2 categories · RankedWSO2 API Manager
WSO2 API Manager is an API management product from WSO2 that supports designing and prototyping APIs, and publishing, managing, monitoring and monetizing them · wso2.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Kong Gateway is first at 27%.
Kong Gateway is first at 47%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Apigee is first at 46%.
Why models recommend it
“For minimal cost & high control: Use Kong Gateway or WSO2 API Manager (open-source).”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“my default recommendation would be WSO2 API Platform / WSO2 API Manager”GPT-5.4 mini · Paraphrase question · first choice
“I'd pick WSO2 API Platform for most budget-constrained companies”GPT-5.4 mini · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“WSO2 API Manager offers a full-lifecycle platform covering gateway, governance, developer portal, analytics, monetization”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
“Often monolithic, high resource use, poor Kubernetes/cloud-native fit, and vendor lock-in.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“Self-hosted WSO2, Kong, Tyk, or similar platforms if your organization lacks Kubernetes, database, upgrade, and high-availability expertise”Perplexity Sonar · Negative question · warning
“WSO2 | Leader in Forrester Wave, open-source foundation, strong governance | Cost-conscious but feature-complete needs”Kimi K2 · Scale-constrained question · warning
“Heavyweight Enterprise ESB Gateways (e.g., MuleSoft Anypoint, IBM API Connect, WSO2) ... Why to be cautious”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as WSO2 API Manager, over the 107 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 29 | Compare → | |
| 91 | 16 | View → | |
| 82 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 80 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 77 | 2 | View → | |
| 66 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 57 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 51 | 0 | View → | |
| 29 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 26 | 4 | Compare → |
What the models named instead of WSO2 API Manager →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on WSO2 API Manager's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- PT ASABRI (Persero)
- Customers named
- Apogee, PT ASABRI (Persero)
- Also from WSO2
- WSO2 AI Gateway, WSO2 Identity Server
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 99 of the 107 answers that named WSO2 API Manager and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
249 of the 310 domain citations in answers naming WSO2 API Manager came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |