API gateways for enterprise buyers
Asked as “API gateway”, and as “API gateway and traffic management tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
42%
Clear leader
42Apigee25Kong Gateway06MuleSoft Anypoint Platform27others
42% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+4Since October 2026: 38% → 42%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Apigee held the lead, +4 points on 38%, 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.Standing →Enterprise
Apigee42%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 38% → 42%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseApigee42%Clear leader▲+4Since October 2026: 38% → 42%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Apigee Lab in the set42%20%74endorsed leader▲+4Since October 2026: 38% → 42%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.38% → 42%
Apigee Lab in the set42%20%74endorsed leader▲+4Since October 2026: 38% → 42%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.38% → 42%02Kong Gateway25%13%75accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 34% → 25%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.34% → 25%
Kong Gateway25%13%75accepted challenger▼−9Since October 2026: 34% → 25%, −9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.34% → 25%03
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6%18%45accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 6%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6%18%45accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 6%04Zuplo6%9%11accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 6%
Zuplo6%9%11accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 6%05
Gravitee4%6%18accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%
Gravitee4%6%18accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 2% → 4%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 4%06
Azure API Management2%23%60accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
Azure API Management2%23%60accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%07
Tyk2%8%36accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 2%
Tyk2%8%36accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 6% → 2%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 2%08
Amazon API Gateway2%44%71criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
Amazon API Gateway2%44%71criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Apache APISIX0%20%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Apache APISIX0%20%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
IBM API Connect0%15%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
IBM API Connect0%15%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
WSO2 API Manager0%14%14accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
WSO2 API Manager0%14%14accepted 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 twenty-two times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
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 →
0102030405060708091011Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Apigee42%
Apigee42%02Kong Gateway25%
Kong Gateway25%03MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6%04Zuplo6%
Zuplo6%05Gravitee4%
Gravitee4%06Azure API Management2%
Azure API Management2%07Tyk2%
Tyk2%08Amazon API Gateway2%
Amazon API Gateway2%09WSO2 API Manager0%
WSO2 API Manager0%10IBM API Connect0%
IBM API Connect0%11Apache APISIX0%
Apache APISIX0%What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B 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 Gateway44%
31 of 71 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Some models explicitly recommend avoiding pure per-call gateways like AWS API Gateway for strict predictability and cost control in large organizations.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Apigee20%
15 of 74 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid for Predictable Costs ... Apigee: While offering subscription options, still has significant per-call costs at high volumes” MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt
Azure API Management23%
14 of 60 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“The consumption-based billing model is highlighted as a concern for large enterprises due to potential cost unpredictability” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Kong Gateway13%
10 of 75 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid for Predictable Costs ... Kong Konnect: Per-gateway service model can add up with many microservices” MiniMax M2.5, budget 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
70 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. 785 links across 155 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 · Zuplo39 answers · 105 citations · 12 models
vendor site · WSO231 answers · 49 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Scalar18 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Gravitee17 answers · 25 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Amazon16 answers · 24 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Google13 answers · 26 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 · 11 models
18 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 5 models
11 answers · 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apigee cloud.google.com | 42% | 320 | 5,400 | 351 | 7,405,347 | 7 | ||
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 25% | 25% | 359 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 4 |
| MuleSoft mulesoft.com MuleSoft Anypoint Platform 6% | 6% | 255 | 14,800 | 1,314 | 73,982 company | 99 | ||
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 6% | 169 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Gravitee gravitee.io | 4% | 125 | 1,000 | 27 | 10,592 | 120 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 2% | 2% | 275 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Tyk tyk.io | 2% | 215 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 2% | 2% | 317 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 1 | |
| Axway Amplify Platform | 2% | |||||||
| Google Cloud google.com | 2% | 191 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 1,800,358,416 | $465,944 | 5 | 7 |
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 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 4.5no first choiceagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong GatewayChangedno first choiceApigee, Zuploagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Eight alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, F5 BIG-IP, HAProxy, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINXThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, TykGPT-5.4 miniApigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApigeeChangedno first choiceApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewaySeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Gateway / Omni GatewayOne alternative
Kong GatewayGemini 3.5 FlashKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong GatewayHeldKong GatewayKrakenDagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Managementagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Express-Gateway, Google Cloud Endpoints, IBM DataPower, Kubernetes Ingress, Netflix Zuul 1.x, Ocelot, Oracle API Gateway, Spring Cloud Gateway, Traefik Open Source, Vanilla NGINX Open Source, WSO2 API Manager
Three alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, Tyk API ManagementTwo alternatives
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykPerplexity SonarKong Gateway—ideally Kong KonnectApigeeChangedKong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Self-managed Kong, Tykno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, Google Cloud API Gateway, HAProxy, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, NGINX, Traefik Hub
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, HAProxy, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykThree alternatives
Apigee, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformGrok 4.20Axway Amplify Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementApigeeChangedApigeeZuploagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Managementno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Boomi, Envoy, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINX, Oracle API Gateway, Tyk
Three alternatives
Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewaySix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformMistral SmallApigeeIstio, Kong GatewayChangedagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceApigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, ZuploNine alternatives
Akamai, Apigee, Cloudflare API Gateway, Consul Connect, Linkerd, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINX, Red Hat OpenShift API Management, Tetrate Service BridgeTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementDeepSeek V4 FlashApigeeApigeeHeldagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong GatewayTykagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Envoy Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Citrix ADC, Express Gateway, F5 BIG-IP, Google Cloud Endpoints, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Oracle API Platform / Oracle API Gateway, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, ZuploOne alternative
