Kong AI Gateway: LLM Gateways

Founded 2024|San Francisco, CA|201-500 people|Enterprise

What is Kong AI Gateway?

Kong AI Gateway extends Kong API Gateway with AI-specific routing and observability. The platform provides comprehensive features for production AI applications with focus on reliability and developer experience.

Key features

Core capabilities this platform advertises.

AI traffic management
Multi-LLM load balancing
Request/response transformation
Authentication and authorization
Plugin ecosystem

Strengths and tradeoffs

What this tool does well, and the limitations to keep in mind.

Pros

Developer-friendly platform
Production-ready
Good performance
Active development

Cons

Enterprise pricing varies
Setup complexity
Learning curve

Plans & pricing

What's included in each plan, and how the tiers compare.

Free

Per month

Core features
Community support
Basic limits

Pro

Custom

Per month

Advanced features
Higher limits
Priority support

Enterprise

Custom

Annual contract

Custom solutions
Dedicated support
SLA guarantees

View official pricing page

Common use cases

Enterprises using Kong who want to extend their API gateway with AI capabilities

Enterprise AI API management
Load balancing across LLM providers
AI traffic governance and security
Multi-tenant AI access control
API lifecycle management for AI

Using Kong AI Gateway with Respan

Integrate with Respan to enhance AI workflows and optimize multi-provider deployments.

Seamless Respan integration
Production infrastructure
Cost optimization
Enhanced capabilities

Run Kong AI Gateway in production with Respan

10KFree traces/mo

1,000+Models

5 minSetup

Respan lets you trace LLM and agent calls across any model or framework, A/B test prompts on production traffic, and route requests across 1,000+ models through one gateway.

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Best Kong AI Gateway alternatives & competitors

Top companies in LLM Gateways you can use instead of Kong AI Gateway.

Respan

One API for 1,000+ models