Kong

Kong is presented as both an open source API Gateway and as an enterprise platform named Kong Konnect. The platform consists of an API Gateway, a Service Mesh, a Developer Portal, an API client, and more.

Kong has gained a strong footing for internal use cases, leading to its integrations with Kubernetes and Envoy.

Platform Capabilities

API DesignAPI GatewayAnalyticsMonitoringDeveloper PortalThreat Protection

Gateway Capabilities

Custom Code ExecutionProtocol TransformationTraffic ManagementMediationOpenAPI Integration

Delivery Models

SaaSCustomer Managed (Cloud)Customer Managed (On-Premises)

Gateway Policies

Traffic Management
  • Canary Release
  • GraphQL Caching
  • Rate Limiting
  • Mocking
  • Cache Lookup
  • Cache Invalidation
  • Cache Population
  • Cache Target Response
  • Quota
  • Request Size Limiting
Mediation
  • GraphQL to REST
  • Request Transformation
  • Response Transformation
  • Context Persistence
  • JSON to XML
Security
  • IP Access Rules
  • Basic Authentication
  • API Key
  • OAuth 2.0
  • HMAC
  • JWT
  • LDAP
  • Message Inspection
  • SAML Assertion
  • Mutual TLS
  • OpenID Connect
  • HashiCorp Vault Authentication
  • Okta
  • Let's Encrypt
  • Bot Detection
  • CORS
  • Access Control Lists
Extension
  • Serverless Integrations
  • Monitoring Integrations
  • Statistics Collection
  • Message Logging