API gateways
Asked as “API gateway”, and as “API gateway and traffic management tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 60 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
63%
Clear leader
63Kong Gateway08Amazon API Gateway07Apache APISIX22others
63% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+10Since October 2026: 53% → 63%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Kong Gateway held the lead, +10 points on 53%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Zuplo29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Zuplo (29%) replaces Kong Gateway (34% then, 29% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-market
Kong Gateway63%Clear leader▲+10Since October 2026: 53% → 63%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterprise
Apigee42%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 38% → 42%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
Zuplo29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Zuplo (29%) replaces Kong Gateway (34% then, 29% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketKong Gateway63%Clear leader▲+10Since October 2026: 53% → 63%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageEnterpriseApigee42%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 38% → 42%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Kong Gateway63%10%79endorsed leader▲+10Since October 2026: 53% → 63%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.53% → 63%
Kong Gateway63%10%79endorsed leader▲+10Since October 2026: 53% → 63%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.53% → 63%02
Amazon API Gateway8%19%74accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 9% → 8%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 8%
Amazon API Gateway8%19%74accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 9% → 8%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 8%03
Tyk7%4%51accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 8% → 7%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 7%
Tyk7%4%51accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 8% → 7%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 7%04
Apache APISIX7%9%23accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 11% → 7%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 7%
Apache APISIX7%9%23accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 11% → 7%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.11% → 7%05
Azure API Management3%9%56accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%
Azure API Management3%9%56accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 2% → 3%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 3%06Zuplo2%0%21accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 8% → 2%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 2%
Zuplo2%0%21accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 8% → 2%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 2%07
Gravitee2%5%19accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Gravitee2%5%19accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%08
Traefik Hub2%6%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Traefik Hub2%6%17accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the seven products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%46%24criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%46%24criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%14
WSO2 API Manager0%42%12criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
WSO2 API Manager0%42%12criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%13
Cloudflare API Gateway0%40%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cloudflare API Gateway0%40%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12Apigee Lab in the set0%36%50criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Apigee Lab in the set0%36%50criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%11Envoy0%15%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
09
NGINX0%10%21accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
NGINX0%10%21accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
KrakenD0%7%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
KrakenD0%7%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Apigee is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
For buyers
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Kong Gateway vs Azure API ManagementKong Gateway vs ZuploKong Gateway vs GraviteeKong Gateway vs Traefik HubAmazon API Gateway vs TykAmazon API Gateway vs Apache APISIXAmazon API Gateway vs Azure API ManagementAmazon API Gateway vs ZuploAmazon API Gateway vs GraviteeAmazon API Gateway vs Traefik HubTyk vs Apache APISIXTyk vs Azure API ManagementTyk vs ZuploTyk vs GraviteeTyk vs Traefik HubApache APISIX vs Azure API ManagementApache APISIX vs ZuploApache APISIX vs GraviteeApache APISIX vs Traefik HubAzure API Management vs ZuploAzure API Management vs GraviteeAzure API Management vs Traefik HubZuplo vs GraviteeZuplo vs Traefik HubGravitee vs Traefik Hub
One product takes 63% of first choices here, so the chart would put fourteen markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Four products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Seven of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 and GPT-6 Luna changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Amazon API Gateway19%
14 of 74 labels negative · 11 of 14 models
“Avoid if you are outside AWS-heavy stacks or need strict predictability in large organizations. Reports highlight vendor lock-in and insufficient governance” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Apigee36%
18 of 50 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Avoid enterprise products such as Apigee or MuleSoft until advanced governance... justify their substantially higher cost” Perplexity Sonar, budget prompt
Kong Gateway10%
8 of 79 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“Kong without reviewing licensing and edition boundaries. Its plugin ecosystem is strong, but upgrades and custom plugins can add complexity” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform46%
11 of 24 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“mid-market doesn't need Apigee/MuleSoft scale (those are enterprise-grade with six-figure price tags)” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
67 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 13 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 698 links across 149 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. The other 1 model searched through a gateway that returned no source list on this edition. 25 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Zuplo29 answers · 50 citations · 11 models
vendor site · WSO224 answers · 38 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 27 citations · 7 models
20 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Gravitee18 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Amazon17 answers · 24 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Tyk17 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
16 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
19 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 6 models
15 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 5 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “api gateway”, “api gateways”, “best api gateway”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 63% | 63% | 359 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 4 |
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 8% | 8% | 317 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 1 | |
| Tyk tyk.io | 7% | 215 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Apache APISIX apache.org | 7% | 55 | 260 | 6 | 1,144,025 | 0 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 3% | 3% | 275 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 2% | 169 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Gravitee gravitee.io | 2% | 125 | 1,000 | 27 | 10,592 | 120 | ||
| Traefik Hub traefik.io | 2% | 21 | 90 | 4 | 6,095 | 90 | ||
| Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API | 2% | |||||||
| Kong Konnect with Kong Gateway data planes | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (api7.ai, aws.amazon.com, konghq.com). The first result for “api gateway” is aws.amazon.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best API gateway for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API gateway and traffic management tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top API gateways and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API gateway for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a API gateway. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API gateways should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Kong GatewayAmazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayChangedno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare API GatewayAmazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, NGINXSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, ZuploTwo alternatives
NGINX, TykGPT-5.4 miniAmazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementKong GatewayChangedno first choiceKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, Google Cloud API Gateway, Kong Gateway, NGINXTwo alternatives
Envoy Gateway, TykGemini 3.5 FlashKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Envoy, KrakenDKong GatewayHeldagainst: ApigeeKong GatewayAmazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Express-Gateway, IBM API Connect, Istio, Linkerd, LoopBack, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Netflix Zuul 1.x, WSO2 API Manager
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Traefik Hub, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, KrakenD, TykFive alternatives
Apache APISIX, Cloudflare API Shield, Cloudflare Workers, Kong Gateway, KrakenDSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Cloudflare API Gateway, Gloo Gateway, Kong Gateway, Traefik Hub, TykPerplexity SonarKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong GatewayHeldagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gatewayagainst: Cloudflare API Gateway, NGINXAmazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, KrakenD Community Edition, Tyk
