There are a few features that I like about Kong when it comes to authentication and authorization. Specifically, being able to use Kong for role-based access control (RBAC), and then further being able to integrate the RBAC mechanism with our enterprise directory, was very useful.
Dev lead at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 2, 2024
The features I like include ease of operation and implementation in a cloud environment, the dashboarding features for API statistics, and the user-friendly developer portal.
Kong is meant for north-south communications, so it will be interesting to see what solutions they can come up with in the realms of east-west communications, service-to-service communications, and Zero Trust architecture. I believe that if they can provide for these areas, then they will be able to solve the overall integration and security concerns for microservices architecture in general.
Engineer at Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
Jun 5, 2024
The main challenge, in my opinion, is the price. It's difficult to convince our management to approve the budget to purchase it from our vendor. There are no technical problems.
Head of Digital Delivery at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 25, 2020
There should be an easier way to integrate with other solutions, even though it's the same API solution layer. Comparability will be a good improvement.
