Typort vs Kong AI Gateway

A layer between apps and models. Kong describes its AI Gateway as a layer that sits between apps, agents and context servers and the foundation models they call, and secures, governs and observes that traffic. The AI Proxy plugin takes requests in OpenAI style formats and passes them on to the provider you configure.

Limits by tokens and cost. AI Rate Limiting Advanced uses the token data the provider returns to work out the cost of each query. Limits can count total, prompt or completion tokens, or cost, and can be set per consumer, consumer group, model or provider.

Caching and guards. AI Semantic Cache serves repeated or near-duplicate prompts from cache instead of calling the model again. AI Prompt Guard blocks requests on disallowed topics or keywords, AI Semantic Prompt Guard catches jailbreak and prompt injection attempts, and AI Sanitizer redacts personal details before they reach the provider.

Analytics on what passes through. Usage analytics for requests, tokens, errors and latency, through audit logs, metrics exporters, OpenTelemetry and Konnect Observability.

Seat chats in the browser. People on ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot Business and Team seats type into the vendor's own web app. That chat goes from their browser to the vendor, not through your API gateway, so it never reaches Kong's analytics, limits or guards.

Who did the work. Kong's limits and analytics are per consumer. A person shows up only when each app or key is set up as a consumer for that person.

Price. Kong's pricing page lists AI Management Plus from $25 a month plus usage, billed monthly, with 1 million requests a month included and $100 a month per model proxied. AI Management Enterprise is a custom price, billed annually. Checked 2 November 2026.

	Kong AI Gateway	Typort
Where it sits	Between your apps and the AI providers. Apps send their requests to it	In each person's browser, beside the AI tools they sign in to
Chats in ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot seats	Not seen. Seat chats go from the browser to the vendor, not through the gateway	Per person, from the browser: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Grok. Copilot in the next extension update
One API across providers	Yes, with routing to OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure AI, Bedrock, Gemini and more	No. Typort routes nothing
Limits	Hard rate limits by tokens or cost, per consumer, group, model or provider	Allowances per person, with near and over warnings. No hard stop
Block a prompt	Yes, by topic or keyword, plus jailbreak checks and redaction of personal details	No. Typort shows what went in after the fact
Caching	Semantic cache for repeated or near-duplicate prompts	Not part of Typort
What the work is	Requests, tokens, errors and latency	Chats sorted into kinds of work, shown as a pie
Client rules	Prompt guard rules on topics and keywords, for gateway traffic	Rules per client, with chats marked broke a client rule or close to one
Setup	Point apps at the gateway and configure models, consumers and plugins	Each person adds the browser extension and signs in with Microsoft or a work email
Price	AI Management Plus from $25 a month plus usage. Enterprise custom	Free for a limited time and will move to Typort Pro later

Kong for your apps and API keys. Anything your developers build, and any agent that calls a model through an API key, goes through the gateway. That is where routing, token limits, caching and prompt guards belong.

Typort for the seats. The ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Grok accounts your people sign in to every day. Typort shows who uses them, what for, roughly what it costs, and what went in that should not have. It needs no change to your Kong setup.

The team view runs on Typort's servers. It is free for a limited time and will move to Typort Pro later.

Is Typort a replacement for Kong AI Gateway?

No. Kong AI Gateway sits between your apps and the AI providers. Your apps send their requests through it, and it routes them, limits them, caches them, guards the prompts and reports on them. Typort routes nothing. It shows how people use the AI tools they sign in to in their browser. Many teams will want both.

Will Kong show what my staff do in ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot?

Kong reports on the requests that pass through the gateway. When someone types into ChatGPT, Claude or Copilot on a Business or Team seat, the chat goes from their browser to that company's web app, not through your API gateway, so Kong does not see it. That is the part Typort covers.

Can Typort block a prompt or stop someone at a limit?

No. Typort shows what went in after the fact, with flags and client rules marked broke or close, and gives each person an allowance with near and over warnings. Kong can block prompts by topic or keyword, redact personal details and rate limit by tokens or cost, for traffic that goes through the gateway.

Which AI tools does Typort see?

ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Grok in the browser, through the Typort browser extension. Microsoft 365 Copilot is built and comes in the next extension update. It reads what is on the page, so it works on Business and Team seats and needs no API keys from the AI vendors.

What does Kong AI Gateway cost?

On 2 November 2026 Kong's pricing page listed AI Management Plus from $25 a month plus usage, billed monthly, with 1 million requests a month included and $100 a month per model proxied. AI Management Enterprise is a custom price, billed annually.

Are the dollar figures in Typort exact?

No, they are estimates from the tokens in each chat at the AI vendor's API list price. They are there to compare people and tools, not to replace the invoice.

What does the team view cost?

The team view runs on Typort's servers. It is free for a limited time and will move to Typort Pro later.