Key features of Kong Gateway Enterprise include plugin-based network services, seamless integration with security tools, and support for RBAC. Users appreciate simplicity, scalability, and open-source benefits. Valuable are protocol transformation, ease of deployment, rate limiting, monitoring, and API governance. Advanced integration with Kubernetes, cloud, and custom plugins enhance performance, making it suitable for cloud environments and AI-driven applications. Its user-friendly dashboard and security features, like OAuth, are also highly regarded.
- "Based on my experience, I would definitely recommend Kong Gateway Enterprise to other people."
- "Kong's most valuable features are its lightweight performance when handling millions of requests and the ability to write custom plugins to enhance security, such as end-to-end encryption, even in the open-source version."
- "In terms of stability, the tool's team has made some good efforts, and my company is very happy with the product's approach."
Kong Gateway Enterprise requires improvements in user-friendliness, pricing, updates, and documentation. Integration and support for additional features like automatic scaling, API tracing, and GenAI capabilities are needed. The customization and licensing structures could be more flexible, while better connectors for large enterprises and seamless AI integrations are also desired. Simplified updates and enhanced functionality for the developer portal would be beneficial alongside improvements in technical support response times and user interface.
- "More plugins for additional integrations would be helpful and openness for traditional development languages, such as .NET, because many enterprises are looking for .NET solutions or incorporating with .NET solutions."
- "The open-source version of Kong does not support a dashboard, which would be very helpful."
- "The tool needs to improve in areas like documentation and UI."
