How to: API Gateway Alternatives and Lock-In
- [Kong](https://getkong.org) is an open-source, on-premises API and microservices gateway built on nginx with Lua. Kong is extensible through “plugins”.
- [Tyk](https://tyk.io) is an open-source API gateway implemented in Go and available in the cloud, on-premises or hybrid.

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