Kong licenses, enterprise add-ons, and AI upsells can add up to millions a year. Envoy Gateway is open source, with no license fee.
Enter what you pay Kong today, feature by feature, and see the difference over the years ahead.
Start from a scenario, then edit anything. Results update as you type. Tick only the Kong features you pay for today.
Pick a starting point. You can change every number afterwards.
How many years should we compare?
Tick each feature you pay for and enter its annual cost from your contract or invoices.
Envoy Gateway itself is open source, so its license cost is always $0. These are planning assumptions, not a quote.
Feature by feature, here is what you pay Kong over the period and what the same capability costs on open-source Envoy Gateway with IMESH.
Kong cost includes your yearly price increase. Envoy Gateway cost is IMESH support and migration only.
| Feature | Kong | Envoy GW + IMESH | You save |
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The gap widens every year you stay on open-source Envoy Gateway.
Cost is only part of the story. In IMESH's published case study, a Fortune 500 cybersecurity firm also reported:
Customer-reported results from the case study. Your results will vary. Read the full case study.
No black box. Every number comes from what you enter or an assumption you can change.
This calculator gives estimates for illustration, not a quote. Kong pricing varies by contract, and IMESH pricing depends on your environment and support tier. The illustrative scenarios and assumptions are editable placeholders. For a tailored estimate, talk to IMESH. Kong, Envoy and other names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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