5 categories · RankedZuplo
Zuplo is a unified gateway for APIs, AI, and MCP traffic, categorized as an API gateway and API management product with LLM gateway and observability use · zuplo.com ↗
Strongest at small business, contested with Kong Gateway. Ranked 6 of 64 for mid-market buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Tied for first with Kong Gateway.
Kong Gateway is first at 63%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Apigee is first at 42%.
Why models recommend it
“For most small businesses, Zuplo Free or KrakenD Community offer the best balance of features, cost, and ease of use.”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Top Pick: Zuplo ... Zuplo is the best overall API security platform for a company with a limited budget”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Start with Zuplo if you want a low-cost, developer-friendly solution with built-in security”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · first choice
“The best API gateway for a company with a limited budget is Zuplo, as it offers a free tier”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Zuplo, over the 178 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 41 | Compare → | |
| 124 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 101 | 10 | Compare → | |
| 88 | 5 | View → | |
| 70 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 59 | 0 | View → | |
| 40 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 40 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 29 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 26 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Zuplo →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Zuplo's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Teams building APIs, AI, and MCP traffic
- Price stated
- Free tier includes 100K requests/month. No credit card. No sales call.
- Starting price
- $0/mo
- Free plan or trial
- Free tier includes 100K requests/month. No credit card. No sales call.
- Certifications
- SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting
- 300+ POPs
- Customers named
- AccuWeather, Blockdaemon, Lake Michigan Credit Union, Finsolutia, Mews, Yext, Zumiez, Rewiring America
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 169 of the 178 answers that named Zuplo and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
367 of the 547 domain citations in answers naming Zuplo came from a third party's page. Thirty-six were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 275 | 23 | 2026-09-22 | API gateways, API management | |
| Podcast or video | 244 | 1 | 2026-07-15 | API gateways, API management | |
| Comparison | 79 | 25 | 2026-09-22 | API gateways, API management | |
| Glossary or explainer | 71 | 0 | 2026-03-13 | API gateways, API management | |
| Report or ebook | 23 | 12 | 2026-09-28 | ||
| Case study | 20 | 0 | 2026-03-23 | ||
| Conference or event | 10 | 0 | 2025-08-08 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 3 | 0 | 2025-05-16 |
Most recent
- 2026-09-28Using multiple apis report or ebook
- 2026-09-28Transforming examples report or ebook
- 2026-09-28Static files report or ebook
- 2026-09-28Server side content protection report or ebook
- 2026-09-28Redirects report or ebook
- 2026-09-28Processors report or ebook
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page zuplo.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.