Lunar.dev vs. API Gateways

Lunar.dev and API gateways like Kong serve different purposes in managing API traffic, with Lunar.dev focusing on egress traffic and Kong on ingress traffic. While API gateways act as a central entry point for client applications, handling tasks such as load balancing, error handling, and security for incoming traffic, Lunar.dev's Egress API-Proxy is designed for managing outgoing requests by optimizing and monitoring API consumption. Lunar.dev's solution allows users to manage external APIs without code changes, utilizing a distributed model with micro proxies and offering features like detection and real-time resolution. It provides comprehensive monitoring and control over API requests to external services, reducing costs and improving efficiency, and complements traditional API gateways by addressing the specific need for API egress traffic management.