Konghq Removes Mesh Manager Zones Pricing, Introduces Tiered API Pricing and Free Trial Plan
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025 captures of Konghq's pricing page, Pulse recorded 8 changes: Mesh Manager Zones pricing removed again from main pricing table (was $4,166/zone/month in Q2); Published API pricing breakdown added with tiered structure: $20/month for first 10 APIs, $10/month for each additional API; SLA details expanded with 99.95% SLA for Dedicated Cloud Gateways; Free Trial plan explicitly added with 30-day duration, $0 cost, no credit card required; AI Gateway model proxy limit set at 5 models maximum for Plus tier; AI Gateway model proxy pricing introduced at $100/month per model with 5 model limit in Plus tier; Service Catalog governed services decreased from 10 included to 2 services included in Plus tier; Service Catalog governed service pricing revealed at $75/month per governed service (was previously shown as Early Access with 10 included). Pulse files it as a pricing change (limit raised, feature added, new plan, limit lowered, new add-on, price revealed) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Plus at $500.
Konghq's previous recorded change was "Konghq Raises Dedicated Cloud Control Plane Pricing from $105 to $500/month, Significantly Impacting Costs for Users" (Q1 2025). 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.
- RemovedManager ZonesLimit
BeforeMesh Manager Zones pricing
AfterNot listed
- AddedPublished APIFeature
BeforeNot listed
AfterPublished API pricing breakdown
- Feature added—Feature
SLA details expanded with 99.95% SLA for Dedicated Cloud Gateways
- AddedFree TrialPlan
BeforeNot listed
AfterFree Trial plan explicitly
- Limit loweredPlusLimitNot listed5
- AddedPlusAdd-on
BeforeNot listed
AfterAI Gateway model proxy pricing ($100/month)
- ChangedPlusLimit10 included2 services included
- Revealed—Price visibilityPrice hiddenPrice listed: $75/month
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manager Zones | Limit | Mesh Manager Zones pricing | Not listed | Removed |
| Published API | Feature | Not listed | Published API pricing breakdown | Added |
| — | Feature | SLA details expanded with 99.95% SLA for Dedicated Cloud Gateways | Feature added | |
| Free Trial | Plan | Not listed | Free Trial plan explicitly | Added |
| Plus | Limit | Not listed | 5 | Limit lowered |
| Plus | Add-on | Not listed | AI Gateway model proxy pricing ($100/month) | Added |
| Plus | Limit | 10 included | 2 services included | Changed |
| — | Price visibility | Price hidden | Price listed: $75/month | Revealed |
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 Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where the Mesh Manager Zones pricing no longer appears.
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Konghq, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 3, 2026ImprovementKong: AI Gateway A2A traffic added to Plus; Paid Plugins/Manager now included in Enterprise
- 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 This change
- Q1 2025Price increaseKonghq Raises Dedicated Cloud Control Plane Pricing from $105 to $500/month, Significantly Impacting Costs for Users
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 July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: limit raised, feature added, new plan, limit lowered, new add-on, price revealed.
What changed on Konghq's pricing page between Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025?
Manager Zones limit removed: Mesh Manager Zones pricing; Published API feature added: Published API pricing breakdown; SLA details expanded with 99.95% SLA for Dedicated Cloud Gateways; Free Trial plan added: Free Trial plan explicitly; Plus limit: Not listed → 5; Plus add-on added: AI Gateway model proxy pricing ($100/month); Plus limit: 10 included → 2 services included, changed; price visibility: Price hidden → Price listed: $75/month, revealed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2025 and Jul 6, 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 Raises Dedicated Cloud Control Plane Pricing from $105 to $500/month, Significantly Impacting Costs for Users" in Q1 2025; Konghq has been tracked since 2023-11-14.