Konghq Raises Dedicated Cloud Control Plane Pricing from $105 to $500/month, Significantly Impacting Costs for Users
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Konghq's pricing page, Pulse recorded 9 changes: Dedicated Cloud control plane pricing increased from $105/month to $500/month per control plane; Organization Single Sign On (SSO) added to Plus tier as Enterprise Only feature; Audit Logs added to Plus tier as Enterprise Only feature; Service Catalog introduced with support for 10 governed services during early access; API Requests capped at 10M/month maximum (was unlimited); Mesh Manager Zones pricing reintroduced at $4,166/zone/month; Control Plane limit added: $25/month per control plane with maximum of 5 control planes for Serverless Gateways; Developer Portal limit increased from 1 included to 2 maximum portals; Published APIs capped at 20 maximum (was unlimited with $10/month per additional). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price increase, feature added, limit decrease, threshold added, limit increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 5, 2026) lists Plus at $500.
Konghq's previous recorded change was "Konghq Reduces API Requests Pricing to $20 for First 1M Requests, Enhances Developer Portal and Data Retention" (Q4 2024). Konghq has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Postman also changed their Cloud & DevOps pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Price—$105/month$500/month per control
- Plus, Enterprise · FeatureFeature added
Organization Single Sign On (SSO) added to Plus tier as Enterprise Only feature
- Plus, Enterprise · FeatureAddedNo Audit LogsAudit Logs
- — · FeatureAddedNo Service CatalogService Catalog
- — · LimitLimit decrease
API Requests capped at 10M/month maximum (was unlimited)
- Manager Zones · LimitThreshold addedNot listed$4,166/zone/month
- — · LimitAddedNo Control Plane limitControl Plane limit
- — · LimitChanged1 included2 maximum portals
- — · LimitLimit decrease
Published APIs capped at 20 maximum (was unlimited with $10/month per additional)
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Price | $105/month | $500/month per control | — |
| Plus, Enterprise | Feature | Organization Single Sign On (SSO) added to Plus tier as Enterprise Only feature | Feature added | |
| Plus, Enterprise | Feature | No Audit Logs | Audit Logs | Added |
| — | Feature | No Service Catalog | Service Catalog | Added |
| — | Limit | — | 10M/month | Limit decrease |
| Manager Zones | Limit | Not listed | $4,166/zone/month | Threshold added |
| — | Limit | No Control Plane limit | Control Plane limit | Added |
| — | Limit | 1 included | 2 maximum portals | Changed |
| — | Limit | — | 20 | Limit decrease |
Values as written on Konghq's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Konghq's pricing page (konghq.com) from Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where price reads $105/month and then $500/month per control.
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Konghq, the last 90 days
Full history- Mar 17, 2026packagingKonghq launches Kong Identity with $30 per million token pricing
- Q3 2025improvedKonghq Restructures AI Gateway Pricing: Introduces Free and Paid Plugins, Expands AWS Marketplace Options
- Q2 2025packagingKonghq Removes Mesh Manager Zones Pricing, Introduces Tiered API Pricing and Free Trial Plan
- Q1 2025improvedKonghq Raises Dedicated Cloud Control Plane Pricing from $105 to $500/month, Significantly Impacting Costs for Users · this change
- Q4 2024decreaseKonghq Reduces API Requests Pricing to $20 for First 1M Requests, Enhances Developer Portal and Data Retention
Across Cloud & DevOps in the same window
All Cloud & DevOps changes- PostmanSep 28Postman: Context Graph usage add-on introduced
- PostmanSep 23Postman adds free Context Graph tracking, metered API query overages
- PostmanSep 21Postman hides $49/user Enterprise price behind Contact Sales, drops AWS buy
- PostmanSep 19Postman pulls $49 Enterprise pricing, moves plan behind contact sales
- PostmanAug 31Postman adds Cloud performance testing ($0.04/VuH)
Questions about this change
Did Konghq raise prices in April 2025?
Yes. Pulse captured Konghq's pricing page on Jan 1, 2025 and again on Apr 1, 2025 and recorded 1 price increase: $105/month → $500/month per control.
What changed on Konghq's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Price: $105/month → $500/month per control; Organization Single Sign On (SSO) added to Plus tier as Enterprise Only feature; Plus, Enterprise feature: No Audit Logs → Audit Logs, added; feature: No Service Catalog → Service Catalog, added; API Requests capped at 10M/month maximum (was unlimited); Manager Zones limit: Not listed → $4,166/zone/month; limit: No Control Plane limit → Control Plane limit, added; limit: 1 included → 2 maximum portals, changed; Published APIs capped at 20 maximum (was unlimited with $10/month per additional). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Konghq change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Konghq in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Konghq Reduces API Requests Pricing to $20 for First 1M Requests, Enhances Developer Portal and Data Retention" in Q4 2024; Konghq has been tracked since 2023-11-14.