Kong Introduces Konnect Metering and Billing to Monetize APIs, AI Agents, and Data Streams

The new solution, powered by OpenMeter, provides unified usage monitoring, flexible pricing, and real-time billing to unlock revenue from digital assets in the agentic AI era

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API and AI technologies, today announced Konnect Metering & Billing, powered by OpenMeter, a new solution designed to enable organizations to unlock new revenue streams by productizing and effectively billing for their APIs, AI models, and data streams, turning digital assets into significant sources of income.

As organizations scale their AI initiatives, the need to monetize and manage usage across diverse digital services is growing. Companies also need the ability to rapidly iterate on their pricing and packaging to respond to the dynamic, changing landscape. However, fragmented visibility and billing processes often hinder effective revenue capture and cost control. This integration will address these challenges by providing unified API and AI metering, offering a singular view of usage that extends from traditional APIs to sophisticated AI workloads, ensuring comprehensive monitoring.

"By integrating OpenMeter into Kong Konnect, we're giving organizations the tools to transform their digital services into profitable assets while maintaining strong governance in the agentic AI era. This unified approach not only accelerates monetization but also provides deep insights to optimize strategies, help reduce churn, and capitalize on emerging opportunities," said Ross Kukulinski, VP of Product, Kong Inc.

With this integration, users will soon be able to:

• Perform real-time usage metering with built-in integration in Kong API and AI Gateways, for seamless metering of existing API traffic.
• Create highly flexible, data-driven products and rate cards that can be easily market-tested, modified, and versioned to adapt to market demands quickly and optimize pricing safely.
• Implement robust entitlements, add-ons, and granular limits for unparalleled control over costs and real-time management of customer access to products and features.
• Generate invoices at the end of each billing cycle or on demand, supporting direct monetization through preferred payment gateways, as well as internal chargeback across departments.
• Access comprehensive dashboards and analytics for insights into key metrics such as revenue, churn rate, and future revenue opportunities, enabling businesses to fully capitalize on market potential.

This announcement comes on the heels of Kong's recent acquisition of OpenMeter, a leading open-source and SaaS platform for usage-based metering and billing.

Konnect Metering and Billing will be Available as Part of Kong Konnect in Q4 2025

Kong Konnect is the unified AI and API platform designed to support every aspect of modern API and AI connectivity. Enterprises can build, run, discover, and govern APIs, LLMs/MCPs, event streams, and microservices — all from a single, globally distributed control plane — enabling organizations to be ready for the Agentic AI era.

For more information about Konnect Metering & Billing, visit our website or register for early access.

About Kong Inc.

Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API and AI technologies, is on a mission to empower companies to become API-first to advance and enable the AI era. They help organizations worldwide — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — unleash developer productivity, build securely, and accelerate time to market. For more information about Kong, please visit www.konghq.com or follow us on X @Kong.

SOURCE Kong Inc.