We use Kong for our API gateway, handling all public traffic. It is an open-source tool, and even though we are a startup, it provides us with stability without incurring high costs initially.
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Performance and reliability
What do you like best about the product?
Piattaforma che garantisce alte performance, affidabilità e scalabiltà minimizzando la latenza
What do you dislike about the product?
The licence cost could be high in the case of a large number of systems integrated through Kong
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Migration from an old SOA Architecture, for increased scalability during traffic peaks and refactoring of critical APIs for more effective monitoring
Informative session.
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to implement and understand for development process.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing to complain about Kong API Gateway.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Managing backend infrastructure of the code.
usage experience with kong api gateway
What do you like best about the product?
Coming from a security engineer we can add custom logic in the form of kong gateway plugin. it's extensible to a decent scale
What do you dislike about the product?
i found it difficult to implement on a personal research level.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Plugins are defined in Lua, although a popular language however it isn't widely accepted and is on declining trends. It should be revamped to languages like Pyhthon, JS, C++, Java, Go etc.
it was very good
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of Integration, Ease of Use and Number of features are very good
What do you dislike about the product?
nothing much, it has all the necessary components for API gateway
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
it is very good for our API management for retrieving and updating fileds
Kong API Gateway for Integration.
What do you like best about the product?
It is easy understanding and easy to implement in any kind of application and more secured
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing more to complaint about Kong API Gateway, but some error message are not helpful.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automatically discovers and routes API requests to the correct services. centralize control for over all API and Reduce complexity in service to service communication.
Kong Api Gateway
What do you like best about the product?
Many plugins, fast, hybrid mode for HA, Kong Manager
What do you dislike about the product?
Number of API service impact pricing license
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Enhance security, handle top OWASP APi security concern
Kong API Gateway has been used in multiple projects at work and I highly recommend
What do you like best about the product?
I like that the service is very detailed and efficient. We have no had any problems at all
What do you dislike about the product?
We would wish there was a way to incorporate more of our services with KONG API
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It make automating the job much easier and can help on day to day activities.
We use kong as our api gateway
What do you like best about the product?
It continues to deliver a stable and smooth experience, and we're confident in relying on it for our product.
What do you dislike about the product?
Add a staging/testing mode for configuration validation.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We used its plugins for several perpose
Like cors management ip filtering grpc gateway...
Like cors management ip filtering grpc gateway...
overall best Api management vendor and product and cicd solution with AI & ML.
What do you like best about the product?
Their help has been invaluable in getting our infra up and running in record time, & they are always abailble to assist us as wheen i need.
What do you dislike about the product?
they charge quite a bit for licenses, and their method of calculating cost based both on API calls and no. of services is quite restrictive.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
overall good for API management and AI using cicd solution and also
Breadth of services
Product roadmap and future vision
Product functionality and performance
Strong customer focus
Strong services expertise etc. that way used Kong API Gateway product, also benefit organization.
Breadth of services
Product roadmap and future vision
Product functionality and performance
Strong customer focus
Strong services expertise etc. that way used Kong API Gateway product, also benefit organization.
Custom plugin capability with enhanced high traffic handling and lightweight performance
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Kong has helped us by performing smoothly even when we receive millions of requests, which prevents any latency issues impacting our applications. We have also been able to enhance security by writing our own plugins and easily integrating with various tools and platforms.
What is most valuable?
Kong's most valuable features are its lightweight performance when handling millions of requests and the ability to write custom plugins to enhance security, such as end-to-end encryption, even in the open-source version.
What needs improvement?
The open-source version of Kong does not support a dashboard, which would be very helpful. We use an open-source tool called Konga for basic dashboard needs, but it lacks support. It would be better if there was a comprehensive dashboard included in the open-source community version.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Kong for about five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Initially, we faced stability issues during an upgrade process due to migration problems with the schema. However, Kong has improved significantly, and maintaining stability is easier now when following their improved documentation and using Helm for deployment.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We've put in place SPA auto-scaling within our Kubernetes deployment, which efficiently handles increased traffic by automatically spinning up new pods, ensuring smooth scalability.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I am currently using a new gateway called Tyk. However, Kong is far better as an open-source tool.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Kong's pricing is reasonable, as the open-source version provides sufficient functionality for a startup like ours without requiring a high initial investment.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated Tyke as a new gateway solution.
What other advice do I have?
If you are looking for a stable open-source gateway, Kong is a solid choice. It performs well under high traffic with low latency. For newcomers, it is advisable to explore its robust features and ability to manage high TPS effectively.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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