Kong · FinOps Profile

Kong Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Kong Konnect: per-Gateway-per-month subscription with included request quotas (1M/mo) and per-million overages (capped at 10M/mo on Plus), plus per-LLM-model AI Gateway charges, per-portal and per-published-API overages, and seat-based Insomnia pricing. AI Gateway / Agent Gateway / MCP Registry / Event Gateway / Context Mesh ride inside the Plus or Enterprise envelope rather than as separate SKUs.

Kong Finops is the FinOps profile for Kong on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 9 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category subscription + usage overage.

The profile maps 7 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include FinOps, FOCUS, API Gateway, API Management, and AI Gateway.

Category: API Management Pricing: Subscription + Usage Overage Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
FinOpsFOCUSAPI GatewayAPI ManagementAI GatewayMCP Registry

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

PurchaseUsageAdjustmentCredit

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
InvoiceIssuerName
Kong Inc.
ProviderName
Kong
PublisherName
Kong Inc.
ServiceCategory
Developer Tools
ServiceName
Kong Konnect
ServiceSubcategory
API Management

Meters

gateway_months
Unit: gateway-month
api_requests
Unit: request
ai_gateway_models
Unit: llm_model
developer_portals
Unit: portal
published_apis
Unit: api
insomnia_seats
Unit: seat-month
mcp_registry_tools
Unit: tool
a2a_traffic
Unit: message
event_gateway_throughput
Unit: byte

Sources