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Kong acquires OpenMeter; OpenMeter Cloud becomes Kong Metering & Billing

OpenMeter pricing

On 2025-09-03 Kong Inc. announced its acquisition of OpenMeter (YC W23); co-founders Peter Marton and András Tóth joined Kong. OpenMeter Cloud was rebranded to Kong (Konnect) Metering & Billing and, by early 2026, the openmeter.io/pricing page was reduced to a migration announcement with no plan grid or public prices. The free Apache-2.0 self-hosted edition remains. Sources: konghq.com/blog/news/kong-acquires-openmeter and openmeter.io/blog/openmeter-is-joining-kong (both 2025-09-03).

Before

Self-serve OpenMeter Cloud with public Free/Pro/Enterprise tiers (Pro from $249/mo usage-based) on openmeter.io/pricing

After

Managed product is Kong Metering & Billing; pricing page reduced to a migration announcement, managed pricing contact-sales gated

From OpenMeter's pricing timeline
Kong acquires OpenMeter (YC W23)

Kong Inc. announced the acquisition of OpenMeter on 2025-09-03 (konghq.com/blog/news/kong-acquires-openmeter; openmeter.io/blog/openmeter-is-joining-kong). Co-founders Peter Marton and András Tóth joined Kong. OpenMeter Cloud kept operating with its public Free/Pro/Enterprise grid (the 2025-10 archive still shows it, with an 'OpenMeter is now part of Kong' banner); the project stayed Apache-2.0 open source.

About OpenMeter
openmeter.io ↗

OpenMeter is an open-source (Apache-2.0) usage metering and billing platform for AI, agentic, and developer-tool monetization, founded in Y Combinator's Winter 2023 batch.

Pricing model freemium
Billing units eventsapi calls
Sales motion self servesales led
Free tier
Yes
Commits
None
Transparency
gated

OpenMeter pricing history

  1. Jul 2026
    Migration-notice wording refined: 'Kong' → 'Konnect' Metering & Billing
  2. Jun 2026
    Pricing page becomes a migration notice; managed product is Kong Metering & Billing
  3. Sep 2025
    Kong acquires OpenMeter (YC W23)
  4. Aug 2025
    Pro returns to usage-based: from $249/mo + events + billing-volume %
  5. Jan 2025
    Pro raised to $349/mo; Entitlements added; richer Free tier
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