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 lowered, limit raised) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 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 Aws, Postman and Tyk 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
- AddedPlus, EnterpriseFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterOrganization Single Sign On (SSO)
- AddedPlus, EnterpriseFeatureNot listedAudit Logs
- Added—FeatureNot listedService Catalog
- Limit lowered—Limit
API Requests capped at 10M/month maximum (was unlimited)
- Limit loweredManager ZonesLimitNot listed$4,166/zone/month
- Added—LimitNot listedControl Plane limit
- Changed—Limit1 included2 maximum portals
- Limit lowered—Limit
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 | Not listed | Organization Single Sign On (SSO) | Added |
| Plus, Enterprise | Feature | Not listed | Audit Logs | Added |
| — | Feature | Not listed | Service Catalog | Added |
| — | Limit | — | 10M/month | Limit lowered |
| Manager Zones | Limit | Not listed | $4,166/zone/month | Limit lowered |
| — | Limit | Not listed | Control Plane limit | Added |
| — | Limit | 1 included | 2 maximum portals | Changed |
| — | Limit | — | 20 | Limit lowered |
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 16, 2026PackagingKonghq launches Kong Identity with $30 per million token pricing
- Q3 2025PackagingKonghq 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 2025Price increaseKonghq Raises Dedicated Cloud Control Plane Pricing from $105 to $500/month, Significantly Impacting Costs for Users This change
- Q4 2024Price decreaseKonghq 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- AwsNov 9Aws Mwaa adds per-second billing for Customer Managed Tasks in Serverless
- PostmanNov 4Postman cuts SDK auto-distribution from Enterprise, adds Static IP egress perk
- PostmanNov 2Postman cuts SDK generation from Team plan, drops it from comparison
- PostmanOct 29Postman cuts SDK generation from Team plan, leaving it to Enterprise
- TykOct 26Tyk now prices Core by API count and Professional by deployment, not traffic
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; Plus, Enterprise feature added: Organization Single Sign On (SSO); Plus, Enterprise feature added: Audit Logs; feature added: Service Catalog; API Requests capped at 10M/month maximum (was unlimited); Manager Zones limit: Not listed → $4,166/zone/month; limit added: Control Plane limit; 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.