API gateways for small business buyers
Asked as “API gateway”, and as “API gateway and traffic management tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
43%
Clear leader
43Zuplo25Kong Gateway12Amazon API Gateway20others
43% 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 a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the two 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 zero times of 4; the other eleven models one time 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 small business.
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%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Zuplo43%
Zuplo43%02Kong Gateway25%
Kong Gateway25%03Amazon API Gateway12%
Amazon API Gateway12%04Tyk7%
Tyk7%05Cloudflare API Gateway4%
Cloudflare API Gateway4%06Apache APISIX4%
Apache APISIX4%07Azure API Management2%
Azure API Management2%08Apigee2%
Apigee2%09Traefik Hub0%
Traefik Hub0%10NGINX0%
NGINX0%What they warned about
Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2 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.
Kong Gateway41%
31 of 76 labels negative · 11 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“Avoid heavy self-hosted solutions like Kong unless you specifically need the plugin ecosystem” Qwen 3.7 Flash, budget prompt
Apigee81%
21 of 26 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 14 hard negative
“Apigee is one API gateway that is recommended to be avoided due to its outdated technology and lack of fit for modern cloud-native architectures” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Azure API Management56%
10 of 18 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“six-figure price tags and extreme administrative complexity. Overkill for a small team.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, direct prompt
Amazon API Gateway20%
13 of 64 labels negative · 8 of 12 models
“AWS API Gateway is a common choice, but small businesses should watch request volume, data transfer, caching, WebSocket connection time” GPT-5.4 mini, negative 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
62 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. 909 links across 183 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Zuplo45 answers · 107 citations · 11 models
33 answers · 53 citations · 10 models
33 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
32 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · KnoxCall31 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
23 answers · 23 citations · 8 models
vendor site · DigitalAPI20 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Gravitee19 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Tyk16 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · SourceForge15 answers · 17 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.
33 answers · 11 models
32 answers · 10 models
31 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 8 models
25 answers · 10 models
23 answers · 8 models
20 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 10 models
12 answers · 7 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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| Zuplo zuplo.com | 43% | 169 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 25% | 25% | 359 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 4 |
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 12% | 12% | 317 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 1 | |
| Tyk tyk.io | 7% | 215 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare API Gateway 4%, Cloudflare Workers 0%, Cloudflare Gateway 0% | 4% | 134 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| Apache APISIX apache.org | 4% | 55 | 260 | 6 | 1,144,025 | 0 | ||
| Postman postman.com | 2% | 119 | 90,500 | 7,676 | 221,855 | 29 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 2% | 2% | 275 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Apigee cloud.google.com Apigee 2%, Google Cloud Endpoints 0% | 2% | 320 | 5,400 | 351 | 7,405,347 | 7 | ||
| Traefik Hub traefik.io | 0% | 21 | 90 | 4 | 6,095 | 90 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (api7.ai, reddit.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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API gateway and traffic management tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top API gateways for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API gateway for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a API gateway. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API gateways should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykZuploChangedZuploZuplono first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, MergeThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, NGINXFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayGPT-5.4 miniZuploagainst: Apigee, Kong GatewayAzure API ManagementChangedAmazon API Gatewayagainst: ApigeeKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management
One alternative
Amazon API GatewayTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, Cloudflare Workers, NGINXGemini 3.5 FlashZuploagainst: Kong GatewayZuploHeldagainst: Kong GatewayZuploZuploagainst: Kong GatewayZuploagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Ambassador, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Gravitee, TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, KrakenD, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, GCP API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Tyk, UnkeyPerplexity SonarZuploagainst: Kong GatewayAmazon API Gateway, ZuploChangedZuploagainst: Kong GatewayAmazon API Gateway, Zuploagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Boomi, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, SAP API Management
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Postman, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, NGINX, Traefik Hub, TykOne alternative
TykGrok 4.20ZuploKong GatewayChangedagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Apache APISIX, Tyk, ZuploOne alternative
Traefik HubThree alternatives
Apache APISIX, Tyk, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare Gateway, TykMistral SmallZuploagainst: Kong GatewayApigee, Kong GatewayChangedZuploZuploagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Google Cloud API Gateway
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykOne alternative
TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, TykOne alternative
TykDeepSeek V4 FlashZuploagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTyk, ZuploChangedagainst: Apigee, Kong GatewayZuploagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApache APISIX, Kong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Gravitee, Kong GatewayAmazon API Gateway, Zuploagainst: Apigee, Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, NGINX, Traefik Hub, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, KrakenDTwo alternatives
Traefik Hub, TykLlama 4 MaverickPostmanagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceChangedTyk, Zuploagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Apigee
