# Apache APISIX alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 225 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Apache APISIX holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/apache-apisix/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Kong Gateway: 70
- Zuplo: 30
- Amazon API Gateway: 24
- Apigee: 24
- Tyk: 11
- Azure API Management: 3

## API gateways

**Small business**: 79 of 84 answers did not name Apache APISIX.

- Zuplo: first choice in 27 of those 79
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 20 of those 79
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 19 of those 79
- Tyk: first choice in 7 of those 79
- KrakenD: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Cloudflare Workers: first choice in 2 of those 79
- Caddy: first choice in 1 of those 79
- GCP API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 79

**Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Apache APISIX (Apache APISIX is #4 of 15 at 7%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 34 of those 66
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 4 of those 66
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 66
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Gravitee: first choice in 1 of those 66
- Kong Konnect with Kong Gateway data planes: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Apache APISIX (Apache APISIX is #11 of 11 at 0%).

- Apigee: first choice in 24 of those 80
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 16 of those 80
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Axway Amplify Platform: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 80

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.