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What do you like best about the product?
Improved support for Kubernetes and cloud-native deployments.
Enhanced plugin development framework for custom integrations.
Better observability features, including metrics and logging.
Streamlined admin API and declarative configuration options.
Enhanced plugin development framework for custom integrations.
Better observability features, including metrics and logging.
Streamlined admin API and declarative configuration options.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some things that made me like Kong Gateway less include:
Complexity in configuration and setup compared to some alternatives.
Limited built-in support for advanced traffic management features.
Plugin ecosystem can be fragmented and sometimes lacks documentation.
Performance overhead when running many plugins.
UI and monitoring tools are less mature than some competitors.
Complexity in configuration and setup compared to some alternatives.
Limited built-in support for advanced traffic management features.
Plugin ecosystem can be fragmented and sometimes lacks documentation.
Performance overhead when running many plugins.
UI and monitoring tools are less mature than some competitors.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Make the API readily available in a very short time which, compared to other solutions, would take longer to finish and ultimately delay the production depliyment.
Using the Kong API Gateway made it easy for me to manage a complex system and streamline my workflow
What do you like best about the product?
What I like best about Kong API Gateway is how feature-rich it is. It provides a lot of functionality, so it's easy to customize and extend. And it's also very user-friendly, so it's easy to set up and get up and running
What do you dislike about the product?
One of the things I dislike about Kong API Gateway is that the documentation can be a bit confusing to interpret. It's also not always clear which features are essential for a specific use case.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong API Gateway is helping me to solve complex problems associated with managing multiple applications, APIs, and services. It's benefiting me by allowing me to streamline my workflow and simplify the process of managing multiple systems.
value of Kong API Gateway
What do you like best about the product?
it supports the full lifecycle management of APIs via other products like API Analytics, API Portal, Kong Mesh
What do you dislike about the product?
it's open source software.it's more knowledge to operates and handle it
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
when I am doing some microservices I am not getting the proper API integration and management process
Head Of Engineering - enabling the cloud services
What do you like best about the product?
plugin architecture that enables developers to customize and extend its core functionality
Service Discovery
Service Discovery
What do you dislike about the product?
Because of its complexity, Kong may have a steeper learning curve for developers who are not already familiar with its architecture and plugin system.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong's plugin architecture provides a flexible way for developers to extend and customize its functionality, allowing them to add features like logging, monitoring, and transformation to their APIs.
My Experience in Kong
What do you like best about the product?
I liked kong for high-availability clusters and includes an extensive range of plugins to address cross-cutting concerns, including authentication, security, rate limiting, throttling, transformations, analytics and monitoring.
What do you dislike about the product?
Kong Console User Interface is not that much great
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Centralized management of APIs specifcially when it goes via egress
Kong - the big guy that simplify your routes
What do you like best about the product?
Kong API gateway has a simple manager GUI that facilitates the configuration; it is easy to get started fast using this GUI. Also, plugin support and modularity are big advantages of Kong.
What do you dislike about the product?
Documentation would be better if it contained detailed steps for configuring Postgres.
Also, datastore support is limited to Postgres; it will be better to support other DB like MySQL.
Also, datastore support is limited to Postgres; it will be better to support other DB like MySQL.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Routing of application components in microservices.
Works well with GitOps.
The powerful REST API of Kong helps in automation.
DevPortal is a potential place to help developers in creating their APIs.
Works well with GitOps.
The powerful REST API of Kong helps in automation.
DevPortal is a potential place to help developers in creating their APIs.
Simplified API gateway
What do you like best about the product?
Easy-to-use User interface for setup and monitoring. Helpful quick start guide to get started.
What do you dislike about the product?
The Kong community support is not strong and is still evolving. The community needs to grow in order to find help.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
API Gateway as a solution
Streamlining API Management with Kong
What do you like best about the product?
One of the key advantages of Kong API Gateway is its flexibility and versatility. It offers a wide range of features and customization options, allowing users to tailor the solution to their specific needs and requirements. It also supports various deployment options, from on-premise installations to cloud-based environments, and can integrate with a broad range of third-party tools and platforms. Additionally, Kong's focus on security and reliability helps ensure that APIs are protected and perform well, which is critical for many organizations.
What do you dislike about the product?
One potential downside of Kong API Gateway is that its extensive feature set and flexibility can make it complex to set up and configure, particularly for less experienced users. Some users have reported that the documentation could be more detailed or user-friendly in certain areas. Additionally, some of the more advanced features may require additional plugins or modules, which could result in added complexity or performance overhead. Finally, while Kong does offer a free, open-source version of its platform, some of the more advanced features are only available in the paid Enterprise version, which may be a consideration for some users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong API Gateway is designed to solve the challenges associated with managing large-scale and complex APIs, which are becoming increasingly common as organizations adopt microservices architectures and cloud-based infrastructure. By providing a centralized platform for managing API traffic, Kong can help organizations improve their APIs' performance, security, and scalability while simplifying the API development, testing, and deployment process. This can result in significant cost savings, increased developer productivity, and improve end-user experiences. In addition to these benefits, Kong API Gateway also supports a wide range of integrations with other tools and platforms, making it a versatile solution for organizations of all sizes and industries. It can support various use cases, from internal API management within an organization to providing APIs for external developers and partners. By streamlining the process of API management and improving API performance and security, Kong API Gateway can help enable faster innovation, improve business agility, and support digital transformation initiatives, ultimately benefiting organizations and users.
Very Good Platform
What do you like best about the product?
Analytics
Monitoring
Plugins
Developer portal
Monitoring
Plugins
Developer portal
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing
As per knowledge i dont have any.
As per knowledge i dont have any.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Analytics
Easy
What do you like best about the product?
Set of possibilities, full range of characteristics
What do you dislike about the product?
Price, may be cheaper, taking into account that it is not a market leader
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Cybersecurity, DDOS, throtling
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