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. 70 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
29%
Contested · Zuplo 29%
29Kong Gateway29Zuplo23Amazon API Gateway20others
29% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Zuplo (29%) replaces Kong Gateway (34% then, 29% now), 0 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Zuplo leads at 29%, replacing Kong Gateway, which led at 34% and stands at 29% now: 0 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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.This pageMid-market
Kong Gateway63%Clear leader▲+10Since October 2026: 53% → 63%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
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.This pageMid-marketKong Gateway63%Clear leader▲+10Since October 2026: 53% → 63%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseApigee42%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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Zuplo29%0%50accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 27% → 29%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.27% → 29%
Zuplo29%0%50accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 27% → 29%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.27% → 29%02Kong Gateway29%19%74accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 34% → 29%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.34% → 29%
Kong Gateway29%19%74accepted challenger▼−5Since October 2026: 34% → 29%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.34% → 29%03
Amazon API Gateway23%19%74accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 23%
Amazon API Gateway23%19%74accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 22% → 23%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.22% → 23%04
Tyk9%9%57accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 6% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 9%
Tyk9%9%57accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 6% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 9%05
KrakenD4%0%16accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%
KrakenD4%0%16accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 4%Show the seven products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%84%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%84%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12Apigee Lab in the set0%82%34criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Apigee Lab in the set0%82%34criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Azure API Management0%43%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Azure API Management0%43%28criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
NGINX0%25%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
NGINX0%25%16criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Gravitee0%20%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Gravitee0%20%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06
Traefik Hub0%13%15accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Traefik Hub0%13%15accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%07
Cloudflare API Gateway0%10%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Cloudflare API Gateway0%10%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 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.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
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
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
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809101112Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Zuplo29%
Zuplo29%02Kong Gateway29%
Kong Gateway29%03Amazon API Gateway23%
Amazon API Gateway23%04Tyk9%
Tyk9%05KrakenD4%
KrakenD4%06Traefik Hub0%
Traefik Hub0%07Cloudflare API Gateway0%
Cloudflare API Gateway0%08NGINX0%
NGINX0%09Gravitee0%
Gravitee0%10Azure API Management0%
Azure API Management0%11MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%12Apigee0%
Apigee0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. 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, MiniMax M2.5 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.
Apigee82%
28 of 34 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 19 hard negative
“Why to avoid: Frequently cited as having "high cost, complexity, and a steeper learning curve that makes it a poor fit for small companies"” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Kong Gateway19%
14 of 74 labels negative · 11 of 14 models
“Why to exercise caution: Both Kong and Tyk are excellent products. However, self-hosting the open-source versions requires you to manage high availability” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Amazon API Gateway19%
14 of 74 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“When to avoid: If you expect >10M requests/month or have unpredictable traffic patterns” Kimi K2, negative prompt
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform84%
16 of 19 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 14 hard negative
“Solutions like IBM Apigee or MuleSoft often come with massive implementation fees and consulting requirements ($50k+ setup). This is likely overkill for you” Qwen 3.7 Flash, scale 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 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 715 links across 126 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 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 · Zuplo44 answers · 106 citations · 12 models
23 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Amazon20 answers · 32 citations · 7 models
vendor site · WSO220 answers · 27 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Scalar19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · GitHub17 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 10 models
vendor site · KnoxCall16 answers · 16 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Tyk15 answers · 30 citations · 6 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.
25 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 10 models
20 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 10 models
11 answers · 8 models
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 29% | 169 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 29%, Kong Community Edition 0% | 29% | 359 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 4 |
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 23% | 23% | 317 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 1 | |
| Tyk tyk.io | 9% | 215 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| KrakenD krakend.io | 4% | 39 | 320 | 7 | 293 | 1 | ||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare Workers 3%, Cloudflare API Gateway 0% | 3% | 26 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| Apache APISIX apache.org | 1% | 55 | 260 | 6 | 1,144,025 | 0 | ||
| Google Cloud cloud.google.com Google Cloud API Gateway 1% | 1% | 7 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 7,405,347 | 7 | ||
| GCP API Gateway | 1% | 135,000 | 5,203 | |||||
| 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 (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 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 Gatewayagainst: Envoy, NGINXAmazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayHeldTyk, Zuploagainst: Kong GatewayAmazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, Traefik Hub
Two alternatives
Azure API Management, TykFour alternatives
HAProxy, NGINX, Stripe, TwilioOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayTwo alternatives
Kong Community Edition, Tyk Community EditionGPT-5.4 miniAmazon API Gatewayagainst: Azure API ManagementAmazon API GatewayHeldAmazon API Gatewayagainst: ApigeeAmazon API Gateway, Google Cloud API Gatewayno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Google Cloud API GatewayOne alternative
Azure API ManagementFour alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, TykOne alternative
Kong GatewayGemini 3.5 FlashZuploKong Gateway, ZuploChangedKrakenDAmazon API Gateway, KrakenDAmazon API Gateway, GCP API Gatewayagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Apigee, Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Oracle API Gateway, Raw Envoy Proxy or Istio, Tyk
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Traefik Hub, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, Traefik HubFour alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Traefik Hub, TykPerplexity SonarZuploagainst: ApigeeZuploHeldagainst: ApigeeZuploagainst: ApigeeAmazon API Gateway, Zuplono first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, Istio, Self-hosted Kong Gateway
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewaySix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Caddy, Kong Gateway, NGINX, Traefik Hub, TykFour alternatives
Caddy, Kong Gateway, NGINX, TykGrok 4.20Zuploagainst: Apigee, Azure API ManagementKong GatewayChangedagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformZuploagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, Gravitee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINXKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Oracle API Gateway, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, NGINX, ZuploFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
