Kong has been recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Full Lifecycle API Management, highlighting its rapid growth and adoption as an API gateway, with over 2.6 million instances worldwide. The company is praised for its completeness of vision and flexibility in deployment, allowing users to choose from various environments such as AWS, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, or VMs, which has proven advantageous for clients like Verifone and ANZ Bank. Kong's developer-led solutions and flexible plugin architecture have been crucial for its users, enabling them to manage APIs across both modern and legacy systems efficiently. The recognition from Gartner, along with accolades from Forbes and Deloitte, underscores Kong's significant achievements and its commitment to innovation in the API management sector.