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Kong AI Gateway vs Martian

Compare Kong AI Gateway and Martian side by side. Both are tools in the LLM Gateways category.

Quick Comparison

Kong AI Gateway
Kong AI Gateway
Martian
Martian
CategoryLLM GatewaysLLM Gateways
PricingEnterpriseUsage-based
Best ForEnterprises using Kong who want to extend their API gateway with AI capabilitiesTeams who want AI to automatically pick the best model for each request based on quality and cost
Websitekonghq.comwithmartian.com
Key Features
  • AI traffic management
  • Multi-LLM load balancing
  • Request/response transformation
  • Authentication and authorization
  • Plugin ecosystem
  • Intelligent model routing based on prompt type
  • Automatic quality optimization
  • Cost-performance tradeoff management
  • Transparent routing decisions
  • OpenAI-compatible API
Use Cases
  • Enterprise AI API management
  • Load balancing across LLM providers
  • AI traffic governance and security
  • Multi-tenant AI access control
  • API lifecycle management for AI
  • Automatic model selection for optimal quality
  • Cost optimization without sacrificing output quality
  • Routing different task types to specialized models
  • Reducing latency through smart provider selection

When to Choose Kong AI Gateway vs Martian

Kong AI Gateway
Choose Kong AI Gateway if you need
  • Enterprise AI API management
  • Load balancing across LLM providers
  • AI traffic governance and security
Pricing: Enterprise
Martian
Choose Martian if you need
  • Automatic model selection for optimal quality
  • Cost optimization without sacrificing output quality
  • Routing different task types to specialized models
Pricing: Usage-based

About Kong AI Gateway

Kong AI Gateway extends the popular Kong API gateway with AI-specific capabilities including multi-LLM routing, prompt engineering, semantic caching, rate limiting, and cost management.

About Martian

Martian is an intelligent model router that automatically selects the best LLM for each request based on the prompt content, required capabilities, and cost constraints. Using proprietary routing models, Martian optimizes for quality and cost simultaneously, helping teams reduce LLM spend while maintaining or improving output quality.

What is LLM Gateways?

Unified API platforms and proxies that aggregate multiple LLM providers behind a single endpoint, providing model routing, fallback, caching, rate limiting, cost optimization, and access control.

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