Secure API Gateways

Lightning-fast, easy-to-deploy, and fully customizable gateways that meet the demanding security requirements of the US Government.

	Kong Gateway Community Edition	Kong Gateway Enterprise Edition	GAP Gateway
Pricing	100% Free and Open-Source	Proprietary Annual Fee	100% Free and Open-Source
Cloud-based and lightweight: designed to work efficiently with cloud-based systems.	✔	✔	✔
High performance ensuring quick and reliable handling of API requests, with a strong system to add extra features as needed.	✔	✔	✔
Enables full automation of processes and supports workflows that use version control systems like Git.	✔	✔	✔
Provides various add-ons for tasks like user authentication, access control, and managing request limits	✔	✔	✔
Allows management of services and data across different environments and teams.	✔	✔	✔
Certificate-based security uses client and server certificates to verify identities, automatically matching certificates to users based on names.	✘	✔	✔
Integrates with third-party identity providers, managing various credentials and permissions between the client and the service.	✘	✔	✔
Advanced directory authentication maps users and groups from an LDAP directory, supports login via username or custom ID, securely connects with a password, and verifies permissions through specific group details.	✘	✔	✔