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Konghq

Product

San Francisco, CA-based software company founded in 2009. Private company. Operates in API management, microservices, and cloud-native platforms. Serves developers and enterprises with API gateways, service mesh solutions, and API management tools.

Entry price

$500

Plus · /mo + usage

Plans tracked

2 add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Wk 41 '26

Pricing model

Subscription + usage

No free tier

Pricing Change History

9 changes

20263 changes

Wk 41 '26

Packaging

Konghq Plus now starts at $25/month plus usage, drops free trial card

Konnect pricing restructured into three separately purchasable solutions (AI Management, API Management, Event Management), each with Plus and Enterprise. Plus now headlines 'From $25/month plus usage' (was 'Charged per Gateway per month'; $25/month control-plane cost already in the comparison table). The standalone '$0 for 30 days' Free trial plan card was removed and folded into a '30-Day Free Trial | no credit card required' note under Plus.

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Q2 '26

Improvement

Kong: AI Gateway A2A traffic added to Plus; Paid Plugins/Manager now included in Enterprise

Plus plan AI Gateway added unlimited agent-to-agent (A2A) traffic support Enterprise plan: AI Gateway Paid Plugins and AI Gateway Manager changed from 'Available as an add-on' to 'Included'

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Wk 12 '26

Packaging

Konghq launches Kong Identity with $30 per million token pricing

Introduced Kong Identity product with access token pricing at $30 per 1M tokens [Plus plan includes 10M access tokens per month; Enterprise has no limits] SLA for Dedicated Cloud Gateways (DCGW) increased from 99.95% to 99.99% across all tiers

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20253 changes

Q3 '25

Improvement

Konghq Restructures AI Gateway Pricing: Introduces Free and Paid Plugins, Expands AWS Marketplace Options

AWS Marketplace availability added with options to 'Try free with AWS', 'Buy with AWS', and 'Start for Free' AI Gateway Manager introduced as separate add-on (available for 30 days in trial, add-on for Plus/Enterprise)

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Q2 '25

Packaging

Konghq Removes Mesh Manager Zones Pricing, Introduces Tiered API Pricing and Free Trial Plan

Service Catalog governed services decreased from 10 included to 2 services included in Plus tier Service Catalog governed service pricing revealed at $75/month per governed service (was previously shown as Early Access with 10 included)

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Q1 '25

Improvement

Konghq Raises Dedicated Cloud Control Plane Pricing from $105 to $500/month, Significantly Impacting Costs for Users

Audit Logs added to Plus tier as Enterprise Only feature Dedicated Cloud control plane pricing increased from $105/month to $500/month per control plane

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20243 changes

Q4 '24

Price decrease

Konghq Reduces API Requests Pricing to $20 for First 1M Requests, Enhances Developer Portal and Data Retention

API Requests pricing decreased from $34.25 per 1M to $20 for first 1M requests, then $34.25 per 1M Developer Portal pricing decreased from $299/month per portal to $10/month per additional published API

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Q2 '24

Packaging

Konghq Introduces Dedicated Cloud Gateways Pricing and Expands Access to Plus Tier, Enhancing Accessibility for Users

Dedicated Cloud Gateways pricing introduced: Network $1.00/hour, Bandwidth $0.15/GB, Small to Extra Large Instances $0.05-$0.80/hour (requires credit card on file) Dedicated Cloud Gateways access moved from Enterprise-only to Plus tier (democratization)

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Q1 '24

Improvement

Konghq Introduces Deployment Modes Metric in Gateway Manager for Plus and Enterprise Plans

Deployment Modes metric added to Gateway Manager section showing Hybrid, SaaS, and Ingress Controller support for both Plus and Enterprise plans

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