Kong

API gateway and service connectivity platform

About Kong

Kong is a API gateway and management platform built for API platform teams who need to manage secure and observe API traffic across services. It provides plugin architecture, load balancing and rate limiting, so teams can govern microservices traffic from one control point hand-rolling gateway features per service. The workflow keeps setup practical for everyday use, with documentation and integrations that fit existing stacks rather than forcing a complete replacement of tools a team already relies on daily.

Kong key facts

Category: Developer Tools
Pricing: Freemium — a free tier lets you start, and paid plans are available if you need more.
Focus areas: api gateway, microservices, open source
Official site: konghq.com

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Editors, platforms, and services developers rely on to build and ship software. The Developer Tools category on Tools Hub currently lists 738 tools. Alongside Kong, it includes Hasura, Directus, Strapi, Payload.

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