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# Kong Professional Services

Set your Kong projects up for success with our team of experts.

_AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO KONG ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS_

## Expert services, at your service

### Ensure Project Success

Best-practice architecture and deployment planning for every initiative.

### Speed Up Time to Value

Get the most from the Kong platform faster, and hit the outcomes you're after.

### Extend and Enhance

Shape the platform to how your organization actually works.

_PLATFORM LAUNCH_

## Get your use cases to production with the capabilities you need

Outcome-based packages that take you to a production-ready Kong platform. Pick the capabilities your project needs.

_3 WEEKS_
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Jumpstart Deployment

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Jumpstart Deployment

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A production-ready Kong Gateway in three weeks — one environment, core security, and the workshops to run it.

  • - Discovery and blueprint design
  • - Control and data plane deployment
  • - Baseline security and observability
  • - Enterprise plugin workshop
[Learn More](https://assets.prd.mktg.konghq.com/files/2026/07/6a4fb2a1-platform-launch---jumpstart-deployment.pdf)Learn More
_6 WEEKS_
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Basic Deployment

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Basic Deployment

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Go live across non-production and production, with SSO, RBAC, and automation samples to build on.

  • - Everything in Jumpstart, across two tiers
  • - SSO, RBAC, and audit logs
  • - Authentication and authorization
  • - CI/CD and platform ops samples
[Learn More](https://assets.prd.mktg.konghq.com/files/2026/07/6a4fb289-platform-launch---basic-deployment.pdf)Learn More
_9 WEEKS_
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Foundation Deployment

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Foundation Deployment

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Scale to more use cases with governance, automation, observability, and performance testing built in.

  • - Multi-tier deployment and hardening
  • - Governance and policy enforcement
  • - Full observability and log management
  • - Automation, performance and chaos testing
[Learn More](https://assets.prd.mktg.konghq.com/files/2026/07/6a4fb295-platform-launch---foundation-deployment.pdf)Learn More
_12 WEEKS_
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Advanced Deployment

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Advanced Deployment

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Operationalize Kong across the org — identity, collaboration, monetization, and governance at scale.

  • - Everything in Foundation
  • - Kong Identity and advanced security
  • - Service Catalog and Developer Portal
  • - Monetization strategy and setup
[Learn More](https://assets.prd.mktg.konghq.com/files/2026/07/6a4fb276-platform-launch---advanced-deployment.pdf)Learn More
_ONGOING AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES_

## Services that scale with you

Add expertise and coverage when you need it, beyond the initial deployment.

_10-40 HRS / WEEK_
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Resident Engineer Subscription

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Resident Engineer Subscription

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A dedicated engineer embedded with your team, going deeper than project work to maximize how much of the platform you put to work.

  • - Your own designated Kong engineer, week over week
  • - Focused on capability enablement and adoption
  • - Center of Excellence practices and knowledge transfer
  • - Architecture, platform operations, and migration support
[Learn More](https://assets.prd.mktg.konghq.com/files/2026/07/6a4fb2e0-platform-launch---resident-engineer-subscription-service.pdf)Learn More
_ONGOING_

Extend the Kong platform with custom plugins built to your requirements — with ongoing support.

  • - Built to your business requirements
  • - Extends and enhances the platform
  • - Ongoing maintenance and support
_ONSITE OR VIRTUAL_

Tailored enablement for your team, onsite or virtual, delivered by Kong experts.

  • - Tailored to your organization
  • - Operations, developer and security tracks
  • - Delivered by Kong experts