Kong was born to connect. The world is shifting from connecting cloud services with apps to connecting LLMs through agents. API calls and tokens are moving in tandem; a new unit of intelligence is forming. As AI traffic explodes into hypervolumes, speed is all that matters. The same principles of…
The hype for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) has reached a boiling point. Everyone ( including Kong ) is releasing something around MCP to ensure they aren't seen as falling behind in the ever-changing AI landscape. The hype for Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) has reached a…
As a Solutions Engineer here at Kong, one question that frequently comes across my desk is “how can I transform a Kong logging plugin message into a format that my insert-observability-stack-here understands, (e.g., ELK, Loki, Splunk, etc.)?” In this blog, I’m going to show you how to easily…
We’re excited to announce the beta support for Mesh Manager in the Konnect Terraform Provider — a new tool that brings the power of infrastructure-as-code to Kong’s Service Mesh management platform. This provider enables engineering teams to declaratively manage Konnect Mesh resources using…
Imagine a world where you could deploy your API gateways across any cloud, enforce enterprise-grade policies, and meet compliance standards all within a single Terraform apply. Most teams think about infrastructure as code only in terms of spinning up VMs, networking components, databases, or maybe…
Picture this: you’re in the zone — debugging logic, writing endpoints, testing integrations. But suddenly you’re yanked out of flow: copy pasting cURL commands, flipping between environments, chasing down the right API keys, and juggling half a dozen tools just to make a simple change. It’s clunky…
The first time you push an API to production, you’re excited it’s finally live. You’re relieved that you can move on to your next big project. You’re also nervous. You’ve tested as much as you thought you should, but somewhere in the back of your mind is a whisper of, “What if I missed…
For the sixth year in a row, we’re thrilled to announce that Kong has been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management. Plus, Kong was positioned furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis for the second year in a row. We feel this ongoing recognition reinforces our…
Disclaimer: All of the opinions stated in this blog are my own and do not represent official Gartner opinions on the API Management and Integration markets or the Magic Quadrant report itself. The 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management report was a great one for us here at Kong. We continue…
In case you missed it, we recently made a big announcement around beta GCP support for Kong’s Dedicated Cloud Gateways (DCGWs) . There’s a lot of good stuff in there, but TL;DR DCGWs now support all three of the major cloud service providers (CSPs): AWS, Azure, and GCP at a 99.95% SLA with support…
The healthcare industry is buzzing about FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). Pronounced “fire,” this widely adopted data standard has been revolutionizing how healthcare information is exchanged. But building a truly modern, secure, and scalable digital health platform takes more…
We're very excited to announce Kong Operator 2.0! Kong Operator is an evolution of Kong Ingress Controller (KIC) and Kong Gateway Operator into a single Kubernetes offering to simplify deployment, management, configuration, and upgrades of your Kong Gateway instances on Kubernetes. Simplified…
APIs are the digital lifelines powering modern applications, microservices, IoT devices, and everything in between. They act as the universal translators of data, ferrying information between diverse software platforms. API security encompasses the technologies, practices, and protocols dedicated…
While many organizations mistakenly believe a single tool can solve all their API security woes, the truth is far more complex. This blog post will dismantle the myth of the "silver bullet" and demonstrate how a comprehensive, defense-in-depth strategy, centered around a robust API management…
While more and more organizations are seeking to standardize and consolidate their API and AI infrastructure efforts in a unified platform , the reality is that many — especially large — organizations already have disparate API deployments across disparate API gateways. One common API gateway that…