As of 2026-09-25, konghq.com/pricing reads: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, including access to… Our stored Kong terms are superseded and withheld. See the recorded change history.
Limits, pricing history. Catalogue date July 2026. Last updated 2026-09-25.
As of 2026-09-25, konghq.com/pricing reads: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, including access to all features… We are not publishing our stored Kong terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-25, names them as the previous ones. We rate it stable. The one change we have recorded names our stored terms as the previous ones.
The day we last read the vendor's page. Our last read of it, on 2026-09-25, found the page different from the terms we hold. We hold no confirmation of the terms we publish — the 2026-07-28 beside this date is not one we can source to a read that confirmed them.
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Superseded: As of 2026-09-25, konghq.com/pricing reads: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, including access to all features. The free trial includes no gateway limits and analytics retained for 30 days. We are not publishing our stored Kong terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-25, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓
We read that on 2026-09-25 from https://konghq.com/pricing, and our check recorded: the page names Kong as "kong" and states "$0". A source check reads the cited page for the service's name and a price; the limits above are from our own record.
The OSS tier information is no longer directly represented. Kong Konnect offers a free trial for 30 days with no credit card required, including access to all features. It is time-limited. Is not reflected in the current pricing page. Source ↗
Before: Open source API gateway (Apache 2.0). Self-hosted with no request or usage limits. Lacks enterprise features (Manager GUI, advanced analytics)
After: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, including access to all features. The free trial includes no gateway limits and analytics retained for 30 days.
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-10). Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, including unlimited gateway usage and analytics retention for 30 days. After the trial, Konnect has 'Plus' and 'Enterprise' tiers. The Plus tier includes limits on the number of gateways (5 Serverless, 2 Hybrid, 2 Dedicated Cloud) and 1M API requests/month. Retracted 2026-09-10: accurate about Kong Konnect and attached to the wrong product. Our Kong offer's terms are "Open source API gateway (Apache 2.0). Self-hosted with no request or usage limits." konghq.com/pricing prices Konnect and Insomnia; "Apache" appears zero times on it and the open-source gateway appears only as a navigation link to /community. Konnect's Plus gateway limits say nothing about whether the Apache-2.0 gateway is still free. Source ↗
Before: Open source API gateway (Apache 2.0). Self-hosted with no request or usage limits. Lacks enterprise features (Manager GUI, advanced analytics)
After: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. The Plus tier includes up to 5 Serverless Gateways, up to 2 Hybrid Gateways, up to 2 Dedicated Cloud Gateways, and 1M API requests/month. Enterprise tier has no gateway limits and is custom priced.
Retracted — this record was our error (2026-09-10). Kong Konnect offers a free trial for 30 days with no credit card required, including features like no gateway limits and analytics retained for 30 days. There are also Plus and Enterprise tiers. Retracted 2026-09-10: "The Plus tier starts free and then is charged per gateway per month" reads the "Start for Free" button above the Plus column as a term. konghq.com/pricing states "Plus / Charged per Gateway per month, bill monthly". The free thing on the page is a 30-day Konnect trial, which this record already describes separately, so the tier it announces does not exist. Source ↗
Before: Open source API gateway (Apache 2.0). Self-hosted with no request or usage limits. Lacks enterprise features (Manager GUI, advanced analytics)
After: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. The Plus tier starts free and then is charged per gateway per month. The Enterprise tier is custom priced annually.
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As of 2026-09-25, konghq.com/pricing reads: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, including access to all features. The free trial includes no gateway limits and analytics retained for 30 days. We are not publishing our stored Kong terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-25, names them as the previous ones. What our record says changed: The OSS tier information is no longer directly represented. Kong Konnect offers a free trial for 30 days with no credit card required, including access to all features. It is time-limited. Is not reflected in the current pricing page. Source: https://konghq.com/pricing
What is Kong's free tier?
Kong's free tier is called "OSS". As of 2026-09-25, konghq.com/pricing reads: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, including access to all features. The free trial includes no gateway limits and analytics retained for 30 days. We are not publishing our stored Kong terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-25, names them as the previous ones.
Is Kong's free tier reliable?
Kong's free tier is considered stable. The one change we have recorded names our stored terms as the previous ones. See the pricing history below.
Is Kong's free tier good for production?
As of 2026-09-25, konghq.com/pricing reads: Kong Konnect offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required, including access to all features… We are not publishing our stored Kong terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-25, names them as the previous ones. Until we have re-read the page we cannot say what capacity Kong gives you, so we are not recommending it for production on figures we have already superseded.
What changed in Kong's pricing?
Kong has had 1 recorded pricing change. Most recently: The OSS tier information is no longer directly represented. Kong Konnect offers a free trial for 30 days with no credit card required, including access to all features. It is time-limited. Is not reflected in the current pricing page. Source: https://konghq.com/pricing (discovered 2026-09-25).
When will I outgrow Kong's free tier?
When your usage exceeds the free tier limits, you'll need to upgrade or evaluate alternatives in the same category.
What category is Kong in?
Kong is categorized under API Gateway on AgentDeals.
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