Kong Konnect is the first unified API management platform that is designed for the cloud native era and provides the easiest way to operate Kong Gateway. Kong Konnect empowers developers to efficiently publish, consume, secure, analyze and manage APIs and services across modern and legacy applications on any cloud, platform, protocol or architecture.

The global control plane is hosted as a cloud service by Kong, reducing operational risks and lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO). The runtime engine, Kong Gateway - the fastest and most adopted API gateway - or Kubernetes Ingress Controller runs within your preferred network environment providing security and efficiency at scale. Kong Konnect boosts developer productivity by providing advanced traffic and security policies, automating workflows and making APIs discoverable, consumable, and reusable to internal and external teams. With Kong Konnect, organizations can take the complexity out of API management and focus on shipping applications better, faster, and in a more secure way to deliver transformational digital experiences.