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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
    Kusk Gateway Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb Free6.6
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Kusk Gateway
  2. 2
    ngrok Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $10/mo6.6
    Kong Ingress Controller vs ngrok
  3. 3
    Traefik Proxy Free plan LinuxMacself-hostedWin Free6.5
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Traefik Proxy
  4. 4
    agentgateway Free plan apiLinuxself-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs agentgateway
  5. 5
    Airlock Microgateway Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Airlock Microgateway
  6. 6
    Contour Free plan self-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Contour
  7. 7
    Envoy Gateway Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Envoy Gateway
  8. 8
    HAProxy Ingress Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs HAProxy Ingress
  9. 9
    NGINX Gateway Fabric Free plan Linuxself-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs NGINX Gateway Fabric
  10. 10
    NGINX Ingress Controller Free plan self-hosted Free6.3
    Kong Ingress Controller vs NGINX Ingress Controller
  11. 11
    F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services Free plan apiself-hosted Free6.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services
  12. 12
    Skipper LinuxMacself-hostedWin 5.6
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Skipper
  13. 13
    Apache APISIX apiLinuxself-hosted 5.4
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Apache APISIX
  14. 14
    kgateway Linuxself-hosted 5.4
    Kong Ingress Controller vs kgateway
  15. 15
    N42 Gateway Linuxself-hosted 5.4
    Kong Ingress Controller vs N42 Gateway
  16. 17
    LiteSpeed Ingress Controller Free trial LinuxMacself-hostedWeb $59.58/mo5.2
    Kong Ingress Controller vs LiteSpeed Ingress Controller
  17. 18
    A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector 5.1
    Kong Ingress Controller vs A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector
  18. 19
    BFE Ingress Controller Linux 5.1
    Kong Ingress Controller vs BFE Ingress Controller
  19. 20
    Caddy Gateway Linux 5.1
    Kong Ingress Controller vs Caddy Gateway
  20. 21
    FortiWeb Web 5.1
    Kong Ingress Controller vs FortiWeb

Kong Ingress Controller alternatives compared

#AppScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Kusk Gateway6.6Free planFreeAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2ngrok6.6Free plan$10/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Traefik Proxy6.5Free planFreeLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
4agentgateway6.3Free planFreeAPI, Linux, self-hosted
5Airlock Microgateway6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
6Contour6.3Free planFreeself-hosted
7Envoy Gateway6.3Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
8HAProxy Ingress6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
9NGINX Gateway Fabric6.3Free planFreeLinux, self-hosted
10NGINX Ingress Controller6.3Free planFreeself-hosted
11F5 BIG-IP Container Ingress Services6.2Free planFreeAPI, self-hosted
12Skipper5.6No—Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
13Apache APISIX5.4No—API, Linux, self-hosted
14kgateway5.4No—Linux, self-hosted
15N42 Gateway5.4No—Linux, self-hosted
17LiteSpeed Ingress Controller5.2No$59.58/moLinux, Mac, self-hosted, Web
18A10 Thunder Kubernetes Connector5.1No——
19BFE Ingress Controller5.1No—Linux
20Caddy Gateway5.1No—Linux
21FortiWeb5.1No—Web
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Questions about Kong Ingress Controller alternatives

What is the best alternative to Kong Ingress Controller?

Kusk Gateway, number 1 in Kubernetes ingress controllers with a score of 6.6 out of 10. The others here: ngrok, Traefik Proxy, agentgateway and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to Kong Ingress Controller?

Kusk Gateway 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 free-and-open first: a usable free tier and open-source code, then the platforms it runs on and its documentation.