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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 612 of the 756 answers in the 3 categories where Zuplo 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/zuplo/alternatives

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

- Kong Gateway: 108
- Apigee: 52
- Salt Security: 52
- Amazon API Gateway: 30
- Cloudflare API Shield: 23
- Tyk: 20

## API security platforms

**Small business**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo (Zuplo is #5 of 13 at 6%).

- Cloudflare API Shield: first choice in 19 of those 66
- StackHawk: first choice in 8 of those 66
- 42Crunch: first choice in 6 of those 66
- Indusface AppTrana: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 3 of those 66
- OWASP ZAP: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Postman: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Aikido Runtime Protection: first choice in 1 of those 66

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo (Zuplo is #2 of 15 at 14%).

- Salt Security: first choice in 17 of those 74
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Cloudflare API Shield: first choice in 4 of those 74
- OWASP ZAP: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Akamai API Security: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Akto: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Traceable API Security Platform: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo.

- Salt Security: first choice in 35 of those 84
- Akamai API Security: first choice in 12 of those 84
- Traceable API Security Platform: first choice in 5 of those 84
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 4 of those 84
- 42Crunch: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Apigee: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 84
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 84

## API management

**Small business**: 49 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo (Zuplo is #2 of 12 at 19%).

- Postman: first choice in 13 of those 49
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 12 of those 49
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 8 of those 49
- Tyk: first choice in 3 of those 49
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 3 of those 49
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 49
- Google Cloud API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 49
- Kong Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 49

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo (Zuplo is #3 of 11 at 8%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 27 of those 74
- Azure API Management: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Postman: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Apigee: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 74
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 3 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo.

- Apigee: first choice in 27 of those 82
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 9 of those 82
- Azure API Management: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Axway Amplify API Management: first choice in 3 of those 82
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 3 of those 82
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 82

## API gateways

**Small business**: 37 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo (Zuplo is #1 of 12 at 29%).

- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 14 of those 37
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 8 of those 37
- KrakenD: first choice in 3 of those 37
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 37
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Caddy: first choice in 1 of those 37
- Cloudflare Workers: first choice in 1 of those 37
- GCP API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 37

**Mid-market**: 70 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo (Zuplo is #6 of 15 at 2%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 36 of those 70
- Tyk: first choice in 5 of those 70
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 4 of those 70
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 70
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Enterprise**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Zuplo (Zuplo is #4 of 11 at 6%).

- Apigee: first choice in 20 of those 76
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 19 of those 76
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 76
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Axway Amplify Platform: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 76
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 76

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