What AI says about Kong
Kong provides a unified API management and connectivity platform that combines API gateway, service mesh, and runtime management to govern, observe, and monetize APIs and microservices.
AI calls ithigh-performance,cloud-native,mature ecosystem,widely adopted,api gateway,huge plugin ecosystem
Since Jul 5Updated Nov 11, 2026Based on 5,850 AI answers
Reviewed by Dimitry Apollonsky
Mentioned in · Public index
6%
of AI answers about Kong and its rivals · since Jul 5
Based on 5,850 AI answers
- ChatGPT6%
- Google AI Mode5%
How often AI mentions Kong
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Markets where AI mentions Kong
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All marketsChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
- Cloud-Native API & Networking PlatformsChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
- Enterprise API Security PlatformsChatGPT
- Developer Portal PlatformsChatGPTGoogle AI Mode
- Privacy-Focused Web Analytics ToolsGoogle AI Mode
- Enterprise Headless E-commerce PlatformsOutside both engines’ top 25
- Developer CLI FrameworksOutside both engines’ top 25
- Secrets and Key Management PlatformsOutside both engines’ top 25
- Zero Trust Network Access PlatformsOutside both engines’ top 25
- LLM Security and Governance PlatformsOutside both engines’ top 25
- API Documentation & Developer Portal PlatformsOutside both engines’ top 25
- LLM Fine-Tuning and Hosting PlatformsOutside both engines’ top 25
- LLM Firewall and Guardrail PlatformsOutside both engines’ top 25
Topics where AI mentions Kong
TopicMentioned in · on this topicRank
- Enterprise API governance
- API gateways
- Open-source app backend
- Enterprise API security and discovery platform
- API key management service
- API security for business logic abuse
- ASM providers for API-heavy companies
- ML model deployment to Kubernetes
- Self-hosted open-source LLM management platform
- CLI development framework for developers
- Prompt injection detection and input sanitization
- PII redaction for LLM pipelines
- API documentation generation
- AI picks mostMentioned in
- best api management platforms for agencieson this questionAI picks Amazon API Gateway and 4 more about as often39%
- We need to version our APIs effectively. What is the best strategy or tool for API versioning?on this questionAI picks Google Cloud Apigee and 2 more about as often50%
Excerpts where Kong appeared in the AI's answer
Google AI ModeSep 20, 2026, Google AI Mode API Gateways (e.g., Kong, AWS API Gateway, Apigee) are the modern tools of choice to manage routing
Google AI ModeSep 12, 2026, Google AI Mode API Gateways (Kong, Apigee, AWS API Gateway): Great for routing URL paths or stripping/translating headers before requests hit your microservices.
Kong in AI answers
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What's the best API gateway for a Solutions Architect designing a microservices-based system?
ChatGPTChatGPT· Sep 29, 2026
I’d shortlist Kong first—especially for hybrid/multi-cloud or Kubernetes environments.
Google AI ModeGoogle AI Mode· Sep 30, 2026
Kong (Open Source / Enterprise) and Envoy (often via Istio or Solo.io Gloo) stand out as the top industry-standard API gateways
Sites AI cites
- Your site21%
- Kong, The AI Connectivity Company | Kong Inc. (opens in a new tab) · 7%Lists Kong
- Developer Portal for APIs and Agents | Kong Inc. (opens in a new tab) · 2%
- Kong Service Catalog: The Producer Side of API Discovery | Kong Inc. (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- API-Managed Event Streaming with Kong Konnect + Amazon MSK (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- How to Design a Scalable Rate Limiting Algorithm | Kong Inc. (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Leveraging the MCP Registry in Kong Konnect for Dynamic Tool Discovery | Kong Inc. (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- OWASP AI Security Project: Top 10 LLM Vulnerabilities Guide | Kong Inc. (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- OWASP API Security Top 10: Mitigating Risks with Kong (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- How AI Gateways Enable Scalable AI Connectivity - Kong Inc. (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- How an API Gateway Secures APIs (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Your site9%
- Gateway rate limiting | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 3%Lists Kong
- Konnect Catalog | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 2%
- LLM Cost Optimization | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Dev Portal | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Kong Gateway | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Consumers - Kong Gateway | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Rate Limiting Advanced - Plugin | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Lists Kong on 3 of 3 pages6%
- 5 Best Open-Source LLM Gateways for Self-Hosted Deployments in 2026 (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Semantic Caching for LLMs: How to Cut Token Spend with AI Gateways (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Tackle LLM Rate Limits and Outages with an AI Gateway - Maxim AI (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Top 5 AI Gateways with Semantic Caching to Cut LLM API Calls (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Top 5 AI Gateways with Semantic Caching to Reduce OpenAI and Anthropic API Costs (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Top 5 Enterprise AI Gateways in 2026 (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Top 5 Enterprise AI Gateways to Eliminate LLM Rate Limiting in Production (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Top 5 LLM Gateways in 2026: A Production-Ready Comparison (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Top 5 LLM Routing Techniques (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Top 5 Tools to Tackle Rate Limiting for LLM Apps (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Lists Kong on 2 of 2 pages5%
- Leaves Kong out4%
- ¿Qué gateway de API debería usar si solo necesito autenticación, limitación de velocidad y monitoreo? : r/learnprogramming (opens in a new tab) · 1%Leaves Kong out
- need advice on the best api management tools 2026 for scaling based on last year's performance (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Envoy: "did your OSS gateway stop working?" (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Is there actually a “best” MCP gateway yet, or is everyone just solving different halves of the problem? (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- What API gateway is you favorite ? (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Best api management tools for smaller companies : r/opensource (opens in a new tab) · 1%Leaves Kong out
- Your site4%
- Kong Gateway | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Kong AI Gateway | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- How to: Get started with Kong Gateway | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Consumers - Kong Gateway | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- DB-less mode - Kong Gateway | Kong Docs (opens in a new tab) · 1%Leaves Kong out
- 3%
- 10 Best Open Source API Management Tools in 2026 (Reviewed) (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- 12 Best API Management Tools & Platforms in 2026 (Compared) (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- 10 Best API Gateway Tools in 2026 (Compared by Capability) (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Top 7 On-Premises API Management Platforms in 2026 (Ranked & Compared) (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Lists Kong on 1 of 1 page2%
- Apache APISIX vs Kong: Full Comparison for 2025 - API7.ai (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Performances of the Open-Source API Gateway: APISIX 3.0 and Kong 3.0 - API7.ai (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Top 5 API Management Platforms Compared (2026) - API7.ai (opens in a new tab) · 1%Lists Kong
- Kong vs Tyk (2026): API Gateway Comparison Guide & Picks - API7.ai (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- 2%
- How to Use Kong Gateway OAuth2 Plugin (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Create an internal API & service inventory with Konnect ... (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- Kong Plugins 101 | API Governance, Security & Rate Limiting ... (opens in a new tab) · 1%
- What is API Discovery? Find Your Hidden APIs Before ... (opens in a new tab) · 1%