KrakenD, NGINX, TykFive alternatives
Apache APISIX, Gravitee, KrakenD, Tyk, ZuploMistral SmallKong Gateway, ZuploCloudflare Workers, Kong GatewayChangedno first choiceZuplono first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, IBM DataPower Gateway, Postman
Six alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Express Gateway, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykDeepSeek V4 FlashKong Gatewayagainst: ApigeeKong Gateway, ZuploChangedagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Self-hosted Kong, Tykno first choiceagainst: Express GatewayKrakenDZuploagainst: Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, Tyk, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, TykLlama 4 MaverickZuploKong Gateway, ZuploChangedZuploagainst: Kong GatewayZuplono first choiceagainst: Helicone, LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Portkey
One alternative
Amazon API GatewayOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykQwen 3.7 FlashAmazon API Gateway, TykKong GatewayChangedagainst: IBM, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformZuploagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, Self-hosted NGINXAmazon API Gateway, ZuploAmazon API Gateway, Tykagainst: IBM Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINX, Traefik Hubagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Google Cloud Endpoints, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINX, Tyk
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, ZuploFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare Workers, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, TykTwo alternatives
Kong Community, TykThree alternatives
Gloo Gateway, Kong Enterprise Cloud, Kong GatewayKimi K2Zuploagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong GatewayChangedZuploagainst: Azure API ManagementKrakenDZuploagainst: Amazon API Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Apache APISIX, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Gravitee, Kong Gateway, TykGLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gateway, TykKong GatewayChangedno first choiceApache APISIX, Tykagainst: Gravitee, WSO2 API ManagerZuploagainst: Apigee, Cloudflare API Shield, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, WSO2 API Manager
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, KrakenD, WSO2 API Manager, ZuploTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, ZuploFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, TykMiniMax M2.5Zuploagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong GatewayChangedZuploagainst: Kong GatewayTykagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gateway, Tyk, Zuploagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Express Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykOne alternative
KrakenDTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIXGPT-6 LunaAmazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayAmazon API GatewayChangedagainst: Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Cloudflare API Gateway, TykAmazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: AWS, Google Cloud's API Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management Developer tier
Two alternatives
AWS WAF, Azure API ManagementThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management — Consumption tier, Google Cloud API GatewayOne alternative
Traefik HubMuse Glimmer 30BKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldZuploagainst: ApigeeAmazon API Gateway, Cloudflare Workers, Zuplono first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, OpenRouter, Portkey
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, ZuploFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, 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.
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 18:18 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 4 | 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 12:26 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:16 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:18 | yes | 9 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:45 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:31 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:56 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:17 | yes | 15 | 71 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:58 | yes | 24 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:09 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:53 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:24 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:28 | yes | 3 | 5 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 16:24 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:20 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:54 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:48 | yes | 23 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:09 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:50 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 20 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:47 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:39 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 16 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:27 | yes | 5 | 7 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 13:11 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:50 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:56 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:34 | yes | 24 | 54 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:10 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:10 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:35 | yes | 18 | 70 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:19 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 8 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:14 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:16 | 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 11:24 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:43 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:07 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:36 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:40 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:00 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:01 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:05 | yes | 15 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:09 | yes | 13 | 114 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:30 | yes | 2 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:08 | yes | 13 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:17 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:12 | 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 14:09 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:56 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:37 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:09 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:32 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:31 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:04 | yes | 15 | 62 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:03 | no | 0 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 08:41 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:02 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:55 | no | 0 | 3 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 12:53 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:09 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:43 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:13 | yes | 25 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:17 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:04 | yes | 23 | 128 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:41 | yes | 18 | 69 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:12 | yes | 3 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 15:26 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
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Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Gateway
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Enterprise Edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Enterprise version) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Konnect or OSS) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Open Source) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (or Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Cloud read as Kong 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
Traefik Proxy read as Traefik Hub
WSO2 read as WSO2 API Manager
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Amazon Elastic Load Balancing
Application Load Balancer (ALB) with Lambda
Azure API Management Developer tier
Azure API Management — Consumption tier
Blender
Google Cloud's API Gateway
IBM Apigee
Kong Community
Kong Enterprise Cloud
Raw Envoy Proxy or Istio
Self-hosted Kong
Self-hosted Kong Gateway
Self-hosted NGINX
Tyk Community Edition
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.