# Cloudflare API Gateway alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 240 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cloudflare API Gateway 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/cloudflare-api-gateway/alternatives

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

- Kong Gateway: 86
- Zuplo: 30
- Amazon API Gateway: 23
- Apigee: 23
- Tyk: 13
- Apache APISIX: 7

## API gateways

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare API Gateway (Cloudflare API Gateway is #7 of 12 at 0%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 27 of those 78
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 21 of those 78
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 17 of those 78
- Tyk: first choice in 8 of those 78
- KrakenD: first choice in 4 of those 78
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Cloudflare Workers: first choice in 2 of those 78
- Caddy: first choice in 1 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare API Gateway (Cloudflare API Gateway is #13 of 15 at 0%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 47 of those 80
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Tyk: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Gravitee: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Kong Konnect with Kong Gateway data planes: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Cloudflare API Gateway.

- Apigee: first choice in 23 of those 82
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 18 of those 82
- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 82
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Axway Amplify Platform: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 82

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