# Kong Gateway

> The AI Connectivity Company

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/kong-gateway
- **Category:** API Gateways
- **Homepage:** https://konghq.com
- **Also known as:** kong-gateway
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-05T13:14:04.315Z

## Vioscale score

**54.6 / 100**, confidence 30% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 0 | 0.047 | 0 | - |
| reliability | 50 | 0.175 | 8.8 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 86.7 | 0.07 | 6.1 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 87.6 | 0.029 | 2.5 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 0.094 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 15 | 0.105 | 1.6 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 62.2 | 0.058 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 65 | 0.129 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| package_downloads | 0 | 0.152 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | - |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 0.07 | 0 | - |

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS, Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for API Gateways. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted |
| 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 | Limited |
| **Insight** | |
| Observability | ✓ |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 2 | [link](https://github.com/Kong/kong/pulse) | 2026-07-31 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 43,894 | [link](https://github.com/Kong/kong) | 2026-07-31 | 90% (high) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Lua | [link](https://github.com/Kong/kong) | 2026-07-31 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | [link](https://github.com/Kong/kong) | 2026-07-31 | 95% (high) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 68 | [link](https://github.com/Kong/kong/releases) | 2026-07-31 | 70% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://konghq.com) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://konghq.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.konghq.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://konghq.com) | 2026-08-05 | 60% (medium) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://konghq.com/compliance) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://konghq.com/compliance) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://konghq.com/compliance) | 2026-08-05 | 75% (high) |

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