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24 alternatives to Kong

Management layer for microservices and APIs

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Kong launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Mashape Analytics - Visualize, Inspect and Monitor API Performance▲9
From APIs to AI, Kong is the fabric of modern connectivity. Centralize LLM access, automate API workflows, and secure your digital ecosystem at scale.
2015 · apianalytics.com · its alternatives →
2
Kong▲134
Free and simple way to create a professional online store
2015 · its alternatives →
3
goa▲115
A design driven approach for building microservices in Go
2016 · goa.design · its alternatives →
4
Lumber▲232
The admin microservice generator
2016 · lumberjs.com · its alternatives →
5
create-api.dev by Kong▲150
Generate and share OpenAPI specs with AI
2025 · api.dev · its alternatives →
6
UserApp▲64
User Management in the Cloud
2014 · its alternatives →
7
Devmag▲133
A network re-thought for software developers
2015 · its alternatives →
8
The New Builders - 8: The Third Way In The Monolith Vs. Microservices Debate▲68
Monoliths and microservices
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
9MU
M3O – Universal Public API Interface▲110
Hey all, I'm Asim, the founder of M3O, a curated catalog of APIs that provides simple abstractions for the most common API use cases. The idea is to create a single place to explore, discover and consume public APIs as higher level building blocks. Most of the time I don’t use all the features of an API and I assume most devs don't either, so picking and choosing the common patterns, abstracting it away and surfacing a new building block is useful. For example, Twilio has a lot of APIs but I only care about SMS. Even then I just want a quick way to send it. So stripping it all away results…
2022 · m3o.com · its alternatives →
10
An Example Microservice Back End for Kubernetes, Bazel, Go, Java, GRPC▲119
Colossus — An example microservice architecture for Kubernetes using Bazel, Go, Java, Docker, Kubernetes, Minikube, Gazelle, gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, and more - lucperkins/colossus
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
Forestry▲187
A lightweight CMS for Jekyll and Hugo sites
2016 · tina.io · its alternatives →
12
Kong▲86
Group GIF chat
2015 · its alternatives →
13
CloudPeeps▲166
The marketplace for remote community managers
2014 · its alternatives →
14
BigML▲64
Machine learning as a service - build predictive apps
2014 · bigml.com · its alternatives →
15
Kong Legal Document Builder▲142
A free and easy way to build legal documents for your store
2016 · its alternatives →
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Go Micro – A distributed systems development framework▲115
I can't tell if HN is the right kind of place for this stuff anymore since people are so advanced in their use but I thought it was interesting to leverage my existing Go microservices framework and turn it into the core of what would provide tools for an agent cli or whatever beyond that. Extensibility is key. Thought I'd share and get a conversation going.
2020 · go-micro.dev · its alternatives →
17
Tiny Docs▲121
Simple place to write
2015 · its alternatives →
18
RAML▲62
A Standard for API modeling, documentation and exploration
2014 · raml.org · its alternatives →
19
IBM Bluemix▲103
Cloud platform for Watson APIs, iot, data, and compute
2015 · ibm.com · its alternatives →
20
KONG▲5
Build websites in fast and pleasant way.
2018 · kolumn.io · its alternatives →
21
Microcosm▲72
A modern forum platform
2014 · its alternatives →
22
Kong.ai▲4
Automate Your Business
2024 · konghq.com · its alternatives →
23
Micronaut Framework▲88
Build modular easily testable microservice & serverless apps
2019 · micronaut.io · its alternatives →
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Micro – A platform for cloud native development in Go▲44
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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