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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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To deploy your Kong Gateway Enterprise license, please, follow the steps described here: https://docs.konghq.com/gateway/latest/plan-and-deploy/licenses/deploy-license/
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3.7
3 ratings
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Aryan P.
Great API Gateway but can get better with more Open Sourced community
Reviewed on Sep 28, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Kuma API Gateway by Kong is the most impressive product related to domain im active rn
What do you dislike about the product?
Lesser Open Source practise and lesser istio integration pulls it from an efficient egress solution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Its been great for solving up the west east traffic and is a lot efficient from nginx and other gateway solutions but still it needs to be more aligned to istio
Valery H.
New Tool Intro Level for Better Internal ROI
Reviewed on Sep 25, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Has many hybrid API flexible features. Plugin based abilities. Similarities to Kubernates and Boomi as tool.
What do you dislike about the product?
Features require testibg and use real-time for best understanding
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Tougher API challenges for gaps in enablemwnt.
Consulting
API First Capability for Enterprise Solutions
Reviewed on Sep 24, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Provides scalability and performance with proper requests volume matching. Deployment architecture meets SLA nd RPO-RTO requirements so far. Provides RBACs for security and runtime and management planes can be completely deployed on-prem. Provides monitoring and logging capabilities along with Kubernetes & Container based deployment.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing at the moment. Meets our requirement
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Hybrid deployment model, built in analytics, shared policies, ease of migration of legacy API infra.
Retail
Reliable API Gateway with room for easier setup
Reviewed on Sep 23, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I find Kong Gateway very reliable once I get it up and running. The performance has been solid in my experience, and it manages high traffic with minimal latency. I really like the flexibility it gives me through plugins and integrations, which makes it easier to adapt to different use cases. I also appreciate the active open-source community and the amount of documentation available, which helped me learn along the way.
What do you dislike about the product?
Getting started with Kong Gateway took a bit of time to figure out. The setup and configuration were a little more involved than I expected, and I had to spend some extra time learning the best approach for my use case. I've also noticed that a few advanced features are only in the enterprise version, which is something to keep in mind.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use Kong gateway mainly for API management in a microservices setup. It has helped me centralize traffic routing, enforce authentication, and monitor requests across different services. Before this, managing APIs individually was messy and inconsistent, but Kong gave me a single place to handle rate limiting, security, and observability. This has saved me time on maintenance and made it easier to ensure our APIs stay reliable under heavy load.
GULSHAN K.
Two Years with Kong API Gateway: A Reliable Partner in API Management
Reviewed on Sep 21, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Kong Gateway is its flexibility and scalability. It handles high traffic loads efficiently, provides strong security features like authentication and rate-limiting, and integrates seamlessly with monitoring tools like Prometheus. Its hybrid deployment model makes it easy to manage both DC and DR environments, and the plugin ecosystem allows for quick customization without heavy coding. Overall, it’s reliable, developer-friendly, and simplifies API operations at scale.
What do you dislike about the product?
With Kong Gateway Enterprise, the overall experience is excellent. The only area I would point out is that certain advanced configurations can feel complex at first, and some features require deeper expertise to fully leverage. Also, upgrades and version compatibility sometimes need careful planning. That said, the strong documentation, enterprise support, and stability make these challenges much easier to handle
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong Gateway Enterprise is helping us centralize and secure API traffic across multiple environments. It simplifies authentication, authorization, rate-limiting, and observability, which are critical for ensuring reliability and compliance. By managing APIs through a single platform, we’ve reduced operational overhead, improved scalability, and ensured high availability in both DC and DR setups. This has not only streamlined day-to-day operations but also given us confidence in handling peak loads and future growth