API7 vs Kong
API7API Gateway
From $250 / gateway group / moPublished price
KongAPI Management
$250+ / monthPublished price
API7 API Gateway Manage, secure, and scale your APIs and AI traffic with a cloud-native platform | Kong API Management API management. For everyone. | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | API Gateway | API Management |
| What it is | Enterprise API management platform built on Apache APISIX providing full lifecycle management and technical support. | Kong provides an API platform that manages, secures, and observes APIs and microservices across cloud-native environments with the open-source Kong Gateway at its core. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | From $250 / gateway group / mo API7 Cloud Standard starts at $250 per production gateway group per month, with API calls at $2 per million and services at $10 each. API7 also offers a trial and open-source APIS… | $250+ / month Open Source: Free - Core gateway Kong Konnect Plus: Starting at $250/month - Managed platform Kong Konnect Enterprise: Custom pricing - Advanced governance |
| Pricing model | Tiered plans | Not available |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2019 | 2017 |
| Team size | 51-200 employees | 501-1,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, China | San Francisco, California |
| Featured clients | Not available | Nasdaq, Samsung, GlaxoSmithKline |