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The End-to-End Service Control Platform for Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Organizations.
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Kong Gateway Enterprise is a service connectivity platform that provides technology teams at multi-cloud and hybrid organizations the "architectural freedom" to build APIs and services anywhere. Kong's service connectivity platform provides a flexible, technology-agnostic platform that supports any cloud, platform, protocol and architecture. Kong Enterprise supports the full lifecycle of service management, enabling users to easily design, test, secure, deploy, monitor, monetize and version their APIs. Over 250 enterprises trust Kong Enterprise to reduce time to market by bringing applications and services to market faster, as well as increase infrastructure ROI by maximizing resource efficiency through improved automation and reduced overhead.
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- Decentralize Applications and Services - Break down monoliths into services or build new applications with distributed architectures to accelerate your journey to microservices, Kubernetes and service mesh.
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Resat Y.
Flexible Deployment, Smooth Setup
Reviewed on Mar 27, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I really like Kong Gateway's deployment flexibility. It can be deployed in various environments, whether on-premise, off-premise, or in the cloud. It's also appreciated how easy it is to configure services, routes, plugins, and consumers, making the whole setup process smooth and easy. Additionally, the gateway support team is very helpful, providing great assistance.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think Kong Gateway could use some improvements in compliance with regulations like GDPR or HIPAA depending on the environment. It needs to be more compliant in those aspects.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Kong Gateway for API management, microservices, and securing and routing requests.
Computer Software
Phenomenal Speed and GitOps-Friendly Routing with Kong Ingress Controller
Reviewed on Mar 27, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The speed is phenomenal, but the real game-changer is how the Kong Ingress Controller allows us to automate our entire routing configuration through kubernetes native resources and GitOps best practices. Using the OIDC and Rate Limiting plugins saved us weeks of custom development, instantly securing our services with zero performance hit.
What do you dislike about the product?
The shift away from a fully supported Open Source (OSS) model is disappointing, as it forces teams to move toward the Enterprise/Konnect licensing much earlier than expected to maintain security and stability. This transition adds significant overhead for smaller projects and complicates our long-term roadmap when balancing cost against the need for basic production-grade features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before Kong, we were bogged down manually coding cross-cutting concerns like OAuth2 and rate limiting for every new service, but now we offload all that complexity to the gateway. This "kickstart" approach has slashed our initial development time by weeks and ensures our entire API ecosystem has a consistent, high-quality security posture from day one.
Investment Banking
Great Performance and Extensibility, but Missing AI Features and Plugin Support
Reviewed on Mar 27, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Performance and extensibility, platform independence & cloud capability.
What do you dislike about the product?
Lack of AI features and plugins capability
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
API Gateway is need by all organisations with multiple systems and data pipelines
Krishna G.
Easy Onboarding, Tricky Setup with Powerful UI
Reviewed on Mar 27, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I use Kong Gateway for load balancing and find that it handles preflight checks and acts as an auth wrapper using simple modules really well. I appreciate its best UI for routing, which makes things straightforward. What I like the most about Kong Gateway is how easy it is to onboard and use the UI, making the overall experience smooth and enjoyable.
What do you dislike about the product?
The system setup part could be improved. It can be tricky, and having a feature like Helm to set it up instantly would be beneficial.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Kong Gateway for load balancing, handling preflight checks, using auth wrappers with simple modules, and routing efficiently with the best UI.
Ravi S.
Kong: A Powerful Open-Source API Gateway for Managing APIs Across Any Environment
Reviewed on Mar 27, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
One of the Popular opensource API Gateways which help us to manage APIs deployed anywhere from a simple infra to complex multi cloud environment.
As per my obeservation Kong is capable to handle different protocols like REST, GRPC, Graphql which enables us to manage almost all of our APIs needs.
As per my obeservation Kong is capable to handle different protocols like REST, GRPC, Graphql which enables us to manage almost all of our APIs needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
Need improvement on AI features and plugins in Kong Gateway is limited, impacting overall functionality and performance.
There is lack of analytics and monitoring in Kong Gateway, hindering effective performance tracking.
There is lack of analytics and monitoring in Kong Gateway, hindering effective performance tracking.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
While using other backend APIs, we ended up in applying many of the below architecture characteristics to every individual APIs to support the general requirements. That will be a lot of work.
Authentication/Authorization, Monitoring, Logging, Traffic control, Caching, API Administration etc..
While using Kong Gateway it will take away all these cross-cutting concerns in managing these APIs and put them all across in a single plane. This will provide us with a lot of architecture advantages.
Authentication/Authorization, Monitoring, Logging, Traffic control, Caching, API Administration etc..
While using Kong Gateway it will take away all these cross-cutting concerns in managing these APIs and put them all across in a single plane. This will provide us with a lot of architecture advantages.