API gateways for enterprise buyers
Asked as “API gateway”, and as “API gateway and traffic management tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
45%
Clear leader
45Kong Gateway36Apigee09Tyk11others
45% of first choices, clear leader.
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.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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 one time of 4; the other eleven models sixteen times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All ten head-to-head pages: the top five products, each against each
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Kong Gateway45%
Kong Gateway45%02Apigee36%
Apigee36%03Tyk9%
Tyk9%04MuleSoft Anypoint Platform2%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform2%05Amazon API Gateway2%
Amazon API Gateway2%06Zuplo2%
Zuplo2%07Azure API Management0%
Azure API Management0%08Apache APISIX0%
Apache APISIX0%09IBM API Connect0%
IBM API Connect0%10Gloo Gateway0%
11NGINX0%
NGINX0%What they warned about
Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 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 Gateway34%
19 of 56 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“avoiding consumption-based (pay-per-request) pricing... per-request billing (like AWS API Gateway or Google Apigee) highly unpredictable and cost-prohibitive” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Apigee25%
16 of 63 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“caution around Apigee-style legacy enterprise gateways... Apigee and other older gateways ... are built on outdated approaches and are not well suited to modern cloud-native architectures” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Kong Gateway17%
11 of 65 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“EOL as of September 2025; entered sunset support period ending September 2026” Kimi K2, negative prompt
Azure API Management15%
7 of 46 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Why Avoid Pure Usage-Based Models? ... Azure API Management | Consumption | ~$3.50/M calls” Kimi K2, budget prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
60 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 898 links across 228 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Zuplo38 answers · 73 citations · 10 models
33 answers · 47 citations · 11 models
28 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
vendor site · DigitalAPI25 answers · 36 citations · 8 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow20 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Tyk15 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Gravitee14 answers · 20 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 15 citations · 10 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.
28 answers · 9 models
25 answers · 9 models
25 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 8 models
19 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 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 |
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| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 45% | 45% | 359 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 4 |
| Apigee cloud.google.com | 36% | 320 | 5,400 | 351 | 7,405,347 | 7 | ||
| Tyk tyk.io | 9% | 215 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| MuleSoft mulesoft.com MuleSoft Anypoint Platform 2% | 2% | 255 | 14,800 | 1,314 | 73,982 company | 99 | ||
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 2% | 2% | 317 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 1 | |
| Gravitee gravitee.io | 2% | 125 | 1,000 | 27 | 10,592 | 120 | ||
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 2% | 169 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare API Gateway 2% | 2% | 26 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 0% | 0% | 275 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Apache APISIX apache.org Apache APISIX 0%, Apache APISIX / API7 0% | 0% | 55 | 260 | 6 | 1,144,025 | 0 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (api7.ai, 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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API gateway and traffic management tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade API gateways and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API gateway for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a API gateway. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API gateways should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApigee, Kong GatewayChangedno first choiceApigee, Graviteeno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
One alternative
Amazon API GatewayTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, NGINXGPT-5.4 miniApigeeApigeeHeldagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Google Cloud API Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Omni GatewaySeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykOne alternative
TykGemini 3.5 FlashApigeeagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong GatewayChangedKong GatewayTykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, ApigeeKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Akamai Edge, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway, Express Gateway, Google Cloud API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Netflix Zuul, Software AG webMethods, Spring Cloud Gateway, Zuplo
Four alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykThree alternatives
Apigee, Axway Amplify, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykFour alternatives
Azure API Management, Gloo Gateway, KrakenD, Traefik HubTwo alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, TykPerplexity SonarKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldApigeeAmazon API Gateway, Apigeeagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Red Hat 3scale
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykGrok 4.20ApigeeKong GatewayChangedagainst: Apigeeno first choiceKong Gateway, Tykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gloo GatewayThree alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Management, GraviteeThree alternatives
Kong Gateway, Tyk, ZuploMistral SmallApigee, Kong GatewayKong GatewayChangedKong GatewayApigeeno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Apigee, Azure API ManagementSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykOne alternative
Kong GatewayDeepSeek V4 FlashKong GatewayApigeeChangedApigee, Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure API Management, Tyk, WSO2 API ManagerThree alternatives
Apache APISIX, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, ZuploLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceTykChangedno first choiceApigee, Kong GatewayZuploagainst: Apigee
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, HAProxy, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Gloo Gateway, LLMGateway.ioQwen 3.7 FlashApigee, Kong Gatewayagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApigeeChangedKong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Google Cloud Endpoints, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tyk
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, TykKimi K2Kong GatewayApigeeChangedKong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementKong Gateway, Tykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tyk
Six alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformOne alternative
TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementGLM 4.7 FlashXApigeeKong GatewayChangedKong GatewayCloudflare API Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, Traefik Hubno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Kong Gateway
Six alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX / API7, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API ManagementFive alternatives
API7 Enterprise, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, TykOne alternative
Azure API ManagementMiniMax M2.5Kong GatewayApigee, Kong GatewayChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, HAProxy, Kong Gateway, NGINX
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, GraviteeBold 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.
Seventy-two 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 | 2026-09-17 13:29 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 14:11 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:48 | yes | 18 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:46 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:11 | yes | 26 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:02 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:20 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:19 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:06 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:56 | yes | 10 | 48 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:21 | yes | 25 | 414 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:14 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:19 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:31 | yes | 6 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:38 | yes | 12 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:24 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:46 | yes | 15 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:58 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:27 | yes | 12 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:28 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:01 | yes | 25 | 96 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 14:13 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:40 | yes | 10 | 68 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:52 | yes | 15 | 13 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:14 | yes | 7 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:47 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:43 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:42 | yes | 32 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 14:14 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 12:56 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:11 | yes | 5 | 43 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:23 | yes | 12 | 36 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:36 | yes | 33 | 201 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:57 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:49 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:34 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 10:02 | yes | 17 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:29 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:21 | yes | 33 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:54 | yes | 8 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:59 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:55 | no | 0 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:51 | yes | 13 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:35 | yes | 23 | 74 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:26 | yes | 7 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:26 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:28 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:05 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:16 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 13:13 | yes | 14 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:23 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:11 | yes | 28 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:13 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:45 | no | 0 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:00 | yes | 15 | 78 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 14:12 | yes | 28 | 126 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:35 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 13:44 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:17 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:16 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 14:09 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 10:39 | yes | 24 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:02 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:41 | yes | 29 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:49 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:33 | yes | 20 | 81 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:59 | yes | 30 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:34 | yes | 14 | 53 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:56 | yes | 21 | 88 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Broadcom Layer7 read as Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway
Gloo read as Gloo Gateway
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Enterprise Edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Konnect / Ingress Controller) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (self-managed) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise (Kong Gateway + Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise (Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Layer7 read as Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Anypoint Platform) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Salesforce) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Traefik read as Traefik Hub
Unresolved, counted raw
Akamai Edge
Cotocus
Emissary-ingress
MuleSoft Omni Gateway
Solo/Envoy
composio.dev
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.