Pricing & Plans
Pay-as-you-go from startup friendly to enterprise scale
Essentials to get started managing your services.
- Essential security capabilities
- Community support forums
Scale connectivity with advanced capabilities.
- Includes everything in Free
- Advanced security, rate-limiting, transformations, GraphQL, and more
- 3rd party IdP integrations with OpenID Connect
- Prioritized email support
Recommended
Universal connectivity with enterprise-grade security, scalability and observability.
- Includes everything in Plus
- Fully self-managed deployment options
- 24x7x365 technical support (phone, chat, and email)
Exclusive Extensions
- Enterprise-ready Service Mesh
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ServiceHubMicroservices catalog provides a single source of truth to inventory, socialize, and track every service in your entire architecture.
Managed Services
Up to 3
Pay-as-you-go
Custom
API GatewayThe world’s most popular API gateway - Kong Gateway was built for hybrid and multi-cloud, optimized for microservices and distributed architectures.
Requests per Month
Up to 2M
Up to 10M
+$2.50 per additional 1M
Custom
Declarative configuration
Data retention
24 hours
6 months
1 year
Self-managed
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-
Platform availability
Containerized, OS & Marketplace
Containerized, OS & Marketplace
Containerized, OS & Marketplace
Authentication
Basic
Standard
Advanced
ACL enforcement
ACL
ACL
ACL w/ OIDC
Rate limiting
Basic
Standard
Advanced
Response caching
Basic
Standard
Advanced
Corporate network proxying
-
-
Request routing
-
Standard
Advanced
Observability
Basic
Standard
Advanced
Data transformation
Basic
Standard
Advanced
Serverless integration
Dev PortalCustomizable portal to publish, document, manage versions and use of APIs and services for external teams.
APIs in catalog
Up to 3
Pay-as-you-go
+$75/mo per additional
Custom
Public or private API catalog
Theming and customization
Application registration
Self-Managed
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-
Available
ObservabilityReal-time analytics to monitor the health and performance of your APIs and runtimes.
API monitoring and analyticsSave time with out of the box integrations to push Kong metrics to your operations single pane of glass. Datadog, Prometheus, and Splunk, with more to come
OOTB integration with external analytics toolsSave time with out of the box integrations to push Kong metrics to your operations single pane of glass. Datadog, Prometheus, and Splunk, with more to come
Data retention period
24 hrs
6 months
1 year
AdministrationGrant different levels of permissions to multiple users for a more secure environment.
Role-based access control
Federated identity
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-
Available
Regional AvailabilityChoose the best deployment region based on your regulatory and compliance requirements.
Regional Availability (Cloud Edition Only)
US only
US only
Worldwide
Deployment OptionsGet the security and flexibility without sacrificing the benefits of a SaaS solution with the hybrid model, or take on the complete management of the stack with the self-managed model.
Cloud
Self-managed
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-
Training & SupportDirect access to in-house expertise for success optimizing performance, managing risk, and keeping costs under control.
Self-serve knowledge base
Community discussion forum
Technical support
-
Email, Web
Email, Web, Phone
Product training
Coming soon
On-Demand Labs
On-Demand Labs
Professional services
-
-
Available
ServiceHub
Managed Services
Up to 3
API Gateway
Requests per Month
Up to 2M
Declarative configuration
Data retention
24 hours
Self-managed
-
Platform availability
Containerized, OS & Marketplace
Authentication
Basic
ACL enforcement
ACL
Rate limiting
Basic
Response caching
Basic
Corporate network proxying
-
Request routing
-
Observability
Basic
Data transformation
Basic
Serverless integration
Dev Portal
APIs in catalog
Up to 3
Public or private API catalog
Theming and customization
Application registration
Self-Managed
-
Observability
API monitoring and analytics
OOTB integration with external analytics tools
Data retention period
24 hrs
Administration
Role-based access control
Federated identity
-
Regional Availability
Regional Availability (Cloud Edition Only)
US only
Deployment Options
Cloud
Self-managed
-
Training & Support
Self-serve knowledge base
Community discussion forum
Technical support
-
Product training
Coming soon
Professional services
-
ServiceHub
Managed Services
Pay-as-you-go
API Gateway
Requests per Month
Up to 10M
+$2.50 per additional 1M
Declarative configuration
Data retention
6 months
Self-managed
-
Platform availability
Containerized, OS & Marketplace
Authentication
Standard
ACL enforcement
ACL
Rate limiting
Standard
Response caching
Standard
Corporate network proxying
-
Request routing
Standard
Observability
Standard
Data transformation
Standard
Serverless integration
Dev Portal
APIs in catalog
Pay-as-you-go
+$75/mo per additional
Public or private API catalog
Theming and customization
Application registration
Self-Managed
-
Observability
API monitoring and analytics
OOTB integration with external analytics tools
Data retention period
6 months
Administration
Role-based access control
Federated identity
-
Regional Availability
Regional Availability (Cloud Edition Only)
US only
Deployment Options
Cloud
Self-managed
-
Training & Support
Self-serve knowledge base
Community discussion forum
Technical support
Email, Web
Product training
On-Demand Labs
Professional services
-
ServiceHub
Managed Services
Custom
API Gateway
Requests per Month
Custom
Declarative configuration
Data retention
1 year
Self-managed
Platform availability
Containerized, OS & Marketplace
Authentication
Advanced
ACL enforcement
ACL w/ OIDC
Rate limiting
Advanced
Response caching
Advanced
Corporate network proxying
Request routing
Advanced
Observability
Advanced
Data transformation
Advanced
Serverless integration
Dev Portal
APIs in catalog
Custom
Public or private API catalog
Theming and customization
Application registration
Self-Managed
Available
Observability
API monitoring and analytics
OOTB integration with external analytics tools
Data retention period
1 year
Administration
Role-based access control
Federated identity
Available
Regional Availability
Regional Availability (Cloud Edition Only)
Worldwide
Deployment Options
Cloud
Self-managed
Training & Support
Self-serve knowledge base
Community discussion forum
Technical support
Email, Web, Phone
Product training
On-Demand Labs
Professional services
Available
Exclusive Extensions
Kong Mesh
Enterprise-grade service mesh for multi-cloud and multi-cluster deployments on both Kubernetes and VMs.
