# Azure API Management alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 333 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Azure API Management 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/azure-api-management/alternatives

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

- Kong Gateway: 69
- Zuplo: 42
- Amazon API Gateway: 24
- Apigee: 21
- Tyk: 15
- Postman: 12

## API management

**Small business**: 58 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #7 of 12 at 3%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 12 of those 58
- Zuplo: first choice in 12 of those 58
- Postman: first choice in 10 of those 58
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 5 of those 58
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 58
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 2 of those 58
- DigitalAPI: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Google Cloud API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 58

**Mid-market**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #4 of 11 at 7%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 14 of those 51
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 51
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Postman: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 51
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 2 of those 51
- KrakenD Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 51

**Enterprise**: 55 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #3 of 11 at 9%).

- Apigee: first choice in 12 of those 55
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 5 of those 55
- Axway Amplify API Management: first choice in 3 of those 55
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 3 of those 55
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 55
- Google Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 55
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 55

## API gateways

**Small business**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #10 of 12 at 0%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 25 of those 74
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 18 of those 74
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 14 of those 74
- Tyk: first choice in 8 of those 74
- KrakenD: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Cloudflare Workers: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Caddy: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Mid-market**: 44 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #5 of 15 at 3%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 16 of those 44
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 44
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 3 of those 44
- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 44
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 44
- Gravitee: first choice in 1 of those 44
- Traefik Hub: first choice in 1 of those 44
- Tyk: first choice in 1 of those 44

**Enterprise**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #6 of 11 at 2%).

- Apigee: first choice in 9 of those 51
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 8 of those 51
- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 51
- Zuplo: first choice in 2 of those 51
- Axway Amplify Platform: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Istio: first choice in 1 of those 51
- LiteLLM: first choice in 1 of those 51

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