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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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Customer reviews
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Flexible Deployment, Easy to Use, and Smart Management/Data Plane Separation
Reviewed on Apr 09, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Deployment flexibility, easy to use, separates management and data planes
What do you dislike about the product?
Plugin sprawl becomes a governance problem, Order of execution matters, but isn’t always obvious
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
API gateway, edge and micro-gateway
Hrutik J.
Fast, Reliable API Gateway That Scales Smoothly with Kubernetes
Reviewed on Apr 07, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It’s fast, reliable, and doesn’t add unnecessary complexity when managing APIs at scale. Setting things up is straightforward, and the plugin system makes it easy to add features like security, traffic control, or monitoring without rewriting everything. It also plays really well with modern setups like Kubernetes, which saves a lot of time when deploying or scaling services.
What do you dislike about the product?
feel a bit heavy and complex once you move beyond basic use cases. The learning curve gets steeper when dealing with advanced configurations, custom plugins, or debugging issues, especially for teams new to API gateways. The admin and observability experience can also feel fragmented unless you invest time and effort into tuning it or upgrading to enterprise features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong Gateway solves the business problem of controlling, scaling, and securing API traffic as companies grow their digital products. As applications move to microservices and multiple teams build and deploy services independently, managing APIs can become slow, inconsistent, and risky. Kong acts as a central layer that standardizes security, traffic management, and access control without forcing teams to redesign their services.
Shivansh V.
Seamless Transition to Kong Gateway with Superior Performance
Reviewed on Apr 07, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I really like the UI dashboard of Kong Gateway. Its performance and speed are impressive, using an ultra-lightweight NGINX engine that can handle up to 50,000 transactions per second, which I find really good. I also appreciate its deployment flexibility, whether it's on-premise, in the cloud, or using the Kong Ingress Controller for Kubernetes. The platform is architecture-dependent with lots of options, and I find it really good for my needs. Additionally, it supports managing gateways via YAML and Kubernetes CRDs, which seamlessly integrates into GitOps and CI/CD pipelines. Setting it up was very easy; I was able to do it within an hour and start working on it right away.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think the documentation could be a bit simpler and should include more examples. There's also an enterprise wall, and while the open source resources are good, the paid product is also there, which can be a bit of a barrier.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong Gateway improves security and gateway configuration, managing upstream services and reducing 502 errors. It enhances performance and debugging, handling over 50,000 transactions per second. Its deployment flexibility integrates well with Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines, offering seamless integration.
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Flexible and Easy-to-Use, But Command-Heavy
Reviewed on Apr 06, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like the flexibility and easy-to-use UI of Kong Gateway. The integration with AWS was impressive, and the initial setup was straightforward.
What do you dislike about the product?
A lot of commands involved and that need to be reduced
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I find Kong Gateway flexible with a straightforward UI and good AWS integration, though it involves a lot of commands.
Rajnish K.
Modern, Lightweight API Gateway with Competitive Functionality
Reviewed on Apr 03, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
It's very much competitive with functionality provided my modern api gateway. Latest technologies used and make very lighter.
What do you dislike about the product?
The UI could be better, but I still like how it helps everyone move away from what they’re currently using and explore the features.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Better policies and stronger support policies are needed for industry-standard companies.