API gateways
Asked as “API gateway”, and as “API gateway and traffic management tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
53%
Clear leader
53Kong Gateway11Apache APISIX09Amazon API Gateway26others
53% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▼−6Since September 2026: 61% → 54%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Kong Gateway held the lead, −6 points on 61%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Kong Gateway34%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Kong Gateway (35%) replaces Zuplo (43% then, 28% now), 7 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketKong Gateway53%Clear leader▼−6Since September 2026: 61% → 54%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterprise
Apigee38%Contested▼−7Since September 2026: 45% → 37%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
Kong Gateway34%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Kong Gateway (35%) replaces Zuplo (43% then, 28% now), 7 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketKong Gateway53%Clear leader▼−6Since September 2026: 61% → 54%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseApigee38%Contested▼−7Since September 2026: 45% → 37%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Kong Gateway53%14%70endorsed leader▼−6Since September 2026: 61% → 54%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.61% → 54%
Kong Gateway53%14%70endorsed leader▼−6Since September 2026: 61% → 54%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.61% → 54%02
Apache APISIX11%8%26accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 4% → 11%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 11%
Apache APISIX11%8%26accepted challenger▲+7Since September 2026: 4% → 11%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 11%03
Amazon API Gateway9%21%61accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 6% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 9%
Amazon API Gateway9%21%61accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 6% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 9%04
Tyk8%11%47accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 10% → 7%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 7%
Tyk8%11%47accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 10% → 7%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.10% → 7%05
Zuplo8%0%24accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 16% → 9%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 9%
Zuplo8%0%24accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 16% → 9%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 9%06
Azure API Management2%3%36accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Azure API Management2%3%36accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%07
Traefik Hub2%0%21accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Traefik Hub2%0%21accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%08Apigee Lab in the set2%28%43criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Apigee Lab in the set2%28%43criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%57%14criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%57%14criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
NGINX0%7%14accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
NGINX0%7%14accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%09
Gravitee0%0%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Gravitee0%0%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Apigee is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models one time of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Kong Gateway vs ZuploKong Gateway vs Azure API ManagementKong Gateway vs Traefik HubKong Gateway vs ApigeeApache APISIX vs Amazon API GatewayApache APISIX vs TykApache APISIX vs ZuploApache APISIX vs Azure API ManagementApache APISIX vs Traefik HubApache APISIX vs ApigeeAmazon API Gateway vs TykAmazon API Gateway vs ZuploAmazon API Gateway vs Azure API ManagementAmazon API Gateway vs Traefik HubAmazon API Gateway vs ApigeeTyk vs ZuploTyk vs Azure API ManagementTyk vs Traefik HubTyk vs ApigeeZuplo vs Azure API ManagementZuplo vs Traefik HubZuplo vs ApigeeAzure API Management vs Traefik HubAzure API Management vs ApigeeTraefik Hub vs Apigee
One product takes 53% of first choices here, so the chart would put ten markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Two products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Seven of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Apigee28%
12 of 43 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“What to Avoid for Mid-Size Budgets - **Apigee (Google)** — powerful but expensive; pay-as-you-go can reach **$400K+/year**” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Amazon API Gateway21%
13 of 61 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“avoid per-call pricing models (like AWS API Gateway at $1–$3.50 per million calls)” DeepSeek V4 Flash, budget prompt
Kong Gateway14%
10 of 70 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Don’t start a new deployment on this version. Kong says it entered end-of-life in **July 2026**” GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform57%
8 of 14 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“What Mid-Market B2B Companies Should Generally Avoid ... **MuleSoft & Apigee:**” Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 944 links across 207 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 14 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
38 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
32 answers · 32 citations · 11 models
31 answers · 39 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Zuplo30 answers · 68 citations · 10 models
23 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Guideflow21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Amazon19 answers · 36 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Tyk17 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Gravitee15 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
38 answers · 11 models
32 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 9 models
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 6 models
12 answers · 6 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 9 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “api gateway”, “api gateways”, “best api gateway”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 53% | 53% | 376 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 4 |
| Apache APISIX apache.org | 11% | 75 | 260 | 6 | 1,144,025 | 0 | ||
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 9% | 9% | 327 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 1 | |
| Tyk tyk.io | 8% | 208 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 8% | 154 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 2% | 2% | 220 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Traefik Hub traefik.io | 2% | 24 | 90 | 4 | 6,095 | 90 | ||
| Apigee cloud.google.com | 2% | 308 | 5,400 | 351 | 7,405,347 | 7 | ||
| API Umbrella | 2% | |||||||
| KrakenD Community Edition | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (api7.ai, aws.amazon.com, konghq.com). The first result for “api gateway” is aws.amazon.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best API gateway for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API gateway and traffic management tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top API gateways and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API gateway for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a API gateway. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API gateways should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong GatewayChangedApache APISIXAmazon API Gateway, Zuplono first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Tyk, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong GatewayGPT-5.4 miniKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldno first choiceApache APISIXagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Traefik HubOne alternative
Traefik HubGemini 3.5 FlashTykagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Raw AWS API GatewayZuploChangedagainst: Kong GatewayApache APISIX, Kong GatewayApache APISIX, Zuploagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Express Gateway, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Netflix Zuul, Ocelot
Three alternatives
Gravitee, Kong Gateway, ZuploTwo alternatives
Gravitee, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Bifrost, TykThree alternatives
Gravitee, KrakenD, TykTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykPerplexity SonarKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldKong GatewayAmazon API Gatewayagainst: Apigeeno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Cleo Integration CloudSix alternatives
Adeptia, Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Traefik Hub, ZuploSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Gravitee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Traefik Hub, TykOne alternative
ZuploGrok 4.1 FastKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Google Cloud, IBM, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong GatewayHeldagainst: Apache APISIX, ApigeeApache APISIX, Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Kong Gateway, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, TykFour alternatives
