Comparison

Kong AI Gateway vs WSO2 API Manager

No leader: the top candidate WSO2 API Manager has only 0.33 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Kong AI Gateway56

WSO2 API Manager94

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Kong AI Gateway	WSO2 API Manager
Vioscale score	56 / 100low · 36%	94 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	16	600
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	-	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide

Score

Vioscale score

Kong AI Gateway56 / 100low · 36%

WSO2 API Manager94 / 100low · 33%

Pricing

Free tier

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Model

Kong AI Gatewayfreemium

WSO2 API Manageropen_source

Price level

Kong AI Gatewaylow

WSO2 API Managerfree

Transparent

Kong AI Gateway✗

WSO2 API Manager✓

Integrations

Count

Kong AI Gateway16

WSO2 API Manager600

Security

Disclosure policy

Kong AI Gateway–

WSO2 API Manager✓

Gdpr

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Hipaa

Kong AI Gateway–

WSO2 API Manager✓

Iso27001

Kong AI Gateway–

WSO2 API Manager✓

Pci

Kong AI Gateway–

WSO2 API Manager✓

Soc2

Kong AI Gateway–

WSO2 API Manager✓

Reliability

Status page

Kong AI Gateway–

WSO2 API Manager✓

Market

Availability

Kong AI GatewayAvailable worldwide

WSO2 API ManagerAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for ai gateway security. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for AI Gateway Security
Capability	Kong AI Gateway	WSO2 API Manager
Capabilities
Architecture model	-	Open source proxy
Universal API key for 100 plus LLM providers	-	✓
Auto fallback routing on rate limit or downtime	✓	✓
Semantic caching for repeat queries and cost savings	✓	✓
Organization wide cost tracking and chargebacks	✓	✓
Custom rate limiting by user or tenant id	✓	✓
Pii redaction and data masking in flight	✓	✓
Streaming token support server sent events	-	-
Bring your own keys byok routing	-	-
Zero data retention and prompt logging opt out	-	-
SOC2 type ii	-	-
Mit or apache permissive oss license	✓	-
Pricing model	-	Free open source

Capabilities

Architecture model

Kong AI Gateway-

WSO2 API ManagerOpen source proxy

Universal API key for 100 plus LLM providers

Kong AI Gateway-

WSO2 API Manager✓

Auto fallback routing on rate limit or downtime

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Semantic caching for repeat queries and cost savings

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Organization wide cost tracking and chargebacks

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Custom rate limiting by user or tenant id

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Pii redaction and data masking in flight

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Streaming token support server sent events

Kong AI Gateway-

WSO2 API Manager-

Bring your own keys byok routing

Kong AI Gateway-

WSO2 API Manager-

Zero data retention and prompt logging opt out

Kong AI Gateway-

WSO2 API Manager-

SOC2 type ii

Kong AI Gateway-

WSO2 API Manager-

Mit or apache permissive oss license

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager-

Pricing model

Kong AI Gateway-

WSO2 API ManagerFree open source

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Kong AI Gateway

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.

Independently observed

WSO2 API Manager

A gateway platform that centralizes management of APIs and AI model traffic across cloud and self-hosted environments, with built-in cost controls, security policies, and monetization capabilities.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Kong AI Gateway

HybridFree tier

as of 2026-08-21verify ↗

WSO2 API Manager

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source. No per-gateway fees or usage caps.

Self-HostedFree
- Full lifecycle API management
- Design and publish REST, GraphQL, WebSocket, Webhook APIs
- Developer portal with try-it console
- Multi-gateway support
- Kubernetes and Docker deployment
- +5 more

as of 2026-08-13verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Kong AI Gateway	WSO2 API Manager
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✓	✗
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
HybridDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Linux

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✗

CLI

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Self-hosted

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Hybrid

Kong AI Gateway✓

WSO2 API Manager✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (7)

OpenAI
Anthropic
AWS Bedrock
Azure AI
Mistral
AWS Bedrock Guardrails
Azure Content Safety

Kong AI Gateway

24 total - 17 not shared

GCP Gemini
Databricks
Huggingface
Llama
Google Cloud Model Armor
Prometheus
Datadog
Grafana
Git
CertManager
Google Cloud Gemini
Hugging Face
Docusign
Kafka
AWS Kinesis
Google Pub/Sub
RabbitMQ

Independently observed

WSO2 API Manager

11 total - 4 not shared

Azure OpenAI
Google Gemini
Moesif
Mistral AI

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.