Kong is ranked number 1 on the G2 Momentum Grids for API Management and API Development for Spring 2025. And users seem to agree with the glowing assessment: Kong is currently the highest-rated tool based on user satisfaction in the categories of API Management and API Development on G2.
We think there are plenty of reasons why Kong is king when it comes to API management and API development. But don't just take our word for it.
Recent G2 reviewers say Kong is "the king of API gateway," a "powerful and scalable API gateway with great extensibility," and a "one-stop solution to manage the API world."
Here are some other thoughts from G2 reviewers:
"Kong API Gateway is a fantastic product that supports the process of holistic API management excellently. It’s super lightweight, especially with its plugin-based approach. Their support makes the daily work of API development much easier and saves many lines of code in your applications. In addition, I have found the support to be very competent and helpful. So far we have always received quick and appropriate answers." —Fabian H
"Kong has a modular plugin system that allows you to extend its functionality without altering the core system. This means you can add features like authentication, logging, rate limiting, and data transformation as needed, making it highly customizable."—Rohit C., Software Developer
"Kong API Gateway brings a lot of value and utility as it is built for hybrid and multi-cloud environments and is optimized and purpose-built for microservices and distributed architectures, providing secure connections to different applications over interfaces. The best part about Kong API Gateway is that it provides plugins to use in Gateway deployments." —Consultant in Computer Networking
"In my opinion, Kong API Gateway is a great choice because of its lightweight nature, also its ease of installation, and ease of use even for beginners. Moreover, it has an intuitive user interface that is sleek and easy to use." —ND, Frontend Developer
"Kong is a great solution for deploying a cloud vendor-agnostic API Gateway. You can deploy it from a container or with the native binary. I am especially fond of leveraging the Kong Ingress Controller in K8s as I find it to be one of the simplest ways to handle both Ingress and Routing with the other Kong features as frosting on the cake." —Greg H, FHIR Architect
G2 calculates a product's Momentum score using a proprietary algorithm based on a combination of user reviews with data from other online and social sources. The company says software buyers can compare products in each category using "Momentum and Satisfaction scores to streamline the buying process and quickly identify trending products."
You can visit G2's site to check out more reviews — or leave your own.
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