# Kong AI Gateway vs Not Diamond

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Not Diamond

| Attribute | Kong AI Gateway | Not Diamond |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 53.1 (34% (low)) | 62.1 (60% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Kong AI Gateway is a control platform that routes and governs all AI-related traffic—including language model requests, agent-to-agent communication, and model context protocol interactions—with unified security, monitoring, and compliance enforcement across an organization's AI infrastructure. It is indexed under Llm Gateways.","source":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-ai-gateway","question":"What is Kong AI Gateway?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Kong AI Gateway offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-ai-gateway","question":"Is Kong AI Gateway free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Kong AI Gateway supports the web, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-ai-gateway","question":"What platforms does Kong AI Gateway support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Kong AI Gateway can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-ai-gateway","question":"Can Kong AI Gateway be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 24 integrations for Kong AI Gateway, including OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, GCP Gemini, Azure AI, Databricks, Mistral and Huggingface, plus 16 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-ai-gateway","question":"What does Kong AI Gateway integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Kong AI Gateway. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Kong AI Gateway not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://konghq.com/blog/enterprise/eu-ai-act-compliance","question":"What security certifications does Kong AI Gateway have?","confidence":0.7}]` | - |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A cloud-native gateway platform that manages traffic between applications and large language model providers, offering multi-provider routing with automatic failover, semantic caching, cost visibility, compliance guardrails, and audit logging—without requiring changes to application code. | A model routing service for coding agents that uses machine learning to predict and recommend the most cost-effective and accurate AI model for each request. Engineering teams typically achieve 20-40% cost savings without quality degradation through continuous learning from real usage patterns. |
| features.capabilities | `{"caching":"semantic","open_source":true,"pricing_model":"open-source-self-host","rate_limiting":true,"deployment_model":"self-hosted","routing_strategy":"custom","architecture_model":"open_source_proxy","automatic_failover":true,"budget_spend_controls":true,"guardrails_moderation":"built-in","openai_compatible_api":true,"virtual_key_management":true,"request_cost_observability":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"pii_redaction_and_data_masking_in_flight":true,"custom_rate_limiting_by_user_or_tenant_id":true,"auto_fallback_routing_on_rate_limit_or_downtime":true,"organization_wide_cost_tracking_and_chargebacks":true,"semantic_caching_for_repeat_queries_and_cost_savings":true}` | `{"pricing_model":"usage-based-saas","deployment_model":"managed-SaaS","routing_strategy":"custom","request_cost_observability":true}` |
| integrations.count | 11 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"GCP Gemini"},{"name":"Azure AI"},{"name":"Databricks"},{"name":"Mistral"},{"name":"Huggingface"},{"name":"Llama"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock Guardrails"},{"name":"Azure Content Safety"},{"name":"Google Cloud Model Armor"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Datadog"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"CertManager"},{"name":"Google Cloud Gemini"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"Docusign"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"AWS Kinesis"},{"name":"Google Pub/Sub"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Amazon Kinesis","category":"messaging"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Google Gemini","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Microsoft Azure AI","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true,"linux":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://konghq.com/products/kong-ai-gateway","retrievedAt":"2026-08-21T13:45:38.191Z"}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pay-as-you-go","summary":"$0.05 per million tokens routed","features":["Multi-harness support","Multi-provider support","Savings and usage dashboard","Continuous learning from harness usage"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"million tokens"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"For developers and small teams","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Volume-based discounts","Organization-wide analytics","Advanced security and admin controls","SSO with SAML","Privacy-preserving deployment"],"description":"For enterprise teams ready to scale","contactSales":true}],"summary":"$0.05 per million tokens; enterprise plans available","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://notdiamond.ai/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-06T22:08:09.888Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"million tokens","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | - |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | no | yes |
| security.certifications | - | `[{"name":"SOC 2","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://konghq.com/blog/enterprise/eu-ai-act-compliance | - |

## Capabilities (Llm Gateways)

| Capability | Kong AI Gateway | Not Diamond |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Openai compatible API | ✓ | - |
| Automatic failover | ✓ | - |
| Routing strategy | Custom | Custom |
| Caching | Semantic | - |
| Virtual key management | ✓ | - |
| Budget spend controls | ✓ | - |
| Rate limiting | ✓ | - |
| Guardrails moderation | Built in | - |
| Request cost observability | ✓ | ✓ |
| Streaming support | - | - |
| Deployment model | Self hosted | Managed SaaS |
| Open source | ✓ | - |
| Pricing model | Open source self host | Usage based saas |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:30:00.652Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*