Packaging

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. Jun 2026
    Pricing page becomes a migration notice; managed product is Kong Metering & Billing
  2. Sep 2025
    Kong acquires OpenMeter (YC W23)
  3. Aug 2025
    Pro returns to usage-based: from $249/mo + events + billing-volume %
  4. Jan 2025
    Pro raised to $349/mo; Entitlements added; richer Free tier
  5. Apr 2024
    Repackaged to flat Professional plan ($249/mo) after $3M seed
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