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Compare Kong Gateway and Layer7 API Management 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (40.4% of reviews)
Small-Business (71.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Pay As You Go Per Month
No pricing available
Kong 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 GatewayLayer7 API Management
Star Rating
(7)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (71.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Layer7 API ManagementPricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Kong 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
Layer7 API Management
No pricing availableFree Trial
Kong Gateway
Free Trial is available
Layer7 API Management
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.5
224
Not enough data
Ease of Use
8.6
227
Not enough data
Ease of Setup
8.3
169
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.3
132
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.3
212
Not enough data
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
121
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
215
Not enough data
Features by Category
Development
8.4
77
Not enough data
8.5
73
Not enough data
8.1
74
Not enough data
8.8
74
Not enough data
Collaboration
8.3
73
Not enough data
8.3
72
Not enough data
8.3
73
Not enough data
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
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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
7.0
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Collaboration - API Platforms
7.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
7.7
5
Not enough data
API Management - API Platforms
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
Not enough data
API Construction
8.4
163
Not enough data
8.7
166
Not enough data
8.2
167
Not enough data
9.0
163
Not enough data
API Management
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
Not enough data
Data Integration
8.6
160
Not enough data
7.9
150
Not enough data
8.7
159
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Kong Gateway and Layer7 API Management are categorized as API Development
Unique Categories
Kong Gateway is categorized as Large Language Model Operationalization (LLMOps), API Management, and API Platforms
Layer7 API Management has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Kong Gateway
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Layer7 API Management
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
23.4%
Information Technology and Services
12.8%
Financial Services
8.7%
Banking
6.4%
Computer & Network Security
5.3%
Other
43.4%
Management Consulting
14.3%
Information Technology and Services
14.3%
Government Administration
14.3%
Computer Software
14.3%
Computer Networking
14.3%
Other
28.6%
Most Helpful Reviews
Kong Gateway
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Kong is wonderful if you enjoy Lua with Openresty and look to have an sll-in-one solution for API implementation and management. Lua is not as popular as it should be, but Openresty has proven performance and a strong community. For developers using either...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Banking
Orchestraction capability is quite difficult to integrate apis
Layer7 API Management
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Sakshi S.
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
The platform is designed to be user-friendly and easy to use, even for non-technical users. With a drag-and-drop interface and intuitive tools, developers can create APIs without having to write a lot of code.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Tyler B.
Verified User in Accounting
The client studio was a desktop app running Derby (Java) to edit the JSON repository and JavaScript functions. API Logic Server can run in any Python IDE>
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Kong is wonderful if you enjoy Lua with Openresty and look to have an sll-in-one solution for API implementation and management. Lua is not as popular as it should be, but Openresty has proven performance and a strong community. For developers using either...
Sakshi S.
Verified User in Computer & Network Security
The platform is designed to be user-friendly and easy to use, even for non-technical users. With a drag-and-drop interface and intuitive tools, developers can create APIs without having to write a lot of code.
Verified User in Banking
Orchestraction capability is quite difficult to integrate apis
Tyler B.
Verified User in Accounting
The client studio was a desktop app running Derby (Java) to edit the JSON repository and JavaScript functions. API Logic Server can run in any Python IDE>
Alternatives
Discussions
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 the use of Kong API gateway?
1 comment
Official Response from Kong Gateway
Hello,
Kong Gateway is cloud-native API management solution that allows you to build, run, and govern your APIs and microservices. You can learn more...Read more
Layer7 API Management has no discussions with answers
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