# WSO2 API Manager alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 466 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where WSO2 API Manager 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/wso2-api-manager/alternatives

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

- Kong Gateway: 138
- Zuplo: 55
- Apigee: 46
- Amazon API Gateway: 36
- Tyk: 26
- Postman: 18

## API management

**Small business**: 81 of 84 answers did not name WSO2 API Manager (WSO2 API Manager is #6 of 12 at 5%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 24 of those 81
- Zuplo: first choice in 21 of those 81
- Postman: first choice in 15 of those 81
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 8 of those 81
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 81
- DigitalAPI: first choice in 1 of those 81
- Google Cloud API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 81

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name WSO2 API Manager (WSO2 API Manager is #6 of 11 at 5%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 25 of those 67
- Tyk: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Azure API Management: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Postman: first choice in 3 of those 67
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 67
- KrakenD Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 72 of 84 answers did not name WSO2 API Manager (WSO2 API Manager is #8 of 11 at 2%).

- Apigee: first choice in 23 of those 72
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 9 of those 72
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 72
- Axway Amplify API Management: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Azure API Management: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Google Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 72

## API gateways

**Small business**: 83 of 84 answers did not name WSO2 API Manager.

- Zuplo: first choice in 28 of those 83
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 21 of those 83
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 19 of those 83
- Tyk: first choice in 8 of those 83
- KrakenD: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Cloudflare Workers: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Caddy: first choice in 1 of those 83

**Mid-market**: 84 of 84 answers did not name WSO2 API Manager (WSO2 API Manager is #14 of 15 at 0%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 47 of those 84
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Tyk: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 84

**Enterprise**: 79 of 84 answers did not name WSO2 API Manager (WSO2 API Manager is #9 of 11 at 0%).

- Apigee: first choice in 23 of those 79
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 17 of those 79
- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 79
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 79
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Axway Amplify Platform: first choice in 1 of those 79
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 79

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