Kong pricing

API and AI connectivity platform for managing gateways, service mesh, and AI traffic across applications.

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $25/mo
Plans: 2
Free trial: 30 days

What is Kong?

Kong is an API and AI connectivity platform for platform teams, developers, and enterprises. It offers an API Gateway, AI Gateway, Event Gateway, and Service Mesh, along with core services such as an API catalog, developer portal, observability, identity and access, and usage billing and metering. Teams use it to centralize LLM access, automate API workflows, govern AI traffic, and secure digital ecosystems across industries like finance, healthcare, and retail. It is sold through paid plans and a pricing page, with startup credits and discounts available.

Plans and prices

Plus

$25/mo

Included requests per month: 1 million requests
Maximum requests per month: 10 million requests/month
Serverless gateway control planes: Up to 5
Hybrid gateway control planes: Up to 2
DCGW control planes: Up to 2
AI Gateway model proxies: 5
Developer Portals: 1 included, 2 maximum
Data retention: 14 months

Unified AI Gateway for LLM, MCP, A2A
Developer Portal and AI monetization
Observability for model and token usage
Deploy API gateways local and cloud
Publish self-serve API products
Meter and bill APIs
Support for REST, GraphQL, gRPC
Email support

Enterprise

Customcontact sales

DCGW control planes: No limits
AI Gateway model proxies: No limits
Developer Portals: No limits
Data retention: 14 months

Dedicated Cloud Gateways in your region
Hybrid gateways for edge deployments
Multiple Developer Portals
Enterprise SSO, RBAC, SCIM, audit logging
Dedicated training and support
Manage AI costs and monetize AI traffic
Unified agent identity and access control
Volume discounts available

Prices in USD, as shown by konghq.com. Source: pricing page. Last checked October 30, 2026.

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Below is what the StableMRR pricing directory read from Kong's own pricing page (last checked 2026-10-30). It can be out of date, so treat it as a starting point.

Category: Developer tools / API tools
What it does: API and AI connectivity platform for managing gateways, service mesh, and AI traffic across applications.
Free trial: 30 days
Plans:
- Plus: $25/mo. Limits: Included requests per month 1 million requests, Maximum requests per month 10 million requests/month, Serverless gateway control planes Up to 5, Hybrid gateway control planes Up to 2, DCGW control planes Up to 2, AI Gateway model proxies 5. Includes: Unified AI Gateway for LLM, MCP, A2A, Developer Portal and AI monetization, Observability for model and token usage, Deploy API gateways local and cloud, Publish self-serve API products
- Enterprise: Contact sales. Limits: DCGW control planes No limits, AI Gateway model proxies No limits, Developer Portals No limits, Data retention 14 months. Includes: Dedicated Cloud Gateways in your region, Hybrid gateways for edge deployments, Multiple Developer Portals, Enterprise SSO, RBAC, SCIM, audit logging, Dedicated training and support
Alternatives in the directory: 1DevTool, 1Lookup, 0x, 100ms
Pricing page: https://konghq.com/pricing
Directory listing: https://stablemrr.com/p/konghq-com

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Pricing facts

Pricing model: Usage based
Billing: monthly or yearly
Discounts: Kong for Startups: $100k credits and 50% off AI Gateway, Volume discounts available

About Kong

Platforms: api
Integrations: ServiceNow, Kafka, Istio, Kubernetes, OpenAI

Features

AI Gateway for LLM, MCP, A2A
API Gateway across cloud and edge
Event Gateway
Developer Portal
Metering and Billing
Advanced analytics and observability
Kong Identity access tokens
SSO, RBAC, audit logging
Dedicated Cloud Gateways
Serverless and hybrid gateways
AI model proxy management
99.9% Konnect SLA target

Price history

No price changes recorded since we started tracking on October 30, 2026.

Alternatives to Kong

Product	Category	Free plan	Paid from	Plans	Checked
1DevToolDesktop workspace that runs multiple AI coding agents side by side with a browser, database, HTTP client and git.	API tools	Yes	-	4	Oct 29, 2026
1LookupAPI platform offering phone, email, IP and social data lookups for developers and AI agents.	API tools	No	$99/mo	5	Oct 29, 2026
0xDeveloper APIs for embedding crypto token swaps, cross-chain bridging and gasless transactions into apps.	API tools	No	$1,000/mo	2	Oct 29, 2026
100msLive video and audio infrastructure with SDKs and APIs for adding real-time calls and streaming to apps.	API tools	Yes	-	3	Oct 29, 2026
AI BridgeMac app that runs multiple AI coding agents side by side, grouped by job, with a shared inbox and history.	API tools	Yes	$9.99/mo	3	Oct 29, 2026

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How this page was made. Plans and prices are read automatically from konghq.com's public pricing page, checked against the page text, and re-checked about every week. Method. Something wrong? Tell us.