API gateways for small business buyers
Asked as “API gateway”, and as “API gateway and traffic management tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 64 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
34%
Contested · Zuplo 27%
34Kong Gateway27Zuplo22Amazon API Gateway17others
34% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Kong Gateway (35%) replaces Zuplo (43% then, 28% now), 7 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Kong Gateway leads at 35%, replacing Zuplo, which led at 43% and stands at 28% now: 7 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled. The verdict moved from clear leader to contested.
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.This pageMid-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.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.This pageMid-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.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Kong Gateway34%22%76endorsed leader▲+10Since September 2026: 25% → 35%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.25% → 35%
Kong Gateway34%22%76endorsed leader▲+10Since September 2026: 25% → 35%, +10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.25% → 35%02
Zuplo27%2%42accepted challenger▼−15Since September 2026: 43% → 28%, −15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.43% → 28%
Zuplo27%2%42accepted challenger▼−15Since September 2026: 43% → 28%, −15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.43% → 28%03
Amazon API Gateway22%13%71accepted challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 12% → 20%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 20%
Amazon API Gateway22%13%71accepted challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 12% → 20%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 20%04
Tyk6%15%47accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 7% → 7%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 7%
Tyk6%15%47accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 7% → 7%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 7%05
Cloudflare API Gateway2%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%
Cloudflare API Gateway2%0%10accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%06
Traefik Hub2%9%11accepted 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%9%11accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%07
Apache APISIX2%31%16criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%
Apache APISIX2%31%16criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
10Apigee Lab in the set0%77%31criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
Apigee Lab in the set0%77%31criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%08
Azure API Management0%33%18criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
Azure API Management0%33%18criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%09
NGINX0%33%12criticized 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%33%12criticized 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 zero 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 →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Kong Gateway34%
Kong Gateway34%02Zuplo27%
Zuplo27%03Amazon API Gateway22%
Amazon API Gateway22%04Tyk6%
Tyk6%05Cloudflare API Gateway2%
Cloudflare API Gateway2%06Traefik Hub2%
Traefik Hub2%07Apache APISIX2%
Apache APISIX2%08Azure API Management0%
Azure API Management0%09NGINX0%
NGINX0%10Apigee0%
Apigee0%What they warned about
One of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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.
Apigee77%
24 of 31 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 12 hard negative
“This is the biggest trap for small businesses. While it's a powerful full-lifecycle platform, it's fundamentally **built for enterprises**, not small teams” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
Kong Gateway22%
17 of 76 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“Also avoid ignoring the ops burden of self-hosted gateways like Kong and Traefik” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Amazon API Gateway13%
9 of 71 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“Be cautious with **cloud-provider-specific gateways** such as **AWS API Gateway** if you want to avoid **vendor lock-in**” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Azure API Management33%
6 of 18 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“This per-environment billing and proprietary XML/C# policies make costs and migration painful for a small team” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative 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. 1014 links across 188 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 · Zuplo42 answers · 124 citations · 11 models
37 answers · 37 citations · 10 models
33 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Tyk32 answers · 53 citations · 12 models
25 answers · 29 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Amazon24 answers · 44 citations · 9 models
22 answers · 23 citations · 8 models
vendor site · SourceForge22 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
21 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 23 citations · 12 models
20 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
19 answers · 19 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 · 10 models
33 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 8 models
18 answers · 7 models
17 answers · 6 models
17 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 7 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 34%, Kong CE 0% | 34% | 376 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 4 |
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 27% | 154 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | |||
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 22% | 22% | 327 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 1 | |
| Tyk tyk.io | 6% | 208 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Cloudflare parent site Cloudflare API Gateway 2%, Cloudflare Workers 2% | 3% | 26 | 550,000 | 10,897 | ||||
| Traefik Hub traefik.io | 2% | 24 | 90 | 4 | 6,095 | 90 | ||
| Apache APISIX apache.org | 2% | 75 | 260 | 6 | 1,144,025 | 0 | ||
| KrakenD Community Edition | 2% | |||||||
| Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API | 2% | |||||||
| Cloudflare Workers-based gateways | 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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API gateway and traffic management tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top API gateways for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API gateway for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a API gateway. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API gateways should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayKong GatewayChangedZuploAmazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Traefik Hub
One alternative
Traefik HubTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, NGINXFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Traefik Hub, TykFive alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Community Edition, NGINX, Traefik Hub, Tyk Community EditionGPT-5.4 miniAmazon API Gatewayagainst: ApigeeAmazon API GatewayHeldagainst: ApigeeAmazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayagainst: ApigeeKong Gatewayno first choicenothing named
One alternative
Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Google Cloud API Gateway, Kong GatewayOne alternative
NGINXTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykGemini 3.5 Flashno first choiceZuploChangedagainst: Kong GatewayZuploagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformZuploagainst: Kong Gateway, TykZuploagainst: Apache APISIX, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Broadcom, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Raw Envoy Proxy, Software AG webMethods, Tyk
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, KrakenD, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Caddy Server, KrakenDFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, LiteLLM, PortkeyPerplexity SonarAmazon API Gateway, ZuploZuploChangedZuploagainst: Apache APISIX, TykZuplono first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management
One alternative
Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Google Cloud EndpointsTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayGrok 4.1 FastAmazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayagainst: ApigeeKong GatewayChangedCloudflare API Gateway, ZuploKong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Three alternatives
Cloudflare Workers Gateway, Tyk, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, Tyk, ZuploMistral SmallKong Gateway, TykCloudflare API Gateway, Kong GatewayChangedagainst: ApigeeApache APISIX, Kong GatewayKong Gateway, ZuploAmazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Envoy, HAProxy, NGINXagainst: Kong Gateway
