Kong vs OpenResty
KongAPI Management
$250+ / monthPublished price
OpenRestyAPI Gateway
CustomPublished price
Kong API Management API management. For everyone. | OpenResty API Gateway Enterprise solutions for distributed traffic management and production-level dynamic tracing | |
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| Overview | ||
| Category | API Management | API Gateway |
| What it is | 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. | Enterprise OpenResty platform for scalable web apps and API gateways with Lua. |
| Pricing | ||
| Published price | $250+ / month Open Source: Free - Core gateway Kong Konnect Plus: Starting at $250/month - Managed platform Kong Konnect Enterprise: Custom pricing - Advanced governance | Custom The core OpenResty web platform (Nginx + LuaJIT) is free open source. The commercial OpenResty Edge product (Pro and Enterprise tiers) is contact-for-quote only with no published… |
| Pricing model | Not available | Custom quote |
| Free options | Free plan · Free trial | Free plan · Free trial |
| Deal on Cubbie | None right now | None right now |
| Company | ||
| Founded | 2017 | 2011 |
| Team size | 501-1,000 employees | 11-50 employees |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California | Palo Alto, CA |
| Featured clients | Nasdaq, Samsung, GlaxoSmithKline | Not available |