Kong

Cloud-native API gateway and connectivity platform

Ranked #4 in Open-source API testing tools.

A cloud-native API gateway and management platform built on NGINX, known for its high performance and extensive plugin ecosystem.

Official website

At a glance

Price from	Custom
Best for	Microservices and high-throughput environments

From Kong's own website.

Company facts

Social profiles	LinkedIn, X, Instagram, YouTube, GitHub
Brand colour	#cdd4cb

Facilities and features

Its website also mentions:

Published pricing
API
Mobile app

What stands out

The product secures and accelerates API and AI traffic efficiently.

“Secure, manage, speed up, monetize, and cost-control every LLM, MCP, event, and API request. [ Book Demo ] Book Demo”Kong, own website

Kong governs all AI, API, and eventing traffic in one platform.

“Govern the AI, API, & eventing traffic that powers agents & modern applications. AI Management API Management Event Management ## AI Management RECOMMENDED Plus”Kong, own website

Worth knowing

Kong charges extra fees for transaction volumes exceeding the included monthly limit.

“Cost per additional 1 million requests per month $200/month per additional 1 million requests/month”Kong, own website

How it ranks

Kong is ranked 4th of 10 in Open-source API testing tools (Lister Score 90.0).

#4 in Open-source API testing tools · Lister Score 90.0

Kong is an AI connectivity company offering a unified platform for API, AI, and event management. It enables organisations to secure, govern, and monetise traffic across diverse infrastructures.

Secures and accelerates API and AI traffic efficiently.

How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 18; buying information on its own site 12.

“[ Insomnia ] ( https://insomnia.rest/ ) Insomnia [ Plugins ] ( https://developer.konghq.com/plugins/ ) Plugins [ Volcano ] ( https://volcano.dev/ ) Volcano [ Kong MCP”Kong, own website