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Cilium vs Kong

A side-by-side look at Cilium and Kong. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Cilium

Cilium

Network & Admin

Cilium is an open source software for providing and securing network connectivity between application services deployed using Linux container management platforms like Kubernetes. It uses eBPF/XDP for high performance container networking.

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Kong

Kong

Development

Kong is an open-source API gateway and service mesh designed for managing APIs and microservices. It provides functionality like traffic routing, security, monitoring and more to help developers manage complex architectures.

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