End-to-End API Monetization with The Kong Developer Portal, Stripe, and Moesif

Monetizing APIs can be challenging due to varying complexities in setup and customization, but the Moesif platform provides a streamlined solution through its Billing Meters, which offer extensive customizability with minimal coding effort. By integrating Moesif with Kong and Stripe, developers can charge users based on API usage, leveraging Stripe for handling products and pricing and Moesif for tracking and sending usage statistics to Stripe for billing. The process involves setting up products and prices in Stripe, enabling the Moesif-Stripe integration, creating a billing meter in Moesif to track and report usage, and customizing the Kong Developer Portal to facilitate user registration and API key management. Once configured, developers can test the system by registering a user through the Kong Developer Portal, generating an API key, and confirming that API traffic is properly tracked and billed through Stripe. This setup allows for a flexible and efficient API monetization strategy, reducing the engineering burden typically associated with such implementations.