# KrakenD alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 231 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where KrakenD 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/krakend/alternatives

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

- Kong Gateway: 80
- Zuplo: 30
- Apigee: 24
- Amazon API Gateway: 21
- Tyk: 10
- Apache APISIX: 5

## API gateways

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name KrakenD (KrakenD is #5 of 12 at 4%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 27 of those 71
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 19 of those 71
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 16 of those 71
- Tyk: first choice in 7 of those 71
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Cloudflare Workers: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Caddy: first choice in 1 of those 71
- GCP API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 77 of 84 answers did not name KrakenD (KrakenD is #10 of 15 at 0%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 42 of those 77
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Tyk: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 77
- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name KrakenD.

- Apigee: first choice in 24 of those 83
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 19 of those 83
- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 83
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Axway Amplify Platform: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 83

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