Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Traefik Proxy
Traefik Proxy clearly comes out ahead of Kong on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | hybrid | hybrid |
| Company | Traefik Labs | Kong Inc. |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | DevelopmentData & AnalyticsCybersecurity & InfoSec | DevelopmentData & Analytics |
| Categories | api-management | api-management |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | traefik-proxy | kong |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Security & Access Control (Ldap, Jwt, Api Key, Hmac, Oauth, Oidc, Open Policy Agent) | ||
| Advanced Enterprise Plugins | ||
| Air-Gapped/Offline Mode | ||
| Ai Gateway Fees | ||
| Api Bundles | ||
| Consumption Fees (Api Requests/Analytics) | ||
| Api Ci Linters & Reports | ||
| Control Plane Fees | ||
| Api Developer Portal | ||
| Core Gateway Functionality | ||
| Api Discovery | ||
| Dedicated Onboarding | ||
| Api Granular Access Control | ||
| Governance Tools | ||
| Api Mocking | ||
| Infrastructure Fees | ||
| Api Monitoring & Observability | ||
| Kong Manager Gui | ||
| Api Subscriptions & Plans | ||
| Support Tiers (Standard, Premium, Platinum) | ||
| Api Versioning | ||
| Api-Specific Crds | ||
| Apis From Urls | ||
| Canary Deployments | ||
| Centralized Control Plane With Distributed Data Plane | ||
| Cluster-View Dashboard | ||
| Distributed Let'S Encrypt | ||
| Distributed Rate Limiting | ||
| Fips 140-2/140-3 Compliance | ||
| Graceful Configuration Reload |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Traefik Proxy comes out ahead overall, though Kong can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Both Traefik Proxy and Kong offer a free tier.
