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Kong Gateway alternatives

On the evidence we track, the strongest alternative to Kong Gateway is WSO2 API Manager at 71/100. Kong Gateway itself ranks #6 of 17 in api gateways. Every product below is scored on the same independent signals, so the ranking is comparable rather than a matter of opinion.

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Ranked alternatives to Kong Gateway

  1. 171
    WSO2 API Manager

    A platform for designing, deploying, and managing APIs with governance, policy control, and developer tooling

    low · 23%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  2. 268
    Zuplo
    medium · 70%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  3. 356
    Traefik

    Unified control plane for governing APIs, models, and agent traffic across Kubernetes and multi-cloud infrastructure

    low · 43%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  4. 455
    Tyk

    A cloud-native, open-source API and AI gateway for managing and securing API traffic across multiple protocols

    high · 75%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  5. 554
    Apache APISIX

    A flexible, extensible traffic director for APIs and AI applications

    medium · 53%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  6. 652
    Envoy Gateway

    Gateway for routing and managing API and application traffic

    medium · 53%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  7. 751
    Emissary
    medium · 54%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  8. 850
    KrakenD

    High-performance API gateway for aggregating microservices and AI workloads

    medium · 67%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  9. 950
    Red Hat 3scale

    An API management platform for controlling, securing, and monetizing APIs across cloud and on-premise deployments

    low · 20%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  10. 1049
    IBM API Connect
    low · 40%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  11. 1148
    Gloo Gateway

    A high-performance, Kubernetes-native API gateway for managing traffic to microservices at scale

    low · 32%
    vs Kong Gateway →
  12. 1248
    Emissary-ingress

    OSS API Platform

    low · 3%
    vs Kong Gateway →
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Why these ones

An alternative here means a product in the same category as Kong Gateway (API Gateways), ranked by the vioscaleAI composite: a confidence-weighted blend of independent signals such as adoption, release activity, pricing transparency and security posture. There are no user reviews in it, and no vendor can pay to appear or to rank higher. Where we have not confirmed something, we show that rather than guessing.

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