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The Lytms Index· API development toolsUS region · updated Aug 16, 2026
The Lytms Index / API development tools / Kong

Kong

konghq.com↗
Lytms Market Score · 0-100
47
#10 of 20 in API development tools.
No movement reading yet — that needs two comparable dated captures. · updated Aug 16, 2026

Where it stands

One line per signal, each the plain market fact behind the reading — never our number, and never a count of what we checked.

AI answersnamed by Google's AI Mode and Google's AI Overview
Search resultsnot in the top results where buyers search
Buyer demand0 searches a month by name
“It is best for developers who prioritize data privacy and want to store API collections as plain-text files directly inside a Git repository without cloud lock-in. - Insomnia by Kong is a clean, developer-first API client.”
Google's AI Mode · Aug 16, 2026 · asked what to use for API development tools

What it publishes about price

Freemium trial, one paid tier (Plus) at $25/month per gateway, Enterprise custom pricing.

read from their own pricing page · captured Aug 14, 2026 · 1 paid tiers listed · has a free tier

What it has published over time

What this page publishes has changed between Jan 2025 and Jul 2026 — the captures below show how.

Jan 2025$1$10/month$20$34.25$100$105/mo
Oct 2025$10/mo$20/mo$20$25/mo$75/mo$100/mo
Jul 2026$10/mo$20/mo$20$25/mo$100$100/mo

marked — not visible in the previous capture. Only arrivals are marked: a capture can miss a price that is still on the page, so a point that stops appearing is not something we can call a withdrawal.

the price points visible on konghq.com/pricing, from the public archive · a gap in the series is a gap, not a flat line

Compared with

Kong vs Postman→Kong vs Swagger→Kong vs Insomnia→Alternatives to Kong→

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The Lytms Index. "Kong — how the market rates it." Lytms AI. Measured Aug 16, 2026. https://lytms.ai/best/api-development/kong

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