Two of fourteen models named Amazon API Gateway first on the direct prompt; one named Apigee. Amazon API Gateway was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Apigee by fourteen and Amazon API Gateway carries 61 labels and Apigee 43, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in five categories this edition.
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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the API gateways page.
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Amazon API Gateway and Apigee were named in the same answer 265 times, of the 370 answers naming Amazon API Gateway and the 349 naming Apigee. In those answers Apigee took the first choice thirty-six times and Amazon API Gateway twenty-seven.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | ||||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B |
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“avoid per-call pricing models (like AWS API Gateway at $1–$3.50 per million calls)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“Kong (especially with enterprise support) or AWS API Gateway are solid choices, as they balance power, scalability, and cost” Claude Haiku 4.5 · direct prompt · first choice
“If your infrastructure is already on AWS, this is usually the default starting point.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“If you want no infrastructure overhead, go with Zuplo or AWS API Gateway” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“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 · hard negative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.