Kong connect Dedicated Cloud pricing details

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Question: How do I calculate the total price for kong connect Dedicated Cloud pricing details?

  • Gateway Services $105/month per service
  • $34.25 per 1M API requests
  • network $1/hour
  • network $0.15 per GB
  • compute $0.05 - $0.80/hour
    ==> Should I just add the total? The network cost is $720 for 30 days. Is this correct?

I don’t want to manage the API gateway server myself, but I need multiple Custom Domains. Customers who use my API may want their own custom domains.
=> I know about the kong API management product, but which product and plan should I use? We are not a large company, but a startup with less than 1 billion won in sales.

First, I want to know roughly.

Question: Also, I don’t really know the difference between kong konnect and kong gateway enterprise; what is the difference?

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Hello!

Thanks for your interest in Konnect and Dedicated Cloud Gateways! Let me address your questions about pricing and clarify the options available:

1. Network Costs

• $1.00/hour or $720/month: This is the base cost for running Kong Dedicated Cloud Gateways in the cloud. It covers infrastructure like a dedicated EKS cluster, VPC networking, and load balancers. This setup is dedicated to your workloads, ensuring a private, secure environment rather than a shared infrastructure.

2. Gateway Instance Costs

• Small instance: $0.05/hour

• Large instance: $0.40/hour

• XL instance: $0.80/hour

The instance size depends on your requests per second (RPS) requirements. You’ll want to size your gateways appropriately based on your traffic. Note that a highly available cluster requires a minimum of two instances for redundancy. For more details on sizing, check this guide:

Production Sizing Guidelines

3. Bandwidth Costs

• $0.15 per GB: This applies to egress traffic to the internet.

Additional Costs

• Gateway Services: $105/month per service.

• API Requests: $34.25 per 1M API requests.

These combined costs cover the Cloud Gateways and Konnect services.

Custom Domains

Konnect and Cloud Gateways support multiple custom domains. Here’s how to configure custom DNS in Konnect:

Custom DNS Configuration

Which Product Should You Use?

For your use case as a startup looking to avoid managing API gateway servers while supporting multiple custom domains, Konnect with Dedicated Cloud Gateways is likely a good fit. It offers a fully managed solution tailored for scalability and ease of use.

To get started, I recommend trying the free trial of Konnect and Cloud Gateways:

Start Free Trial

Difference Between Konnect and Kong Gateway Enterprise

• Kong Gateway Enterprise: A self-managed API gateway that you deploy and maintain in your own environment. You have full control but are responsible for infrastructure, security, updates, and scaling.

• Kong Konnect: A fully managed API management platform that includes features like Dedicated Cloud Gateways, analytics, and developer portals. Kong handles the infrastructure, updates, and scaling, so you can focus on your APIs and customers.

Let me know if you have any additional questions!

Best regards,

Josh