# Envoy Gateway: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 4 judge labels across 1 category by 4 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/envoy-gateway

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [API gateways](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/api-gateways/index.md) | 0% | 32 | 25% | 4 |

## What the models said for it

- "Tightest budget / willing to self-manage: Kong Gateway OSS or Envoy Gateway" (GPT-5.4 mini, API gateways)

## And against it

- "extremely high performance, but steeper learning curve" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, API gateways)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Envoy Gateway, from 4 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aws.amazon.com: 3
- wso2.com: 3
- daily.dev: 2
- etenders.gov.za: 2
- gateway.envoyproxy.io: 2
- github.com: 2
- informatica.com: 2
- konghq.com: 2
- securityboulevard.com: 2
- techtarget.com: 2

### Pages cited

- https://aws.amazon.com/api-gateway/pricing: 2
- https://etenders.gov.za/home/Download: 2
- https://informatica.com/resources/articles/enterprise-api-security-architecture.html: 2
- https://techtarget.com/news/Explore-these-7-popular-API-gateway-tools/858012: 2
- http://ioriver.io/blog/best-api-gateway-tools: 1
- https://akamai.com/site/en/documents/white-paper/2024/api-security-compliance-implicit-and-explicit-requirements-for-data-protection.pdf: 1
- https://api7.ai/api-gateway-comparison: 1
- https://api7.ai/blog/how-to-choose-right-api-gateway: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.