--- title: "Kong AI Gateway: rubric and evidence | Agent MCP Directory" description: "Kong AI Gateway: Kong's AI Gateway 2.x adds an AI MCP Server entity that turns existing APIs into MCP tools. Evidence and sources on every line." canonical: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/kong-ai-gateway site: "Agent MCP Directory" last_updated: 2026-11-04 section: "Hosts and registries" --- # Kong AI Gateway: rubric and evidence | Agent MCP Directory > Kong AI Gateway: Kong's AI Gateway 2.x adds an AI MCP Server entity that turns existing APIs into MCP tools. Evidence and sources on every line. Source: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/kong-ai-gateway Site: Agent MCP Directory Last reviewed: 2026-11-04 # Kong AI Gateway Kong AI Gateway: Kong's AI Gateway 2.x adds an AI MCP Server entity that turns existing APIs into MCP tools, OAuth2 auth strategies for tool calls, semantic caching and OpenTelemetry for MCP and A2A traffic. Protocols fronted: model APIs, MCP, A2A. ## Fact sheet | Product | Kong AI Gateway | | --- | --- | | Operator | Kong | | Kind | AI gateway | | Home | developer.konghq.com | | In this directory | Kong: sign-in required, tools not seen, not counted | | Vendor profile | Kong | ## Rubric | Dimension | Value | Evidence | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Protocols fronted | model APIs, MCP, A2A | OpenTelemetry covers all three. | developer.konghq.com, read 2026-11-04 | | Auth passthrough | OAuth2 auth strategies | Per tool call. | developer.konghq.com, read 2026-11-04 | | Caching | semantic cache | AI Semantic Cache policy. | developer.konghq.com, read 2026-11-04 | | Pricing | not published on the docs page | Konnect licensing, no prices. | developer.konghq.com, read 2026-11-04 | | Observability | OpenTelemetry, Konnect dashboards, audit logs | Per docs, as stated on the source page. | developer.konghq.com, read 2026-11-04 | ## What it does not do - The AI Gateway page does not publish prices or edition differences. - Does not name its MCP plugins on the overview page. ## Dated facts - The AI MCP Server entity turns existing APIs into tools that agents discover and call over MCP. ([developer.konghq.com](https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/), read 4 November 2026) - AI Auth Strategies can apply OAuth2 to agent tool calls so write actions can need tighter access than reads. ([developer.konghq.com](https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/), read 4 November 2026) - The AI Semantic Cache policy serves repeated or near-duplicate prompts from cache. ([developer.konghq.com](https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/), read 4 November 2026) - OpenTelemetry output covers per-request spans and aggregated metrics for AI, MCP and A2A traffic. ([developer.konghq.com](https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/), read 4 November 2026) - AI Gateway 2.x replaces the v1 AI Proxy and AI Proxy Advanced plugins with entities such as AI Model and AI Model Provider; the page lists a minimum version of 2.0. ([developer.konghq.com](https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/), read 4 November 2026) - Kong publishes com.konghq/konnect in the official registry with remotes at global.mcp.konghq.com and regional hosts. ([registry.modelcontextprotocol.io](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=com.konghq%2Fkonnect), read 4 November 2026) ## Compare and alternatives - [Alternatives to Kong AI Gateway](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/kong-ai-gateway/alternatives/) - [Portkey vs Kong AI Gateway](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/compare/portkey-vs-kong-ai-gateway/) Edition 4 November 2026 Method [How rows are verified](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/method/) Data [CSV and JSON](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/data/) Markdown [This page as markdown](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/kong-ai-gateway/index.md) ## Sources - [Kong AI Gateway home](https://developer.konghq.com/ai-gateway/), read 4 November 2026 - [Kong AI Gateway: registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=com.konghq%2Fkonnect), read 4 November 2026 Last reviewed 4 November 2026