1 year ago

Developers are often the consumers of APIs — but where many developers struggle is monetizing their own APIs, according to Marco Palladino, co-founder and chief technology officer for API gateway provider Kong. ”They really validate and demonstrate that APIs are, indeed, a monetizable interface.

From there, they founded Kong, Palladino said, because they saw the growing need for API management. He’s seen two models emerge for monetizing APIs: a subscription model, or a pay-as-you-call model.

Kong offers Kong Connect, which includes Kong Gateway, based on NGINX with the OpenResty plug-in; the Kong Developer Portal; and the Insomnia tool for API design and testing, according to Gartner.