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API gateways · October 2026 Edition

Amazon API Gateway vs Zuplo

Two of fourteen models named Amazon API Gateway first on the direct prompt; one named Zuplo. Amazon API Gateway was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Zuplo by eleven and Amazon API Gateway carries 61 labels and Zuplo 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Amazon API Gateway

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Zuplo

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share9%8%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate21%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels6124A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Amazon API Gateway reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Kong Gateway was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Kong Gateway vs Amazon API Gateway · Kong Gateway vs Zuplo · Apache APISIX vs Amazon API Gateway

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.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
Amazon API GatewayFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZuplo
Direct211 against Amazon API Gateway
Paraphrase011 against Amazon API Gateway
Comparative10
Budget-constrained324 against Amazon API Gateway
Scale-constrained00
Negative007 against Amazon API Gateway
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Amazon API Gateway and Zuplo were named in the same answer 116 times, of the 370 answers naming Amazon API Gateway and the 156 naming Zuplo. In those answers Zuplo took the first choice fifty-two times and Amazon API Gateway six.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Amazon API Gateway and Zuplo stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
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
Amazon API Gateway Zuplo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Amazon API Gateway on the left and Zuplo on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Amazon API Gateway and Zuplo stood in it.

Amazon API Gateway first, Zuplo not the choice

2 of 14 modelsZuplo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway
Qwen 3.7 FlashAmazon API Gateway, Apigee alternatives: Kong Gateway, Tyk

Zuplo first, Amazon API Gateway not the choice

1 of 14 modelsAmazon API Gateway was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallZuplo alternatives: Apigee, Axway API Gateway

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management
Gemini 3.5 FlashTyk alternatives: Gravitee, Kong Gateway, Zuplo
Perplexity SonarKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Cleo Integration Cloud
Grok 4.1 FastKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Tyk, