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Compare Apache APISIX and Kong Gateway 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.0% of reviews)
Mid-Market (40.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Pay As You Go Per Month
Apache APISIX
Star Rating
(5)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Apache APISIXKong Gateway
Star Rating
(268)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (40.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
Free Trial is available
Learn more about Kong GatewayPricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Apache APISIX
No pricing availableKong Gateway
Kong Konnect
Pay As You Go
Per Month
- The easiest way to get started with Kong Gateway
- Customizable Dev Portal
- Plugins to extend capabilities including authentication, authorization, rate-limiting, transformations, security, and more
Free Trial
Apache APISIX
No trial information availableKong Gateway
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
Not enough data
8.5
224
Ease of Use
Not enough data
8.6
227
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
8.3
169
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.3
132
Quality of Support
Not enough data
8.3
212
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.7
121
Product Direction (% positive)
Not enough data
9.3
215
Features by Category
Development
Not enough data
8.4
77
Not enough data
8.5
73
Not enough data
8.1
74
Not enough data
8.8
74
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.3
73
Not enough data
8.3
72
Not enough data
8.3
73
Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)Hide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Prompt Engineering - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Inference Optimization - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Model Garden - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Custom Training - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Application Development - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Model Deployment - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Guardrails - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Model Monitoring - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Gateways & Routers - Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Development - API Platforms
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Collaboration - API Platforms
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
API Management - API Platforms
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
5.3
5
API Construction
Not enough data
8.4
163
Not enough data
8.7
166
Not enough data
8.2
167
Not enough data
9.0
163
API Management
Not enough data
8.8
168
Not enough data
8.2
171
Not enough data
8.3
166
Not enough data
7.3
152
Not enough data
9.0
169
Data Integration
Not enough data
8.6
160
Not enough data
7.9
150
Not enough data
8.7
159
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Apache APISIX and Kong Gateway are categorized as API Management
Unique Categories
Apache APISIX has no unique categories
Kong Gateway is categorized as Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps), API Development, and API Platforms
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Apache APISIX
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Kong Gateway
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
60.0%
Higher Education
20.0%
Financial Services
20.0%
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Other
0.0%
Computer Software
23.4%
Information Technology and Services
12.8%
Financial Services
8.7%
Banking
6.4%
Computer & Network Security
5.3%
Other
43.4%
Most Helpful Reviews
Apache APISIX
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Aryan P.
Verified User in Higher Education
The community behind the project is very helpful.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Kong Gateway
Most Helpful Favorable Review
mahendra c.
Verified User in Management Consulting
Their help has been invaluable in getting our infra up and running in record time, & they are always abailble to assist us as wheen i need.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Investment Banking
Is not easy, and in some cases not possible, to develop custom policies for hard bussiness logic
Aryan P.
Verified User in Higher Education
The community behind the project is very helpful.
mahendra c.
Verified User in Management Consulting
Their help has been invaluable in getting our infra up and running in record time, & they are always abailble to assist us as wheen i need.
Verified User in Investment Banking
Is not easy, and in some cases not possible, to develop custom policies for hard bussiness logic
Alternatives
Discussions
Apache APISIX has no discussions with answers
Is Kong a DevOps tool?
6 comments
DK
NoRead more
What does KONG software do?
3 comments
TP
Great question! Kong API Gateway is a service connectivity platform that allows teams to build, test, deploy, and securely expose their services across any...Read more
What is Kong API management?
1 comment
Official Response from Kong Gateway
Kong Gateway is the fastest, most-adopted API gateway. It is cloud-native, lightweight, and vendor agnostic, so you can connect services across any cloud,...Read more
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