Kong has announced the expansion of its cloud-native service connectivity platform, Kong Konnect, with the introduction of a new plan called Konnect Plus, offering a 30-day free trial and a pay-as-you-go model. This platform enables developers to manage connectivity through API gateways and service meshes while maintaining data traffic separation in their own infrastructure, streamlining application development by providing built-in, secure, and observable connectivity across various cloud environments, including Kubernetes. Additionally, the platform supports decK, Kong's command-line tool for declarative configuration management, allowing developers to manage and automate connectivity logic via a simple web UI. Konnect Enterprise is also expanding globally with the availability of its management plane in regions outside the US, catering to data privacy and compliance needs. This expansion aims to eliminate complexities in operating connectivity runtimes, empowering enterprise architects and developers to accelerate the development of business logic with a single-pane-of-glass management view.