Comparison

Kong Gateway vs Zuplo

On the evidence we track, Zuplo leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Kong Gateway49

★Zuplo68

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Kong Gateway	ZuploLeader
Vioscale score	49 / 100high · 76%	68 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✗	✗
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	11	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	7.4	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FKong%2Fkong&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0	-
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	1	-
Github starsadoption.github_stars	44,043	-
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	1	-
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	29	-
Historyrelease.history	20 items	-
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	Apache-2.0	-
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	Lua	-
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	-

Score

Vioscale score

Kong Gateway49 / 100high · 76%

Zuplo68 / 100medium · 73%

Pricing

Free tier

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Model

Kong Gatewaycommercial

Zuplofreemium

Price level

Kong Gatewaylow

Zuplolow

Transparent

Kong Gateway✗

Zuplo✗

Integrations

Count

Kong Gateway11

Zuplo7

Security

Disclosure policy

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo–

Gdpr

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo–

Pci

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo–

Scorecard

Kong Gateway7.4

Zuplo–

Soc2

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Vulnerabilities

Kong GatewayCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2FKong%2Fkong&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Zuplo–

Reliability

Sla pct

Kong Gateway–

Zuplo99.99

Status page

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Kong Gateway1

Zuplo–

Github stars

Kong Gateway44,043

Zuplo–

Activity

Commits last 30d

Kong Gateway1

Zuplo–

Release

Cadence days

Kong Gateway29

Zuplo–

History

Kong Gateway20 items

Zuplo–

License

Spdx

Kong GatewayApache-2.0

Zuplo–

Language

Primary

Kong GatewayLua

Zuplo–

Market

Availability

Kong GatewayAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

Zuplo–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for api gateways. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for API Gateways
Capability	Kong Gateway	Zuplo
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud + self-hosted	Cloud only
Kubernetes-native	✓	-
Traffic
Rate limiting	✓	✓
Request/response transformation	✓	✓
Security
OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT	✓	✓
Mutual TLS	✓	✓
Protocols
GraphQL gateway	-	✓
gRPC support	-	-
Delivery
Developer portal	✓	✓
Monetization	✓	✓
Ecosystem
Plugin ecosystem	Extensive	Limited
Insight
Observability	✓	✓

Deployment

Hosting

Kong GatewayCloud + self-hosted

ZuploCloud only

Kubernetes-native

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo-

Traffic

Rate limiting

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Request/response transformation

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Security

OAuth2 / OIDC / JWT

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Mutual TLS

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Protocols

GraphQL gateway

Kong Gateway-

Zuplo✓

gRPC support

Kong Gateway-

Zuplo-

Delivery

Developer portal

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Monetization

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Ecosystem

Plugin ecosystem

Kong GatewayExtensive

ZuploLimited

Insight

Observability

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

What each one is

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

Kong Gateway

Kong provides a unified platform for building, testing, and governing APIs and AI agents. It handles both traditional API gateway functions—routing, rate limiting, authentication—and modern AI-specific concerns like token budgeting, context management, and LLM traffic control. Includes gateway, API management, testing tools, and event streaming capabilities.

Independently observed

Zuplo

Leader

Zuplo is a unified gateway for APIs and AI with a programmable policy engine for models and agents. Provides authentication, rate limiting, spend caps, and audit capabilities across API, LLM, and MCP calls.

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 Gateway

SubscriptionFree tier

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Zuplo

Leader

from $25/moHybridFree tier

Free tier for ≤100K requests/month. Builder at $25/month with metered usage. Enterprise from $1,000/month with custom pricing available.

StarterFree
- 100K requests/month
- 1 day of analytics, live logs & traces
- Up to 2 developer seats
- GitOps with GitHub
- MCP Gateway
- +2 more
Builder$25/month + $100 per 100K requests over included amount
- Custom domains
- 10 custom environments
- 1000 API consumers & keys
- 7 days analytics retention
- 1 day log & trace history
- +5 more
EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom volume discounts available
- SSO + RBAC
- Audit logs
- 99.5% SLA baseline (up to 99.999%)
- Unlimited custom domains
- +7 more

as of 2026-08-03verify ↗

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 Gateway	Zuplo
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✗
HybridDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

CLI

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✓

Self-hosted

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✗

Hybrid

Kong Gateway✓

Zuplo✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)

Stripe

Kong Gateway

11 total - 10 not shared

AWS Bedrock
Azure Content Safety
Google Cloud Model Armor
OpenAI
Anthropic
Llama 3
Kubernetes
Helm
Git
Twilio

Independently observed

Zuplo

Leader

7 total - 6 not shared

Claude Code
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Codex
Windsurf
ChatGPT

Independently observed

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