The protocol mediation approach opens up the value of real-time data in Kafka to developers and customers that don’t want to, or can’t, set up their applications as Kafka clients. Kong Event Gateway customers will be able to expose access to this real-time data as REST APIs and server-sent events APIs to ensure that they can meet developers, partners, and customers where they are.
Event Gateway will be available as part of Kong Konnect, the unified API platform built to help organizations power API-driven innovation at scale with performance, security, and governance across all service types. With Event Gateway, Kong supports the entire API life cycle with one end-to-end platform, enabling teams to discover, observe, and govern event APIs alongside large language model (LLM) APIs, REST APIs, and any other supported service type in the Kong platform.
As organizations shift toward real-time, API-first architectures, Kong helps them manage that transformation securely and efficiently. By bringing event streams into your API Platform, Event Gateway allows teams to move faster, reduce operational burden and build more responsive, data-driven applications.