Apache APISIX, Gravitee, KrakenD, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploMistral SmallZuploKong GatewayChangedno first choiceagainst: Apigee, NGINXAPI Umbrella, Kong Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Apigee, Axway API GatewayFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINX, Traefik HubOne alternative
ApinizerDeepSeek V4 FlashKong Gatewayagainst: ApigeeKong GatewayHeldagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigeeno first choiceKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud API Gateway, Amazon API Gateway, Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway, IBM WebMethods API Gateway, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tencent Cloud API Gateway, Tyk
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploOne alternative
TykTwo alternatives
Apache APISIX, ZuploLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceKong Gateway, KrakenD Community Editionno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Higress, ZuploQwen 3.7 FlashAmazon API Gateway, ApigeeKong GatewayChangedagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformno first choiceagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApache APISIX, Traefik Hubno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache Axis, Azure API Management, Google Cloud IAP, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Netflix Zuul, WSO2 API Manager
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, ZuploOne alternative
Kong GatewayKimi K2Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API GatewayKong GatewayHeldKong GatewayApache APISIX, Kong GatewayKong Gateway, Tykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, CA API Gateway / Layer7 API Gateway 11.1, Google Cloud API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Layer7 Gateway AMI/VHD formats, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure API Gateway, Tyk
One alternative
Azure API ManagementThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Gravitee, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Traefik Hub, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, ZuploGLM 4.7 FlashXKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldno first choiceApache APISIX, Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Envoy, Spring Cloud Gateway
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Traefik HubFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, KrakenD, Tyk, ZuploMiniMax M2.5Kong Gatewayno first choiceChangedno first choiceTyk, WSO2 API Managerno first choiceagainst: Kong Gateway, Mulesoft API Gateway, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Three alternatives
Azure API Management, NGINX, Red Hat 3scaleTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayGPT-6 LunaKong GatewayAzure API ManagementChangedno first choiceagainst: Kong GatewayAmazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementOne alternative
Kong GatewayFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, NGINX Gateway Fabric, TykOne alternative
Kong GatewayMuse Glimmer 30BKong Gateway, TykKong GatewayChangedAmazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayApache APISIXno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Envoy-based options, Kong Gateway – Community edition, Tyk
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, TykFive alternatives
Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, TykSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, NGINXBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:54 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:29 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:00 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:44 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 23 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:31 | yes | 18 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:26 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:41 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:34 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:47 | yes | 19 | 68 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:44 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:26 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:11 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:44 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:56 | yes | 8 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:06 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 20 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:02 | yes | 9 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 18 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:47 | yes | 25 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:23 | no | 0 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:35 | yes | 4 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:44 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:45 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:22 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:07 | yes | 18 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 19 | 12 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:16 | yes | 6 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:10 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:27 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:03 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 9 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:19 | yes | 23 | 21 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 11 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:37 | yes | 7 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:07 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 9 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:21 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:33 | yes | 11 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:17 | yes | 21 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:47 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:13 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 25 | 67 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:23 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 3 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:04 | yes | 13 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:06 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:54 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:41 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:02 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:43 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:02 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:31 | yes | 19 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:00 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:00 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:49 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:54 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:04 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:24 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:49 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:27 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:59 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:54 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:51 | yes | 23 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:55 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:21 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:50 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:40 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 25 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:11 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:05 | yes | 22 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:26 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:45 | yes | 24 | 32 s |
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AWS API Gateway HTTP APIs read as Amazon API Gateway
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Gateway
Gloo (Solo.io) read as Gloo Gateway
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Gateway OSS or Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Open-Source) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (with Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong API Gateway (Community Edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong API Gateway (Community/Open-Source Version) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (AnyPoint Platform) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Anypoint Platform) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Traefik read as Traefik Hub
WSO2 read as WSO2 API Manager
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS ... API Gateway
AWS REST
Adeptia
Apache Axis (SOAP-based)
Apigee hybrid
CA API Gateway / Layer7 API Gateway 11.1
Envoy-based options
Google Cloud IAP
Kong Gateway – Community edition
KrakenD Community Edition
Layer7 API Gateway
Layer7 Gateway AMI/VHD formats
Mulesoft API Gateway
NGINX Gateway Fabric
NGINX-based gateways
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure API Gateway
Raw AWS API Gateway
Tencent Cloud API Gateway
YARP (Yet Another Reverse Proxy)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.