Kong API Gateway is a platform that helps manage communication across complex modern architectures, including distributed systems and microservices. It is available as an open-source or enterprise solution, with the latter offering additional features such as security, analytics, and 24/7 support. Kong Enterprise is designed to optimize the full lifecycle of APIs and microservices through automation, and can be used to connect development teams, partners, and customers with a unified platform. It supports both gRPC and REST, as well as integration with Apollo GraphQL server and Apache Kafka services. Kong Enterprise is a plugin-based architecture that can scale clusters effortlessly, regardless of environment, vendor, configuration, or deployment pattern.