Kong is a cloud-native API gateway and service connectivity platform built for modern microservices and Kubernetes environments.
It provides high-performance API management, including routing, authentication, rate limiting, and traffic control. Kong supports both open-source and enterprise deployments, offering flexibility for different scale and security needs.
With its plugin-based architecture, Kong allows easy extension and integration with identity, security, and observability tools.
Organizations use Kong to securely expose, manage, and scale APIs while improving reliability and developer productivity.