API gateways for enterprise buyers
Asked as “API gateway”, and as “API gateway and traffic management tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
38%
Contested · Kong Gateway 34%
38Apigee34Kong Gateway06Tyk22others
38% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▼−4Since September 2026: 36% → 33%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Apigee held the lead, −4 points on 36%, 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.Standing →Enterprise
Apigee38%Contested▼−7Since September 2026: 45% → 37%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseApigee38%Contested▼−7Since September 2026: 45% → 37%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Apigee Lab in the set38%24%67endorsed leader▼−4Since September 2026: 36% → 33%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.36% → 33%
Apigee Lab in the set38%24%67endorsed leader▼−4Since September 2026: 36% → 33%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.36% → 33%02Kong Gateway34%13%69endorsed leader▼−7Since September 2026: 45% → 37%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.45% → 37%
Kong Gateway34%13%69endorsed leader▼−7Since September 2026: 45% → 37%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.45% → 37%03
Tyk6%7%28accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 9% → 7%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 7%
Tyk6%7%28accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 9% → 7%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 7%04
Azure API Management4%21%48accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 5%
Azure API Management4%21%48accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 5%05
Zuplo4%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
Zuplo4%18%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%06
Amazon API Gateway4%45%62criticized challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%
Amazon API Gateway4%45%62criticized challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%07
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform2%11%36accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform2%11%36accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%08
Gravitee2%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
Gravitee2%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Apache APISIX0%21%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%
Apache APISIX0%21%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%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 one time of 4; the other thirteen models eighteen times 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
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203040506070809Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Apigee38%
Apigee38%02Kong Gateway34%
Kong Gateway34%03Tyk6%
Tyk6%04Azure API Management4%
Azure API Management4%05Zuplo4%
Zuplo4%06Amazon API Gateway4%
Amazon API Gateway4%07MuleSoft Anypoint Platform2%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform2%08Gravitee2%
Gravitee2%09Apache APISIX0%
Apache APISIX0%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, GLM 4.7 FlashX 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.
Amazon API Gateway45%
28 of 62 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid pure per-call gateways like AWS API Gateway, Azure API Management Consumption, or Apigee Pay-as-you-go Base” Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt
Apigee24%
16 of 67 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“here are the API gateways that large enterprises should be cautious about or avoid: ... **Apigee (Google Cloud)**” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Azure API Management21%
10 of 48 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Consumption-based billing that increases with usage” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Kong Gateway13%
9 of 69 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**Avoid for strict predictability:** Kong Konnect (costs can vary widely with usage).” Mistral Small, budget 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
74 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. 1087 links across 222 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.
vendor site · Zuplo44 answers · 101 citations · 11 models
37 answers · 37 citations · 12 models
35 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
33 answers · 47 citations · 12 models
30 answers · 30 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Tyk23 answers · 40 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow23 answers · 24 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 29 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Amazon20 answers · 39 citations · 10 models
vendor site · DigitalAPI19 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Gravitee17 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 22 citations · 8 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.
37 answers · 12 models
30 answers · 9 models
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 9 models
16 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 6 models
14 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apigee cloud.google.com Apigee 38%, Google Cloud API Gateway 2% | 40% | 308 | 5,400 | 351 | 7,405,347 | 7 | ||
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 34% | 34% | 376 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 4 |
| Tyk tyk.io | 6% | 208 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 4%, Azure Application Gateway 0% | 4% | 220 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 4% | 154 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 4% | 4% | 327 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 1 | |
| MuleSoft mulesoft.com MuleSoft Anypoint Platform 2% | 2% | 190 | 14,800 | 1,314 | 73,982 company | 99 | ||
| Gravitee gravitee.io | 2% | 90 | 1,000 | 27 | 10,592 | 120 | ||
| Google Apigee subscription | 2% | |||||||
| NGINX nginx.org | 2% | 146 | 33,100 | 4,362 | 38,473 |
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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API gateway and traffic management tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade API gateways and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API gateway for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a API gateway. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API gateways should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: NGINXno first choiceChangedno first choiceApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementNine alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, F5 BIG-IP, HAProxy, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINXOne alternative
Kong GatewayGPT-5.4 miniApigee, Azure API Managementagainst: Amazon API GatewayKong GatewayChangedno first choiceAzure API Management, Google Apigee subscriptionagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway
Two alternatives
IBM API Connect, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Azure Application GatewayGemini 3.5 FlashApigeeagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong GatewayChangedKong GatewayTykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Managementagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Broadcom, Express Gateway, IBM DataPower, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, Ocelot, Oracle API Gateway, Software AG webMethods, Traefik Hub
Three alternatives
Azure API Management, Gravitee, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFour alternatives
Apigee, Gloo Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykFour alternatives
Apache APISIX, Azure API Management, Gravitee, KrakenDTwo alternatives
MuleSoft Anypoint Flex Gateway, TykPerplexity SonarApigeeApigeeHeldno first choiceKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigeeno first choiceagainst: Apigee, Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway, Citrix ADC, F5 BigIP, Kong Gateway, Red Hat 3scale
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykGrok 4.1 FastApigeeKong GatewayChangedKong Gatewayagainst: IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigeeno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, Traefik Hub, Zuplo
Three alternatives
IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementOne alternative
