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Amazing API Gateway
What do you like best about the product?
It allow us to integrate with various IDP integration using azure, okta , aws cognito and many more.
Provide amazing functionalities of plugin and we can also create custom plugin by building lua code.
Provide developer protal functionalities for the developer to onborad api to show them to the outer World.
Good customer support.
Provide amazing functionalities of plugin and we can also create custom plugin by building lua code.
Provide developer protal functionalities for the developer to onborad api to show them to the outer World.
Good customer support.
What do you dislike about the product?
Documentation is not proper like we debugging takes a lot of time.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It provide functionality of sso that is really amazing to integrate it with third party provider.
Comprehensive Review for Kong API Gateway
What do you like best about the product?
High Performance and Scalability
Extensive Plugin Architecture
Comprehensive API Management
Strong Security Features
Service Mesh Integration
Active Community and Support
Extensive Plugin Architecture
Comprehensive API Management
Strong Security Features
Service Mesh Integration
Active Community and Support
What do you dislike about the product?
Complexity of Advanced Features
Steep Learning Curve for Custom Plugins
Occasional Gaps in Documentation
High Cost of Enterprise Edition
Potential for Configuration Challenges
Steep Learning Curve for Custom Plugins
Occasional Gaps in Documentation
High Cost of Enterprise Edition
Potential for Configuration Challenges
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
API Management
Problem: Complex and time-consuming management of multiple APIs.
Benefit: Streamlines and automates API management, reducing manual workload.
Security
Problem: Ensuring API security against unauthorized access and threats.
Benefit: Enhances security with features like OAuth2, JWT, IP whitelisting, and data encryption.
Scalability
Problem: Handling high volumes of API requests without performance issues.
Benefit: High-performance architecture ensures scalability and low latency.
Extensibility
Problem: Difficulty in customizing API functionality.
Benefit: Extensive plugin architecture allows for tailored solutions and enhanced functionality.
Service Mesh Integration
Problem: Complex integration of APIs within microservices environments.
Benefit: Seamless compatibility with service mesh architectures and container orchestration platforms.
Problem: Complex and time-consuming management of multiple APIs.
Benefit: Streamlines and automates API management, reducing manual workload.
Security
Problem: Ensuring API security against unauthorized access and threats.
Benefit: Enhances security with features like OAuth2, JWT, IP whitelisting, and data encryption.
Scalability
Problem: Handling high volumes of API requests without performance issues.
Benefit: High-performance architecture ensures scalability and low latency.
Extensibility
Problem: Difficulty in customizing API functionality.
Benefit: Extensive plugin architecture allows for tailored solutions and enhanced functionality.
Service Mesh Integration
Problem: Complex integration of APIs within microservices environments.
Benefit: Seamless compatibility with service mesh architectures and container orchestration platforms.
API Legend
What do you like best about the product?
In my view, the standout feature of the Kong gateway is the simplicity of setting up its data planes, especially with Docker compatibility, making it user-friendly.
Additionally, I love the Kong's custom plugin feature, which allows me to enhance API capabilities according to my needs.
Additionally, I love the Kong's custom plugin feature, which allows me to enhance API capabilities according to my needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
I believe that the Kong API gateway lacks certain features, such as monetization options in the developer portal, which could provide additional benefits for organization
utilizing the portal for API sales. Additionally, I think there should be limits on the number of applications developers can create from the developer portal.
utilizing the portal for API sales. Additionally, I think there should be limits on the number of applications developers can create from the developer portal.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The Kong API gateway effectively addresses several issues, including:
1. Enabling the addition of headers to my/client request payloads before forwarding them to the upstream, thanks to the request transformer plugin.
2. Safeguarding my service from DDOS attacks through rate-limiting plugins.
3. Facilitating response caching via the Response Cache plugin, thereby reducing response times.
1. Enabling the addition of headers to my/client request payloads before forwarding them to the upstream, thanks to the request transformer plugin.
2. Safeguarding my service from DDOS attacks through rate-limiting plugins.
3. Facilitating response caching via the Response Cache plugin, thereby reducing response times.
Developing a Product and Positioning It as a Future Market Leader
What do you like best about the product?
