Kong AI Gateway

What it is

Kong's SaaS API management platform designed to simplify managing and securing APIs. As AI adoption accelerates, applications are evolving beyond basic LLM calls into complex, multi-actor systems-including user apps, agents, orchestration layers, and context servers that interact with foundation models in real time. To support this shift, developers are adopting protocols like Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent2Agent (A2A) to standardize how components exchange tools, data, and decisions. But infrastructure often falls behind, with challenges around authentication, rate limiting, data security, observability, and constant provider changes. AI Gateway addresses these challenges with a high-performance control plane that secures, governs, and observes AI-native systems end to end. Whether serving LLM traffic, exposing structured context via MCP, or coordinating agents through A2A, AI Gateway ensures scalable, secure, and reliable AI infrastructure. Run the Kong Gateway quickstart and enable the AI Proxy plugin. Learn how to use AI plugins with video tutorials. Learn about all the AI plugins. End-to-end recipes for building real-world AI scenarios. You can enable the AI Gateway features through a set of modern and specialized plugins, using the same model you use for any other Kong Gateway plugin. When deployed alongside existing Kong Gateway plugins, Kong Gateway users can quickly assemble a sophisticated AI management platform without custom code or deploying new and unfamiliar tools.

What to verify before adopting

• Confirm current pricing, usage limits, supported regions, and contract terms on the official website.
• Test integrations, export paths, access controls, and failure recovery with low-risk data first.
• Review privacy, data retention, security, and compliance requirements for your market.
• Keep a migration or rollback plan before making the product part of a critical workflow.