Kong Konnect
konghq.com
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- Kong Konnect is a unified platform for managing API, AI, and event connectivity.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Intended users
- Konnect is positioned for platform builders and enables human and agentic builders to produce and consume APIs and enterprise connectivity.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Deployment
- Gateway infrastructure can be hybrid or Kong-managed in a selected cloud provider and region.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Security
- The product describes encryption and PII sanitization for API and agent transactions.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United StatesRead 23 Sep 2026 · konghq.com
- Founded
- 2017Read 23 Sep 2026 · konghq.com
- AI traffic governance
- The platform supports governing, monetizing, and observing AI traffic, including agents, LLMs, and MCP.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Automation integrations
- Governance automation is available through the Admin API, decK CLI, Kubernetes operator, and Terraform provider.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Context mesh
- It can discover APIs, compose endpoints into MCP tools, and generate MCP servers.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Developer portal
- Konnect supports publishing APIs and services in its Developer Portal for external agents.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Observability
- Unified observability covers API, AI, event-streaming, and microservices traffic, including model and token usage.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Plus usage limit
- The Plus AI plan includes one million requests per month and lists a maximum of ten million requests per month.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Pricing and trial
- Plus starts at $25/month plus usage and has a 30-day trial without a credit card.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
- Runtime management
- Konnect provisions and governs gateways for APIs, AI, agents, event streaming, and microservices.Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
Plans and prices
Free trial Free No credit card required 30 days Read 19 Sep 2026 · konghq.com
Plus - Serverless Gateway $25 a month Charged per Gateway per month, billed monthly 5 Serverless Gateways · 2 Hybrid Gateways · 2 Dedicated Cloud Gateways · 1 million API requests included per month · 10 million API requests maximum per month Read 19 Sep 2026 · konghq.com
Plus - Hybrid Gateway $200 a month Charged per Gateway per month, billed monthly Up to 2 Hybrid Gateways Read 19 Sep 2026 · konghq.com
Plus - Dedicated Cloud Gateway $500 a month Charged per Gateway per month, billed monthly Up to 2 Dedicated Cloud Gateways · 1 region per control plane Read 19 Sep 2026 · konghq.com
Enterprise Priced on request Custom pricing · Unlimited gateways and published APIs · Fully self-hosted API gateways available · SSO and audit logs · Dedicated support and customer success Read 19 Sep 2026 · konghq.com
Plus (AI Management) $25 a month Billed monthly; plus usage 1 million requests/month included · up to 10 million requests/month · up to 5 serverless AI gateway control planes · up to 2 hybrid AI gateway control planes · 5 unique LLMs proxied by AI plugins Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
Enterprise (AI Management) Priced on request Custom billed annually Customizable request limits · no limits on DCGW regions, control planes, or model proxy count Read 14 Nov 2026 · konghq.com
Where Specifiction places it
- API Monetization Software#7 of 418.3
- API Catalog Tools#3 of 148.3
- API Marketplace Software#9 of 378.1
- Rest Apis#8 of 288.1
- API Management Software#11 of 388.1
- API Developer Portal Software#11 of 368.1
- Api 1#10 of 258.2