Konghq Restructures AI Gateway Pricing: Introduces Free and Paid Plugins, Expands AWS Marketplace Options
What happened
Between the Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025 captures of Konghq's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: AI Gateway restructured from single pricing model to Free Plugins and Paid Plugins (available as add-on); AWS Marketplace availability added with options to 'Try free with AWS', 'Buy with AWS', and 'Start for Free'; AI Gateway Manager introduced as separate add-on (available for 30 days in trial, add-on for Plus/Enterprise). Pulse files it as a packaging change (add-on change, feature added, new add-on). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Plus at $500.
Konghq's previous recorded change was "Konghq Removes Mesh Manager Zones Pricing, Introduces Tiered API Pricing and Free Trial Plan" (Q2 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.
- ChangedAI Gateway restructuredAdd-on
Beforesingle pricing model
AfterFree Plugins and Paid Plugins
- Added—Feature
BeforeNot listed
AfterAWS Marketplace availability
- AddedAI Gateway Manager, Plus, EnterpriseAdd-onNot listedAI Gateway Manager
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Gateway restructured | Add-on | single pricing model | Free Plugins and Paid Plugins | Changed |
| — | Feature | Not listed | AWS Marketplace availability | Added |
| AI Gateway Manager, Plus, Enterprise | Add-on | Not listed | AI Gateway Manager | Added |
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 Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "single pricing model" becomes "Free Plugins and Paid Plugins".
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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
- Jul 1, 2026PackagingKonghq Insomnia bundles AI Gateway add-ons into Enterprise plan at no extra cost
- 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 This change
- Q2 2025PackagingKonghq Removes Mesh Manager Zones Pricing, Introduces Tiered API Pricing and Free Trial Plan
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 October 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: add-on change, feature added, new add-on.
What changed on Konghq's pricing page between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025?
Add-on: single pricing model → Free Plugins and Paid Plugins, changed; feature added: AWS Marketplace availability; AI Gateway Manager, Plus, Enterprise add-on added: AI Gateway Manager. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 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 Removes Mesh Manager Zones Pricing, Introduces Tiered API Pricing and Free Trial Plan" in Q2 2025; Konghq has been tracked since 2023-11-14.