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploQwen 3.7 FlashKong GatewayZuploChangedagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Cognito, Kong GatewayZuploagainst: Kong GatewayCloudflare API Gateway, Zuploagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayKong Gateway, Tykagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINXagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, NGINX, Traefik Hub
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Postman, TykOne alternative
TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykOne alternative
TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, EnvoyKimi K2Cloudflare API Gateway, ZuploZuploChangedagainst: Kong Gateway, TykTraefik Hub, Zuploagainst: Kong GatewayAmazon API Gateway, Zuploagainst: Kong GatewayAmazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Zuploagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, TykFour alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, Gravitee, Traefik Hub, TykGLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gatewayagainst: ApigeeKong GatewayHeldagainst: ApigeeZuploZuplono first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, ZuploTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIXThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykFive alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, Traefik Hub, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Kong Gateway, ZuploMiniMax M2.5Apache APISIX, Kong GatewayAmazon API GatewayChangedZuploTyk, Zuploagainst: Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway
Three alternatives
Gravitee, NGINX, Traefik HubSeven alternatives
AWS Application Load Balancer, Azure API Management, Azure Load Balancer/Application Gateway, Express Gateway, Kong Gateway, NGINX, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, NGINX, TykOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare Workers, Traefik Hub, TykBold 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 11:28 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:23 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:23 | yes | 13 | 32 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:04 | 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 14:00 | yes | 40 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:43 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 14:05 | yes | 26 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:36 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:51 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:36 | yes | 13 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:35 | yes | 22 | 157 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:29 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:21 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:49 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:17 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:14 | yes | 20 | 4 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 12:01 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:16 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:03 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:58 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:53 | yes | 15 | 111 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:41 | yes | 27 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:26 | yes | 20 | 105 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:12 | no | 0 | 73 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:12 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 13:32 | yes | 7 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:01 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:38 | yes | 20 | 9 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 14:11 | yes | 46 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:46 | yes | 12 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:46 | yes | 8 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:32 | yes | 5 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 10:34 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 10:01 | yes | 22 | 120 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:55 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:55 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:17 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:15 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 14:02 | yes | 20 | 3 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 10:29 | yes | 27 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:52 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:11 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 12:53 | yes | 20 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:16 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:11 | yes | 14 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:32 | yes | 15 | 50 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:11 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:29 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:44 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:47 | yes | 20 | 16 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 11:47 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:51 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:27 | yes | 19 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 13:10 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 14:05 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:18 | yes | 10 | 56 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:14 | yes | 14 | 108 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:24 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:48 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:53 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:49 | yes | 17 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:45 | yes | 20 | 5 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 10:12 | yes | 40 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:52 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 13:10 | yes | 19 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 11:27 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:52 | yes | 15 | 63 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:23 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:30 | yes | 29 | 81 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:55 | yes | 9 | 27 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
Axway read as Axway Amplify API Management
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Gateway
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Community Edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Gateway & Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (OSS or Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Open Source) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Cloud read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Traefik read as Traefik Hub
Traefik Proxy read as Traefik Hub
Unresolved, counted raw
Envoy-based solutions
Otoroshi
SAP API Management
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.