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KrakenD vs Kong:
Choose Power, Not Complexity

Experience the freedom of stateless design, effortless scaling, and the performance to power your APIs without the need for centralized dependencies. KrakenD keeps you agile and efficient, so you can leave the database-heavy architecture behind.

Quality of Support

KrakenD

95%

Kong

83%

Ease of use

KrakenD

92%

Kong

85%

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KrakenD vs Kong: API Gateway features matrix

KrakenD vs Kong: API Gateway features matrix

Features

KrakenD

Kong

Stateless and Independent Nodes

Ensures high availability and easy scaling.

Lightweight, High-Performance Architecture

KrakenD is built from scratch for top performance, unlike Kong’s NGINX-based + Lua scripts setup.

Multi-region with Linear Scalability

Scales seamlessly across regions without added complexity.

API Composition and Aggregation / Virtual Endpoints / BFF

Combines multiple APIs into a single one and creates contracts that do not exist in the backend.

Extensive Protocol Support, Out of the Box

Provides native support for GraphQL, SOAP, gRPC, WebSockets, and async event-based systems.

Limited. Plugin-based

API Decoupling

Avoid impacting consumers while transitioning from monolith to microservices.

Data Transformation and Manipulation

Allows custom data manipulation for flexible responses.

Limited. Plugin-based

GitOps oriented and Immutable Configuration

No admin API as an attack vector; configuration changes only through deployment.

Flat, Simple Pricing

Offers transparent costs, not tied to traffic or usage, without scaling penalties.

Unlimited Services & API Calls

No restrictions on usage limits or service count.

Unlimited Non-Production Instances

All KrakenD plans allow unlimited non-production instances.

Proxy Capabilities

Provides seamless API traffic routing and management.

Authorization & Client Rate Limit

Apply RBAC and controls the rate of client requests.

Backend Rate Limit

Limits requests to specific backend services.

Power APIs Without Limits

Engineered for Performance, Priced for Growth.

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