Kong GatewaySeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykOne alternative
Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Apache APISIX, Gravitee, TykLlama 4 MaverickApigeeApigeeHeldno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, ApigeeLiteLLMagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Tyk, ZuploFour alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Tyk, WSO2 API ManagerTwo alternatives
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, ZuploTwo alternatives
Nue Platform, WSO2 API ManagerQwen 3.7 FlashApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, EnvoyKong GatewayChangedApigeeagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApigeeagainst: Amazon API GatewayMuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache HTTPD, Azure API Management, Boomi, Google Cloud API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Raw Nginx, Red Hat 3scale, Zuul (Netflix) v1
Three alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Akana, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, BoomiKimi K2ApigeeKong GatewayChangedKong Gatewayagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformGraviteeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayAzure API Management, Kong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Zuploagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, TykTwo alternatives
Apache APISIX, TykGLM 4.7 FlashXApigeeKong GatewayChangedno first choiceAmazon API Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Kong Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Gravitee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Apigee, Azure API ManagementFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gloo Gateway, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, TykMiniMax M2.5Apigee, Kong GatewayKong GatewayChangedno first choiceGraviteeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, WSO2 API ManagerTwo alternatives
Zilla Plus Gateway, ZuploGPT-6 LunaApigeeApigeeHeldno first choiceagainst: IBM API Connect with DataPowerApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kubernetes community Ingress NGINX
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementOne alternative
Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayMuse Glimmer 30BApigee, Google CloudApigeeChangedno first choiceZuploagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Citrix ADC, F5 BigIP, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayNine alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tyk, WSO2 API ManagerOne alternative
ApigeeBold 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 14:02 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:09 | yes | 4 | 6 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 15:06 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:48 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:04 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:05 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:54 | yes | 21 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:45 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:18 | yes | 10 | 58 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:30 | yes | 14 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:59 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:02 | yes | 4 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:47 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:31 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:49 | yes | 4 | 4 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 12:03 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 13:25 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:55 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:50 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:36 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:17 | yes | 5 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:06 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:35 | yes | 25 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 5 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:22 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:38 | yes | 9 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:05 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:24 | yes | 5 | 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 12:25 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:15 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:33 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:31 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 21 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:51 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:52 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:11 | yes | 25 | 70 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 14:33 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:31 | yes | 8 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:06 | yes | 13 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:43 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:26 | 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 11:16 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:48 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:56 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 17:48 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 24 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:18 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:17 | yes | 10 | 53 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:23 | yes | 20 | 77 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 22 | 56 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:04 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:55 | yes | 4 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:52 | yes | 23 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:23 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:20 | yes | 3 | 8 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 09:08 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:29 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:35 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:40 | yes | 24 | 49 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:40 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:46 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:22 | no | 0 | 253 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:50 | yes | 19 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:21 | yes | 2 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:04 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:50 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:52 | yes | 2 | 13 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 17:21 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:59 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:43 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:35 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:40 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 25 | 104 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 20 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:19 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:58 | yes | 22 | 37 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
AWS API Gateway HTTP APIs read as Amazon API Gateway
Amazon read as Amazon API Gateway
Axway read as Axway Amplify API Management
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Gateway
Gloo read as Gloo Gateway
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Enterprise / Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Enterprise) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Enterprise) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (open-source edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (via Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise (or Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Layer7 read as Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Anypoint API Manager) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Anypoint Platform) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Salesforce) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (by Salesforce) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Traefik read as Traefik Hub
WSO2 read as WSO2 API Manager
Unresolved, counted raw
Apache HTTPD
Axway Amplify Platform
Express-Gateway
F5 BIG-IP API Manager
F5 BigIP
F5's separately maintained NGINX Ingress Controller
Fastly Compute
IBM API Connect with DataPower
Kong Gateway—ideally Kong Konnect
Kubernetes Ingress
MuleSoft Anypoint Gateway / Omni Gateway
Nue Platform
Oracle API Platform / Oracle API Gateway
Raw Nginx
Red Hat OpenShift API Management
Self-managed Kong
Solo.io's gateways
Tetrate Service Bridge
Traefik Open Source
Tyk API Management
Vanilla NGINX Open Source
Zilla Plus Gateway
Zuul (Netflix) v1
kgateway
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.