Kong Gateway Enterprise Reviews

Name: Kong Gateway Enterprise
Brand: Kong
Rating: 3.9 (24 reviews)

Vendor: Kong

3.9 out of 5

24 reviews
92% willing to recommend

242 followers

What is Kong Gateway Enterprise?

Kong delivers a next generation API platform built for modern architectures. With a lightnight-fast, lightweight, and flexible core, Kong delivers sub-millisecond latency across all your services. Kong's is deployment-, vendor-, and pattern-agnostic, allowing you to run your services how you want, where you want, and with who you want - from baremetal to cloud, monolith to microservices, service mesh, and beyond.

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Kong Gateway Enterprise is the #6 ranked solution in top API Management solutions. PeerSpot users give Kong Gateway Enterprise an average rating of 7.8 out of 10. Kong Gateway Enterprise is most commonly compared to Microsoft Azure API Management: Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Microsoft Azure API Management. Kong Gateway Enterprise is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 66% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 20% of all views.

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Kong Gateway Enterprise

March 2025

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Featured Kong Gateway Enterprise reviews

AmitKanodia

Cloud & Integration CoE Head at Capgemini

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.

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ASHOK YADAV

Solutions Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Upgrading Kong Gateway Enterprise should be more sophisticated and innovative. The main issue is with the update process. Our DevOps and admin teams need to update multiple files, which is cumbersome. For instance, in cases where Palantir countries are involved, they have to update many files, which is not ideal. However, for other tasks like configuring the message routing and services and handling all the configurations, the process is acceptable. The software version upgrade process should be improved. Additionally, the DevOps portal should be integrated more natively. There are a few other areas for improvement, such as implementing automatic load balancing. The status of the office team, whether it is up or down, should be checked at the API gateway level to facilitate load balancing.

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Sudhanshu Dev

Senior Principal DevOps Engineer at barq

We use Kong for our API gateway, handling all public traffic. It is an open-source tool, and even though we are a startup, it provides us with stability without incurring high costs initially Kong has helped us by performing smoothly even when we receive millions of requests, which prevents any…

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Kong Gateway Enterprise mindshare

As of March 2025, the mindshare of Kong Gateway Enterprise in the API Management category stands at 6.3%, up from 6.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports based on Kong Gateway Enterprise reviews

Type	Title	Date
Category	API Management	Mar 25, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Mar 25, 2025	Download
Comparison	Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Microsoft Azure API Management	Mar 25, 2025	Download
Comparison	Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Apigee	Mar 25, 2025	Download
Comparison	Kong Gateway Enterprise vs Amazon API Gateway	Mar 25, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
Microsoft Azure API Management	3.9	19.1%	91%	80 interviews Add to research
Apigee	4.1	14.5%	92%	86 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"Kong's most valuable features are its lightweight performance when handling millions of requests and the ability to write custom plugins to enhance security, such as end-to-end encryption, even in the open-source version."
"In terms of stability, the tool's team has made some good efforts, and my company is very happy with the product's approach."
"It offers a wide range of plugins that we leverage, including OIDC, Rate Limiting, Lambda functions, and more."

Room for Improvement

"The open-source version of Kong does not support a dashboard, which would be very helpful."
"The tool needs to improve in areas like documentation and UI."
"The software version upgrade process should be improved."

ROI

Organizations report cost-effective scalability with Kong Gateway Enterprise, beneficial in their economic contexts. They highly value the open-source version's performance akin to enterprise level, allowing agile delivery of APIs. While it helps generate some revenue through combined application efforts, direct financial attribution to Kong is challenging. Users appreciate its monitoring capabilities for promptly identifying issues, especially in the free community edition.

Pricing

"Basically, my company uses the tool's open-source version."
"It's expensive in Thailand (10 million baht, in Thai currency)."
"The product is reasonably priced because it goes by the SaaS model."

Deployment

Installation of Kong Gateway Enterprise is generally straightforward, with many finding it easy to deploy within hours. Some mention needing several people for setup and occasional challenges due to new languages or integrating legacy systems. Others highlight the ease for cloud-based deployments. A few report needing extended time for deployment due to learning curves or complex requirements. The setup often requires involvement from various teams like DevOps and infrastructure.

Stability

Kong Gateway Enterprise exhibits strong stability, with consistent performance and minimal issues reported. Users express satisfaction, noting its solid architecture as a key factor. Some encountered challenges, mainly due to infrastructure or misconfigured plug-ins, manageable via proper configuration practices. Ratings generally range from seven to ten, indicating a high level of reliability. Recent improvements in upgrade documentation and deployment methods have enhanced stability, reducing previous difficulties. Users appreciate the platform's resilience and effective operations.

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