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Kong Konnect

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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

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