Two alternatives
Apigee, Axway API GatewayFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, KrakenD Community EditionOne alternative
Traefik HubDeepSeek V4 FlashZuploTykChangedagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, ZuploZuploagainst: NGINXKong Gateway, ZuploZuploagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Tykagainst: Apigee, Express Gateway, Kong Gateway, KrakenD, Tyk
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykOne alternative
Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIXOne alternative
Kong GatewayLlama 4 MaverickZuploTykChangedAmazon API Gateway, ZuploKong Gateway, KrakenD Community Editionno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure API Management, ZuploThree alternatives
Apigee, Kong Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Traefik Hub API Gateway, ZuploQwen 3.7 FlashZuploagainst: ApigeeAmazon API GatewayChangedZuploZuploTykagainst: Apache APISIX, Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINX, WSO2 API Manager
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, NGINX Ingress Controller, Postman API Gateway, Traefik HubKimi K2Kong GatewayZuploChangedAmazon API Gateway, Traefik HubKong GatewayZuploagainst: Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy Gateway, Kong Gateway, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Apache APISIX, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, ZuploTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Google Cloud API GatewayGLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon API GatewayKong GatewayChangedagainst: ApigeeAmazon API GatewayApache APISIX, Traefik Hubagainst: Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Azure API Managementagainst: AWS, Alibaba Cloud API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure, Citrix ADC, F5, IBM WebMethods API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Oracle
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, KrakenDTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, TykOne alternative
Cloudflare API GatewayTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Traefik HubMiniMax M2.5Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayAmazon API GatewayChangedagainst: ApigeeAmazon API Gateway, Express GatewayCloudflare Workers, Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Two alternatives
Express Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Express Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Express Gateway, TykGPT-6 LunaAmazon API Gatewayagainst: Cloudflare API ShieldKong GatewayChangedAmazon API Gatewayagainst: Kong Gateway, TykAmazon API Gateway's HTTP APIagainst: AWS's REST APIno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Envoy, Kong Gateway, NGINX
One alternative
Kong GatewayOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayTwo alternatives
Cloudflare Workers, Google Cloud API GatewayOne alternative
Kong GatewayMuse Glimmer 30BAmazon API Gateway, ZuploZuploChangedTyk, Zuploagainst: Kong GatewayKong GatewayAmazon API Gateway, Cloudflare Workers-based gateways, Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Google Cloud API Gateway, Self-hosted Kong / Kong Gateway
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk Self-Managed, ZuploOne alternative
TykBold 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 13:18 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:44 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:27 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:46 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:19 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:30 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:50 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:35 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:25 | yes | 8 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:43 | yes | 20 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:30 | yes | 24 | 36 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:19 | yes | 20 | 33 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:06 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:46 | yes | 14 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:31 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:44 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:50 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:29 | yes | 33 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:42 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:51 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:07 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:57 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:42 | yes | 25 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:07 | yes | 24 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 8 | 85 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:32 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:07 | yes | 15 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 07:50 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:02 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:20 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:27 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 21 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:26 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:51 | yes | 21 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:18 | yes | 8 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:07 | yes | 13 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:38 | yes | 21 | 189 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:49 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 6 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:43 | yes | 12 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:47 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:50 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:08 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:54 | yes | 20 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:12 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:00 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:40 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 24 | 115 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:13 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:18 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:35 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:15 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:38 | yes | 8 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:21 | yes | 19 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:18 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:14 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:29 | yes | 22 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:20 | no | 0 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:03 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:55 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 13:41 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:30 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 20 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:17 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:50 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:45 | yes | 17 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:22 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 24 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:51 | yes | 14 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:47 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 07:26 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:13 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:55 | yes | 23 | 99 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 14 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:34 | yes | 4 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 21 | 35 s |
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AWS API Gateway HTTP APIs read as Amazon API Gateway
AWS HTTP API read as Amazon API Gateway
Amazon API Gateway HTTP APIs read as Amazon API Gateway
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Gateway
Gloo read as Gloo Gateway
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Community Edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong API Gateway read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Traefik read as Traefik Hub
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS HTTP APIs
AWS's REST API
Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API
Caddy Server
Cloudflare Workers Gateway
Cloudflare Workers-based gateways
Kong Ingress Controller
KrakenD Community Edition
Raw Envoy Proxy
Self-hosted Kong / Kong Gateway
Traefik Hub API Gateway
Tyk Community Edition
Tyk Self-Managed
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.