G2 Vendor Directory

Apigee API Management vs. Kong Konnect

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricApigee API Management

by Google

Kong Konnect

by Kong Inc

Overall rating4.54.4
Review count20359
Ease of use9.38.9
Ease of setup9.08.7
Quality of support9.08.7
Meets requirements9.08.8
NPS64.70588262.078652
Small Business15.0%30.4%
Mid-Market45.0%41.2%
Enterprise40.0%28.4%
Total page views2311,783
Total LLM citations6853,525

Apigee API Management

Apigee API Management is Google's comprehensive platform designed to build, manage, and secure APIs across various environments and scales. It provides a robust API proxy layer that sits between backend services and clients, offering granular control over security, rate limiting, quotas, and analytics. Apigee supports multiple API styles, including REST, gRPC, SOAP, and GraphQL, ensuring flexibility in implementing diverse architectural designs.

Pros

  • Security
  • User Interface
  • Pricing
  • Ease of Use
  • API Management
  • Performance

Kong Konnect

Kong is an AI and API connectivity platform designed to help platform engineering teams, DevOps organizations, and enterprise architects deploy, secure, observe, and govern API traffic across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Built on open-source foundations, Kong facilitates the management of the entire lifecycle of APIs and AI traffic at scale, encompassing everything from development and deployment to runtime policy enforcement and observability.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • API Management
  • Features
  • Scalability
  • Security
  • Flexibility