- High performance and scalability
- Modular plugin architecture
- Robust security features
- Compatibility with service mesh
- Extensive plugin ecosystem for data transformation
- User-friendly setup and operation
- Modular plugin architecture
- Robust security features
- Compatibility with service mesh
- Extensive plugin ecosystem for data transformation
- User-friendly setup and operation
What do you dislike about the product?
Debugging and Troubleshooting Kong
Common Issues and Solutions
Debugging Tools and Techniques
Performance Issues
Community and Support
Common Issues and Solutions
Debugging Tools and Techniques
Performance Issues
Community and Support
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- API Traffic Control
- Security Measures
- Flexibility and Customization
- Monitoring and Observability
- Security Measures
- Flexibility and Customization
- Monitoring and Observability
Kong is best tool for future
What do you like best about the product?
1. API Managment
2. Routing
3. Custom plugin using Lua code
4. we can easily put authentication using JWT, Key auth and OPENID connect.
5. Best thing is that plugin precedences
6. We can easily public the kong service to the dev portal using API Product
7. we can easily inegrate with third party IDP
2. Routing
3. Custom plugin using Lua code
4. we can easily put authentication using JWT, Key auth and OPENID connect.
5. Best thing is that plugin precedences
6. We can easily public the kong service to the dev portal using API Product
7. we can easily inegrate with third party IDP
What do you dislike about the product?
1. Org specific Dev portal
2. Dev portal is not really mature
3. Documentation is not really good
4. API product rate limiting plugins are not avaibale
2. Dev portal is not really mature
3. Documentation is not really good
4. API product rate limiting plugins are not avaibale
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
1. Low Latency
2. We can monitize API using Dev portal
3. Easy to setup
4. Booming product
5. Easy to use
2. We can monitize API using Dev portal
3. Easy to setup
4. Booming product
5. Easy to use
product review
What do you like best about the product?
Scalablity, flexibility, security, plugins which helps a lot in short and long term in software products.
What do you dislike about the product?
lack of proper documentation which easily can be understood. Bit complex and difficult to learn for beginners.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It provides scalability, flexibility and security and allow to use plugins which makes it great choice to use in product building.
Product review
What do you like best about the product?
Flexibility, scalability, security ,builtin analytics and monitoring capabilities
What do you dislike about the product?
Complexity and limited developer portal features
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Centralized Api management, extensibility and plug-in ecosystem.
Engineering Manager
What do you like best about the product?
Stability and ease of use.
It helped us to improve our API experience
It helped us to improve our API experience
What do you dislike about the product?
As such nothing, it is working seamless in our applications
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Authentication and authorisation
Pioneering Product on Track to Become Market Leader
What do you like best about the product?
1. Huge range of plugins which are useful.
2. Low latetency
3. Easy to setup.
4.Easy to use.
5. Easy to integrate with other platform.
2. Low latetency
3. Easy to setup.
4.Easy to use.
5. Easy to integrate with other platform.
What do you dislike about the product?
1. Debveloper portal should be more mature.
2. Kong Documentation should be imroved and more detailed.
2. Kong Documentation should be imroved and more detailed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong API gateway helps us to manage our APIs by securing, routing and monitoring trafic which helps us to reduce manual overhead which in return helps in enhancing security, provide us with valuable analytics and allows us to focus on our development.
Develop a Product and Pinpoint a Prospective Future Market Leader
What do you like best about the product?
1.Decentralized & High-Performance Architecture
2.Service Mesh Support (Kuma/Envoy Integration)
3.Powerful Declarative Configuration (GitOps-Friendly)
2.Service Mesh Support (Kuma/Envoy Integration)
3.Powerful Declarative Configuration (GitOps-Friendly)
What do you dislike about the product?
Although Kong has many plugins, some community plugins lack maintenance, updates, and version compatibility.
A more standardized, validated plugin ecosystem would help developers.
A more standardized, validated plugin ecosystem would help developers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Kong API Gateway streamlines API management by efficiently routing, securing, and monitoring traffic, thereby reducing manual effort. This bolsters security, offers valuable analytics, and enables our team to concentrate on development.
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