TykMistral SmallApigeeKong GatewayChangedApigeeAmazon API Gateway, Google Cloud API Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, F5 BIG-IP APMagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management
Four alternatives
Apigee, Citrix ADC, F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformDeepSeek V4 FlashApigeeagainst: Amazon API GatewayApigeeHeldagainst: Amazon API GatewayApigee, Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API GatewayTykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Managementno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, NGINX, Zuploagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Express Gateway, Kong Gateway, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFive alternatives
Azure API Management, Boomi, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Apache APISIX, Kong Gateway, KrakenDTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykLlama 4 MaverickApigeeno first choiceChangedno first choiceno first choiceZuplonothing named
Two alternatives
Gloo Gateway, KgatewayQwen 3.7 FlashKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldno first choiceagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gateway, NGINXagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure API Management, Envoy, GCP API Management, HAProxy, IBM DataPower, Kong CE, NGINX, TIBCO Mashery
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayOne alternative
ZuploKimi K2Kong GatewayKong GatewayHeldApigee, Kong GatewayTykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Managementno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Citrix ADC, F5 BIG-IP, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Three alternatives
Apigee, IBM DataPower Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Apigee, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, TykTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, WSO2 API ManagerGLM 4.7 FlashXApigeeKong GatewayChangedApigeeAmazon API Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure API ManagementSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykThree alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayMiniMax M2.5Apigee, Kong GatewayApigee, Kong GatewayHeldno first choiceGraviteeagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykGPT-6 LunaApigeeApigeeHeldno first choiceApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud API Gateway, Amazon API Gateway, Kubernetes community `ingress-nginx`, MSE Cloud-native Gateway
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong GatewaySix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayMuse Glimmer 30BApigeeKong GatewayChangedAmazon API GatewayApigee, Zuploagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management Consumptionno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, Kong OSS / Kong Konnect, Tyk
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, ApigeeFour alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformBold 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 12:31 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:38 | yes | 11 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:00 | yes | 22 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 21 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 25 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:11 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:39 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:20 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:36 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:29 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:11 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:34 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 4 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 8 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:35 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:42 | yes | 23 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:10 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:36 | yes | 25 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:08 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:05 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:36 | yes | 23 | 236 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:36 | yes | 5 | 54 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 4 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:21 | yes | 19 | 12 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 9 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:49 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:45 | yes | 18 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:23 | yes | 25 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:11 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:10 | yes | 25 | 49 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:20 | no | 0 | 50 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:10 | yes | 14 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:01 | yes | 23 | 738 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 6 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:26 | yes | 11 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:13 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:40 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:16 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:40 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:39 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:52 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:54 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 14 | 112 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 22 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 20 | 96 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:26 | yes | 4 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:46 | yes | 19 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:38 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:16 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:22 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:37 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:51 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:57 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:17 | yes | 24 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:55 | no | 0 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:45 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:33 | yes | 23 | 86 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:34 | yes | 13 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:22 | yes | 6 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:54 | yes | 18 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:11 | yes | 17 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:32 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:46 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:50 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:26 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:45 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:55 | yes | 25 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:41 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:31 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:34 | yes | 21 | 100 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:02 | yes | 8 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:28 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
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Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs read as Amazon API Gateway
Gloo read as Gloo Gateway
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Enterprise) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Gateway/Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Gateway / Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Konnect or Enterprise) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
Layer7 read as Broadcom Layer7 API Gateway
MuleSoft 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
API7.ai
Azure API Management Consumption
Cloud-native API Gateway
Cognizant
Contour
F5 BIG-IP APM
F5 BigIP
F5 NGINX API Gateway
GCP API Management
Google Apigee subscription
IBM DataPower Gateway
Kgateway
Kong Gateway, Kong OSS / Kong Konnect
Kubernetes Ingress
Kubernetes community `ingress-nginx`
MSE Cloud-native Gateway
MuleSoft Anypoint Flex Gateway
Nginx Ingress
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.