G2 Vendor Directory

Google Apigee API Management Platform vs. Kong Konnect

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

MetricGoogle Apigee API Management Platform

by Google

Kong Konnect

by Kong Inc

Overall rating4.34.4
Review count22359
Ease of use8.68.9
Ease of setup7.68.7
Quality of support8.98.7
Meets requirements9.18.8
NPS40.90909162.078652
Small Business22.7%30.4%
Mid-Market31.8%41.2%
Enterprise45.5%28.4%
Total page views1441,783
Total LLM citations5133,525

Google Apigee API Management Platform

Google Apigee API Management Platform is a comprehensive solution designed to build, manage, and secure APIs across various environments and scales. It provides high-performance API proxies that create a consistent and reliable interface for backend services, offering granular control over security, rate limiting, quotas, and analytics. Apigee supports multiple API architectural styles, including REST, gRPC, SOAP, and GraphQL, ensuring flexibility for diverse implementation needs.

Pros

  • User Interface
  • Automation
  • Speed
  • Rapid Development
  • API Development
  • Security

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