA-based response times.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not used a different solution before Kong Konnect. I have been using Kong Konnect from the start and do not have experience with other tools.
How was the initial setup?
Kong Konnect is deployed in my organization as software as a service, deployed using Helm chart on OpenShift in one of our multiple clusters, and we have also deployed it on Microsoft Azure .
Kong Konnect is deployed in the public cloud with Microsoft Azure and not in a hybrid setup, as we primarily use Azure.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with Kong Konnect, as it helps manage security very well, allows for faster API deployments saving developer time, and reduces salary costs with better uptime and minimal downtime, thus preventing potential business loss.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I do not have detailed information about the pricing, setup costs, and licensing for Kong Konnect, as these are managed by the sales teams.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I have not evaluated other options before choosing Kong Konnect, as I have been using this one.
What other advice do I have?
My advice for others looking into using Kong Konnect is that if someone needs an API gateway, Kong Konnect is an excellent choice due to its good features and ease of integration with multiple developer tools, whether in the cloud or on-premises. I would rate Kong Konnect an eight point five out of ten.
Abhijeet P.
Kong Konnect: Simple UI, Seamless SSO, and Strong On-Prem Performance
Reviewed on Mar 28, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Earlier we were using Kong enterprise and recently we migrated to Kong Konnect, the Konnect is absolutely a good enhancement that we wanted because UI is simple to check DP & CP, i can check all created Gateway's including how many servers are present in the DP. Integration with organization SSO is very seamless without any issues. Also there are plenty of new features for future enhancement like AI gateway and LLM connection. We have deployed CP in our on-prem and performance quite good and it was in ms only by using validations and authentication plugins.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are not major downsides, if we get a screen to deploy custom plugins or build custom plugins then that will be very helpful.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Building custom plugins or readymade drag n drop functionality to build custom plugin and developer portal.
Shirish Z.
Kong Konnect Streamlines the Full API Lifecycle with Flexible Gateway Deployment
Reviewed on Mar 28, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Konnect simplifies the entire lifecycle—from designing and securing APIs to monitoring performance and scaling—without adding unnecessary complexity. Its cloud-hosted control plane removes a lot of operational overhead, while still giving full flexibility to deploy gateways anywhere: on-premise, cloud, Kubernetes, or hybrid environments.
Overall, it helps teams move faster, maintain better control, and deliver reliable APIs with far less effort.
Overall, it helps teams move faster, maintain better control, and deliver reliable APIs with far less effort.
What do you dislike about the product?
What I dislike about Kong Konnect is that some parts of the platform can feel a bit complex when you first start using it, especially for teams that are new to API gateways or Kubernetes. The documentation is extensive, but sometimes you need to piece together information from multiple places to get a complete picture.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong Konnect helps us centrally manage, secure, and monitor all our APIs, which reduces complexity and makes operations more efficient. It gives us consistent security, better visibility through analytics, and flexible deployment options. Overall, it improves speed, reliability, and control across our API ecosystem.
Purva S.
Cloud-Native, Secure, and Scalable API Management with Kong Konnect
Reviewed on Mar 28, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Kong Konnect is its cloud-native architecture and ease of managing APIs from a centralized control plane. It’s user-friendly, integrates well with existing systems, and offers strong security features like authentication and rate limiting. Overall, it’s scalable, efficient, and simplifies API management.
What do you dislike about the product?
One downside of Kong Konnect is its initial learning curve, especially for beginners. Additionally, pricing can be high for smaller teams, and troubleshooting complex issues may take time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong Konnect solves the complexity of managing APIs across multiple environments by providing a centralized control plane. It simplifies tasks like routing, security, and monitoring, which reduces manual effort and operational overhead. This helps in faster API deployment, better governance, and improved performance, ultimately making API management more efficient and scalable.
Hrushikesh J.
Kong’s Architecture Makes API Security Development Easy
Reviewed on Mar 27, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Kong architecture and ease in development and designing of API security
What do you dislike about the product?
Multiple coding for custom plugin which is time taken
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong is helping me with costing and env stability