Kong Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for API Management for the Sixth Consecutive Year

Kong is positioned furthest for Completeness of Vision for the second year in a row

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kong Inc., a leading developer of cloud API and AI technologies, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner® as a Leader in the 2025 Magic Quadrant™ for API Management for the sixth consecutive year. The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company's overall Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute, with Kong positioned furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis.

Kong enables any organization to become an AI-first company via APIs, helping thousands of organizations around the world drive AI modernization through a unified API and AI platform. With Kong Konnect, the unified API and AI platform, organizations can build, run, discover, and govern APIs, LLMs, and MCP traffic that fuel AI development and modernization. Konnect, along with Kong AI Gateway, helps enterprises securely connect and manage agentic AI.

"We're honored to be recognized by Gartner as a Leader in API Management for the sixth consecutive year," said Marco Palladino, CTO and Co-founder, Kong Inc. "We're on a mission to empower all companies to become "Agentic-ready" via our unified API and AI platform. We believe this recognition is a testament to our continued innovation and development, all done to address our customer's needs in a way that gives them a competitive edge."

Kong recently announced the acquisition of OpenMeter, an open-source and SaaS platform for usage-based metering and billing. This acquisition will bring usage-based monetization capabilities to Kong Konnect, enabling organizations to productize and add AI monetization, turning digital assets into new sources of revenue for the agentic era. 

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for API Management, 7 October 2025, Shameen Pillai, John Santoro, Steve Schwent, Nicholas Carter

About Kong
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 @thekonginc.

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