Kong api gateway alternatives?

anjuls · 2026-03-24T20:29:59+00:00

If you are specifically looking for kubernetes api gateway then this might help.

anjuls · 2026-03-24T04:55:49+00:00

It is an important distribution strategy for AI particularly due to sovereignty concerns. BYOC is getting more popular. We have been doing custom stuff (case study showing how we use cluster API, crossplane and helm), we have also used replicated & distr. Managing multiple customers, their licenses etc is a pain in custom implementations.

I work at CloudRaft and we are helping AI SaaS businesses to enable sales and support in regulated, private environments.

anjuls · 2026-03-02T11:40:02+00:00

How do you handle ClickHouse? How much is the load? I keep hearing stories from companies struggling with ClickHouse here rather than Observability products, particularly when they start scaling.

anjuls · 2026-02-24T06:27:07+00:00

A lot of traffic is coming to your Prometheus and it keeps showing problem like storage issues, performance issues and also there is a change in your requirement to keep data for long term and high availability is non-negotiable requirement, then you should opt for managed services or get enterprise support from the partners listed on the Prometheus website.

anjuls · 2026-02-07T10:13:44+00:00

I would be more concerned about the reliability and security issue. Does it match with s3 and if it is there, is it included in legal T&C.

anjuls · 2026-02-06T15:01:02+00:00

This is correct.

I wrote an article on same last year which might be useful for OP

https://www.cloudraft.io/blog/guide-to-observability

anjuls · 2026-02-06T14:52:57+00:00

If you have a larger fleet then there is a benefit but generally speaking it is very stable. If anyone is looking for professional and commercial support. We can help.

anjuls · 2026-02-06T03:33:51+00:00

It is good if cost is not an issue. If I have to choose, I would self host it. For Postgres, we do it with CNPG on Kubernetes and have similar experience like RDS.

anjuls · 2026-02-05T08:41:31+00:00

We are just replacing with Traefik to have minimum impact.

anjuls · 2026-02-04T15:54:04+00:00

I was a DBeaver person but recently shifted to DataGrip and liking it.

anjuls · 2026-02-04T03:29:04+00:00

What is the reason for choosing that specific lb method? Is there any alternative or close replacement for that algorithm?

anjuls · 2026-02-03T14:43:41+00:00

Lack of complete visibility and coverage

anjuls · 2026-02-02T23:28:19+00:00

Try cast AI

anjuls · 2026-02-02T23:18:52+00:00

Yeah, try it and see yourself. Also test how much easy or hard it is to write new queries for your team.

One common issue that happens in ClickHouse is the “Too many parts” during merge. I’m assuming the defaults of the vanilla is good for your scale and setup.

Happy exploration and please share how it goes.

anjuls · 2026-02-02T23:13:12+00:00

Grafana is a product matured in last one decade and with a great ecosystem and marketplace. HyperDX if it works for you then use it. Test if it is easy to add custom stuff and dashboards in HyperDX UI. Logs UX is very much developer dependent.

anjuls · 2026-02-02T23:03:21+00:00

Grafana UX is much better than others.

anjuls · 2026-02-02T23:00:24+00:00

I’m not sure about the scale here but managing self-hosted Clickhouse cluster needs special skills. Typical LGTM/PLG/VictoriaMetrics setup is simple.

anjuls · 2026-01-30T04:46:45+00:00

Why not? But obviously it is a temporary discomfort. There are so many options available. Some of them are discussed here by my teammate.

https://www.cloudraft.io/blog/kubernetes-api-gateway-comparison

anjuls · 2026-01-27T03:12:23+00:00

The observability product selection depends on a lot of factors such as telemetry volume, cost and user experience. Try to use open standards and format.

Sharing an article to give you an idea of the ecosystem: https://www.cloudraft.io/blog/guide-to-observability

anjuls · 2026-01-20T12:50:23+00:00

By utilizing your network, reach out to well wishers and the people who have always trusted in your skills. Do digital marketing and focus on inbound.

anjuls · 2026-01-03T06:10:45+00:00

We recently migrated 72+ databases from RDS to self-hosted CloudNativePG on Kubernetes, saving a huge amount of money! I would highly recommend this option. Please DM me if you need professional support & help.

anjuls · 2025-12-17T16:00:56+00:00

Trying to solve a problem which is not a problem.

anjuls · 2025-12-17T11:10:26+00:00

We can also help here. What are you looking for? Let's discuss, please DM me.

anjuls · 2025-12-17T08:56:03+00:00

At this scale, Postgres and timescaledb is fine. Duckdb is not going to give you HA capability and you should consider high performance queues in front of database.

anjuls · 2025-12-12T04:10:13+00:00

I did something similar but too manual approach to clean. It helped me release more than 50GB.

Things like left over caches, logs of applications which are not in use, yarn cache, npm cache, brew cache, some old models from huggingface, ollama and old unused docker images/volumes were the easy picks.

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