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, ZuploFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, HAProxy, TykSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, Traefik Hub, TykThree alternatives
NGINX, Traefik Hub, ZuploGrok 4.20Kong Gateway, Tykagainst: ApigeeKong GatewayChangedagainst: Apigee, Cloudflare API Gateway, Istio, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApache APISIX, Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azureno first choiceagainst: Apigeeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Netflix Zuul, Oracle API Gateway, Tibco, WSO2 API Manager
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementEight alternatives
API7 Enterprise, AWS App Mesh, Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Gravitee, Kong Mesh, Kuma, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, Traefik HubTwo alternatives
Apache APISIX, TykMistral SmallKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldCloudflare API GatewayKong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Shield, Gravitee, TykNine alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, TykDeepSeek V4 FlashAzure API Management, Kong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gateway, TykChangedagainst: Apigee, Traefik Hub, WSO2 API ManagerKong Gateway, TykApache APISIX, Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Two alternatives
Gravitee, TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, KrakenDThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, KrakenD, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformLlama 4 MaverickKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldno first choiceZuploGraviteeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure API Management, NGINXThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykQwen 3.7 FlashKong Gatewayagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApache APISIX, Kong GatewayChangedagainst: IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gatewayagainst: Envoy, NGINXKong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apimolo, Boomi, Google Cloud Endpoints, Gravitee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Netflix Zuul 1.x, Tibco, WSO2 API Manager
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, ZuploFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Google Cloud Endpoints, Tyk, ZuploKimi K2Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong Gateway, TykChangedagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong GatewayApache APISIX, Tykagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apiary.io, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Oracle API Gateway, Red Hat 3scale
Two alternatives
Azure API Management, TykOne alternative
Azure API ManagementEight alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, KrakenD, Tyk, ZuploOne alternative
KrakenDGLM 4.7 FlashXKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldKong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Envoy GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, NGINX API Gateway
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, TykOne alternative
NGINXSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Solo Enterprise, Tyk, ZuploSix alternatives
Alibaba Cloud API Gateway, Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure API Management, Google Cloud API Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, ZuploMiniMax M2.5Kong Gatewayagainst: ApigeeKong GatewayHeldKong GatewayKong Gateway, Traefik HubKong Gatewayagainst: Apache APISIX
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, KrakenD, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, ZuploTwo alternatives
Apigee, TykGPT-6 LunaTyk Cloud or Tyk HybridKong Konnect with Kong Gateway data planesChangedno first choiceAmazon API Gateway's HTTP APIno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud API Gateway, Amazon API Gateway, MSE Cloud-native Gateway
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementOne alternative
Apache APISIXMuse Glimmer 30BKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldKong GatewayApache APISIX, Kong Gateway, Tyk Open Source API Gatewayagainst: Apigeeno first choiceagainst: Apache APISIX, Kong Gateway
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, ZuploFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure API Management, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, ZuploFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:01 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:26 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:50 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:28 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:21 | yes | 21 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:24 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:13 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:17 | yes | 22 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:26 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:57 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:43 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 4 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:45 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:16 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:13 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:21 | yes | 18 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:04 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:09 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:48 | yes | 20 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:03 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:30 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:25 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:21 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:05 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 6 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 18:17 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:30 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:56 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:35 | yes | 20 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:38 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:33 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:06 | yes | 13 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:07 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:21 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:13 | yes | 7 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:55 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:34 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 10:54 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:02 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:35 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:58 | yes | 24 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:07 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:16 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:02 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:45 | yes | 15 | 33 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:00 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:11 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:10 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:17 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:25 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 08:55 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:14 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 8 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:27 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:27 | yes | 24 | 66 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:22 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:13 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:53 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:25 | yes | 14 | 130 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:00 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:20 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:58 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:20 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:37 | yes | 7 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:00 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:40 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:15 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:40 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 08:46 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:16 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 19 | 59 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 22 | 74 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:18 | yes | 18 | 48 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:07 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:42 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
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Axway read as Axway Amplify API Management
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Gateway
Gloo read as Gloo Gateway
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Gateway / Kong Enterprise) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Konnect / Kong Enterprise) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Open-Source Core) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (including Kong Gateway / Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong API Gateway (Community Edition) read as Kong Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Salesforce) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Traefik read as Traefik Hub
WSO2 read as WSO2 API Manager
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AWS App Mesh
Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API
Apiary.io
Apimolo
Emissary
Emissary-ingress (Ambassador)
Express-Gateway
Kong Ingress Controller
Kong Konnect with Kong Gateway data planes
Kong Mesh
KrakenD Community Edition
Kuma
LoopBack
NGINX API Gateway (F5)
NGINX Gateway Fabric
Solo Enterprise (kgateway)
Tyk Cloud or Tyk Hybrid
Tyk Open Source API Gateway
Zuul 2.x
ngrok Universal Gateway
Discontinued, still offered
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