Deploy Anywhere
Universal deployment across all supported containers or operating systems of your choice.- Automatic service discovery and connectivity
- Zero-trust security
- Global observability
- Enhanced Multi-zone authentication
- Multi-mesh support
- HashiCorp Vault for CA support
- Open Policy Agent integration
- FIPS-compliant mode
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Frequently Asked Questions
How do you define a "Service"?
A “Service” refers to an API that has been implemented within ServiceHub. See Key Concepts and Terminology in the Konnect documentation for additional details.
What is the SLA for Kong-hosted SaaS services?
The target availability for Kong-hosted SaaS services offered as part of the Konnect Platform (the “Konnect Cloud Services”) is 99.9% per calendar month (based on minutes of availability/total minutes per month (“Konnect Cloud Service Level”). For more details, please see Support and Maintenance Policy.
What payment methods do you offer?
We currently support credit card transactions in US dollars only. Konnect customers using the Enterprise plan will have the ability to pay via invoice/PO.
How can I upgrade/downgrade/cancel my plan?
To make changes to your plan, go to the Billing and Usage section of your Konnect account. If you’re an Enterprise customer, please contact sales to make changes to your account.
How do you define a "Published Service"?
A “Published Service” refers to an API that has been published to the Dev Portal and is listed under the ” Published Services” section of the Dev Portal in Konnect. See Dev Portal Overview in the Konnect documentation for additional details.
Is free really free?
Yes. Users on the Konnect Free plan can use all of the products and features in the Free plan for free.
How are API Request limits calculated?
API Request limits are based on the total requests to all of your “Services” over a rolling 30 day period that starts on the date you signed up for Konnect.
How long are subscription terms?
Plans are billed over a 30 day period that starts on the date you signed up for the service. The duration of Enterprise subscriptions are as set out in the individual Order Form for the subscription.
(Pro) What happens when my free trial ends?
Your account will be downgraded to Free and you will no longer be able to use the product and features within the Plus plan.
What happens if I go over API Request per month limits?
Traffic overages are billed at $2.50 for each additional 1 million API Requests, rounded up. For example, if you exceed your plan’s monthly allowance by 750,000 API Requests, you will be billed $2.50 for the additional requests.
What additional Technical Add-On Services are available?
Enterprise customers have the ability to leverage in-house technical expertise, including technical account managers and field engineering support. To learn more, please contact sales. These services are not available to Free and Plus tier customers.
Does Kong have a Partner Services Program?
Yes. Kong offers various partnership opportunities. For more information on how your organization can partner with the fastest growing microservice connectivity platform, please see: https://konghq.com/partners/
What does "Cloud Edition" and "Fully Self-managed" mean, and what's the difference?
The Konnect Platform consists of a single control plane with one or more connected data planes. “Cloud Edition” and “Fully Self Managed” describe the available deployment options for these two components. In a “Cloud Edition” deployment, the control plane is hosted as a cloud service by Kong, while the data planes are deployed and managed by the customer within the customer’s preferred network environment. In a “Fully Self Managed” deployment, only available to Enterprise customers, the Konnect control plane is deployed by the customer within the customer’s network environment, and is not hosted by Kong. For more information, check out this blog post.
What data is stored in the Konnect control plane when using the "Cloud Edition" deployment option?
The Konnect control plane stores only limited data, specifically API Gateway configuration data (e.g. routes, plugins) and service meta-data (e.g. service names, version names, descriptions…) and aggregated traffic analytics (e.g. # of requests per second over time). Payload data from the requests and response traffic going through the data planes (which are always self-managed) is not transferred to, processed by, or stored on the Konnect control plane.
Can the Dev Portal be deployed self-managed?
Yes. To use the self-managed version of Dev Portal please contact sales.