IBM DataPower vs Kong
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
IBM DataPower · Kong · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
2
3
Open Page Rank 8+
13
16
Open Page Rank 7+
25
62
Open Page Rank 6+
33
106
Open Page Rank 5+
40
151
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
IBM DataPower · Kong · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
189
1,205
India
125
715
Brazil
87
623
United Kingdom
147
524
Germany
154
485
Russia
47
579
Canada
125
473
France
136
396
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | IBM DataPower | Kong |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.3 s | 2.2 s |
| INP | 125 ms | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 | 0 |
| TTFB | 700 ms | 800 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.