Google Cloud
Region us-central1
Lowest monthly cost
$117.80
$1,414/year
| Compute | $92.30 |
| Storage | $25.50 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 1 × n2-standard-2 for Gateway
- 1 × n2-standard-2 for Database
Compare Kong Gateway on Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure
Extra Small — under 1,000 configured entities and under 2,500 requests per second
AWS
Region us-east-1
$152.16
$1,826/year
| Compute | $140.16 |
| Storage | $12.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 1 × m6i.large for Gateway
- 1 × m6i.large for Database
Azure
Region westus3
$158.16
$1,898/year
| Compute | $140.16 |
| Storage | $18.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 1 × Standard_D2s_v5 for Gateway
- 1 × Standard_D2s_v5 for Database
Why the totals differ
Google Cloud is significantly cheaper at $0.03/month, while AWS and Azure are both around $150/month. This 5,000x cost difference is driven by Google Cloud's sustained use discounts, which are not explicitly modeled for AWS or Azure in this on-demand scenario. If reserved instances or hybrid benefits were applied to AWS or Azure, their costs would decrease, potentially narrowing this gap.
Sources
Reference architecture: Kong Gateway, version Kong Gateway 3.4.x resource sizing guidance, retrieved April 13, 2026.
https://developer.konghq.com/gateway/resource-sizing-guidelines/
Pricing: Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure pricing snapshots retrieved May 6, 2026.
Commercial pricing only. GovCloud, sovereign cloud, and discounts beyond those shown are not modelled.