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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 440 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Kong 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/kong-gateway/alternatives

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

- Salt Security: 52
- Zuplo: 27
- Cloudflare API Shield: 26
- Akamai API Security: 15
- Wallarm API Security: 15
- 42Crunch: 12

## API gateways

**Small business**: 32 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway (Kong Gateway is #2 of 12 at 29%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 7 of those 32
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 6 of those 32
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 32
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Caddy: first choice in 1 of those 32
- NGINX: first choice in 1 of those 32
- NGINX Ingress: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Traefik Hub: first choice in 1 of those 32

**Mid-market**: 25 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway (Kong Gateway is #1 of 15 at 63%).

- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Gravitee: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Kong Konnect with Kong Gateway data planes: first choice in 1 of those 25
- NGINX: first choice in 1 of those 25
- Tyk: first choice in 1 of those 25

**Enterprise**: 32 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway (Kong Gateway is #2 of 11 at 25%).

- Apigee: first choice in 2 of those 32
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 32
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 2 of those 32
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 32
- Kong Gateway—ideally Kong Konnect: first choice in 1 of those 32
- LiteLLM: first choice in 1 of those 32
- NGINX: first choice in 1 of those 32

## API management

**Small business**: 29 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway (Kong Gateway is #1 of 12 at 27%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 6 of those 29
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 29
- Postman: first choice in 2 of those 29
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 2 of those 29
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 29
- DigitalAPI: first choice in 1 of those 29
- Google Cloud API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 29
- Kong Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 29

**Mid-market**: 37 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway (Kong Gateway is #1 of 11 at 47%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 37
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 37
- KrakenD Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Postman: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Tyk: first choice in 1 of those 37

**Enterprise**: 46 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway (Kong Gateway is #7 of 11 at 2%).

- Apigee: first choice in 7 of those 46
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 4 of those 46
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 46
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 46
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 46
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 2 of those 46
- Axway Amplify API Management: first choice in 1 of those 46
- Zuplo: first choice in 1 of those 46

## API security platforms

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway.

- Cloudflare API Shield: first choice in 23 of those 82
- 42Crunch: first choice in 10 of those 82
- StackHawk: first choice in 9 of those 82
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Zuplo: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Indusface AppTrana: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Postman: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Cloudflare Application Security: first choice in 2 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway (Kong Gateway is #8 of 15 at 4%).

- Salt Security: first choice in 19 of those 77
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Zuplo: first choice in 5 of those 77
- OWASP ZAP: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Akamai API Security: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Akto: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Cloudflare API Shield: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Traceable API Security Platform: first choice in 3 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Kong Gateway (Kong Gateway is #10 of 13 at 2%).

- Salt Security: first choice in 33 of those 80
- Akamai API Security: first choice in 12 of those 80
- Traceable API Security Platform: first choice in 5 of those 80
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 4 of those 80
- 42Crunch: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Apigee: first choice in 1 of those 80

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