One of fourteen models named Amazon API Gateway first on the direct prompt; zero named Traefik Hub. Amazon API Gateway was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Traefik Hub by ten and Amazon API Gateway carries 74 labels and Traefik Hub 17, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in one category this edition.
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the API gateways page.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | ||||||
| Perplexity Sonar | ||||||
| Grok 4.20 | ||||||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | ||||||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | ||||||
| Kimi K2 | ||||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | ||||||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“Very low traffic / early-stage startup | AWS API Gateway (HTTP API) | Virtually $0/month, zero infrastructure management.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“AWS API Gateway + ALB if you're cloud-native and want integrated monitoring with CloudWatch” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of five in this category shown.
“lacks full API management (no developer portal, limited analytics)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“For absolute zero cost, go with Kong Gateway OSS or Traefik if you have technical resources.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Traefik Enterprise / Gloo Gateway (Envoy-based): Excellent if your primary workload is inside Kubernetes” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · alternative
“Safer Alternatives to Consider - Open-source: Kong (with awareness of limitations), Tyk, Envoy, Traefik” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.