Kong API Platform Reviews - Page 2

Kong API Gateway is build to be a highly extensible piece of software. It is customizable and integrated with a robust pluin architecture. Developers can write their plugins for custom logic using, among other popular languages like Lua,JavaScript and Go. This will help further shape the gateway as needed and be fully integrated into their already existing infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User setup is complex, and there is a steep learning curve for Kong. New users cannot set it up quickly because the setup is somehow complicated as some users may find the components within it hard to understand. Thus, large scale deployements require much time and expertise, leading to the delay if its implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Low Latency

2. Customer Support is Good

3. Custom Plugin Functionality using Lua

4. Sass Product is also available

5. Kong academy is for new learners Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Dev portal is not really mature

2.Documentation is not proper

3. Multi Portal support in single org in Konnect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a computer science student and an upcoming intern, my experience with Kong API Gateway has been quite enlightening. Navigating the complexities of modern application development, particularly in the world of APIs and microservices, Kong has proven to be a robust tool that helps between theoretical knowledge and practical application.

The first thing that stood out about Kong is its extensive and organized documentation. As someone new to the field, the clear examples and detailed explanations made the initial setup and configuration straightforward.Kong’s plugin architecture is particularly impressive. It allows for easy customization and enhancement of the API gateway functionalities.Kong’s compatibility with containerized environments like Kubernetes is also particularly beneficial. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Kong offers a free open-source version, some advanced features are only available in the paid versions. This is a limitaction for me as I cant utilise them. Also I have somtimes noticed that CPU usage also spikes abnormally when utilising Kong. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love using the Kong API Gateway because it allows us to make secure connections and allows us to protect the different applications we use against known bad actors attacks like DDoS. It also allow us to configure in a seamless way, different consumers to allows service consumption and usage of different access points accross out cloud services. Another great advantage is that the Kong API Gateway allow us to program different applicatins that make a lot of the parameters used in different plugins configurable on demand, which means that by simply using its REST API we can configure different profile and create consumers as any user wants to define it. All in all, the Kong gateway allow us to configure different users as consumers, it allow us to configure multiple different protocol sorts and payloads, it has a very complete way of doing rerouting and port forwarding, it makes it easy to redirect requests and it is also great that we can also make different API gateways configurable via Kong KONNECT. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am yet to find out something that I dislike about the Kong Gateway. It is a very robust gateway that never failed. Having sais that, if I am force to say something that still feels different when interpreting logs is the usage of LUA scripts, to which not many people have experience working with, but that on its own has never been an actual issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kong's rich plugin ecosystem is often highlighted as a major strength. It offers a wide range of plugins for authentication, rate limiting, logging, security, transformations, and more. This flexibility allows you to customize and extend the functionality of your API gateway according to your specific needs.

Scalability: Kong is designed to be highly scalable, making it suitable for handling a large volume of API traffic. Its architecture supports horizontal scaling, enabling you to distribute the load across multiple instances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Limited GUI Interface: Kong primarily relies on a RESTful API for configuration. While there are community-contributed UIs, the official graphical user interface (GUI) may not be as feature-rich. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. API Managment

2. Routing

3. Cutom plugin using Lua code

4. we can easily put authentication using JWT, Key auth and OPENID connect.

5. Best thing is that plugin precedences

6. Authorization using ACL plugin

7. We can easily public the kong service to the dev portal using API Product

8. New commers can easily learn kong by using kongacademy

9. we can easily inegrate with third party IDP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Org specific Dev portal

2. Dev portal is not really mature

3. Documentation is not really good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. API Managment

2. Routing

3. Custom plugin using Lua code

4. we can easily put authentication using JWT, Key auth and OPENID connect.

5. Best thing is that plugin precedences

6. We can easily public the kong service to the dev portal using API Product

7. we can easily inegrate with third party IDP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Org specific Dev portal

2. Dev portal is not really mature

3. Documentation is not really good

4. API product rate limiting plugins are not avaibale Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kong has a modular plugin system that allows you to extend its functionality without altering the core system. This means you can add features like authentication, logging, rate limiting, and data transformation as needed, making it highly customizable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Plugin Limitations: Some useful plugins are only available in the paid version, which might be a limitation for smaller teams or projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software is very easy to implement. We use docker on a linux VM. The Kong API gateway is easily configurable for defining services and routes. We take advantage of both basic authorization and key authorization for our security needs. The API gateway is used for both production and non-production environments. We have had some needs for support. We have found that customer support is quick in responding to tickets to help us resolve the issue or question. We recently started using Konnect to control our configurations for easier data plane management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The one thing that we don't really like is the UI and the filtering ability. The filter feature is good. But, feel that the filter should stay in place until you change it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about Kong is its ease of use and configuration. There are countless plugins for various use cases, including different types of authorization like OAuth2, SAML, and OIDC. Additionally, there is an admin API and a Kong Manager UI, which make it easy to view configurations for each service, route, and plugin individually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find it frustrating that there isn't a clear way to view metrics like latency in Kong. Recently, we had an issue with one of our upstream services, and it would have been helpful to see Kong analytics to identify which endpoint had problems or which plugins were causing issues. Observability in Kong needs improvement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.