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Best Kong Ingress Controller Alternatives in 2026

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20 apps from Kubernetes ingress controllers ranked against Kong Ingress Controller on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Airlock Microgateway Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Airlock Microgateway
  2. 2
    NGINX Ingress Controller Free plan self-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs NGINX Ingress Controller
  3. 3
    ngrok Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $10/mo6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs ngrok
  4. 4
    agentgateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs agentgateway
  5. 5
    Contour Free plan self-hosted Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Contour
  6. 6
    Envoy Gateway Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Envoy Gateway
  7. 7
    F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services
  8. 8
    HAProxy Ingress Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs HAProxy Ingress
  9. 9
    Kusk Gateway Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Kusk Gateway
  10. 10
    NGINX Gateway Fabric Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs NGINX Gateway Fabric
  11. 11
    Traefik Proxy Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Traefik Proxy
  12. 12
    N42 Gateway Linuxself-hosted 5.8
    Kong Ingress Controller vs N42 Gateway
  13. 13
    Apache APISIX apiLinuxself-hosted 5.7
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Apache APISIX
  14. 14
    kgateway Linuxself-hosted 5.7
    Kong Ingress Controller vs kgateway
  15. 15
    Skipper LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.7
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Skipper
  16. 16
    LiteSpeed Ingress Controller Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWeb $59.58/mo5.6
    Kong Ingress Controller vs LiteSpeed Ingress Controller
  17. 17
    NetScaler Ingress Controller self-hosted 5.5
    Kong Ingress Controller vs NetScaler Ingress Controller
  18. 18
    HAProxy Enterprise apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    Kong Ingress Controller vs HAProxy Enterprise
  19. 19
    A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector 5.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector
  20. 21
    Varnish Gateway 5.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Varnish Gateway

Kong Ingress Controller alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Airlock Microgateway6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
2NGINX Ingress Controller6.3Free planFreeself-hosted
3ngrok6.3Free plan$10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4agentgateway6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
5Contour6.2Free planFreeself-hosted
6Envoy Gateway6.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
7F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services6.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
8HAProxy Ingress6.2Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
9Kusk Gateway6.2Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
10NGINX Gateway Fabric6.2Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
11Traefik Proxy6.2Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
12N42 Gateway5.8No—Linux, self-hosted
13Apache APISIX5.7No—API, Linux, self-hosted
14kgateway5.7No—Linux, self-hosted
15Skipper5.7No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
16LiteSpeed Ingress Controller5.6No$59.58/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
17NetScaler Ingress Controller5.5No—self-hosted
18HAProxy Enterprise5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted
19A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector5.3No——
21Varnish Gateway5.3No——
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Questions about Kong Ingress Controller alternatives

What is the best alternative to Kong Ingress Controller?

Airlock Microgateway, number 1 in Kubernetes ingress controllers with a score of 6.3 out of 10. The others here: NGINX Ingress Controller, ngrok, agentgateway and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Kong Ingress Controller?

Airlock Microgateway is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 11 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation.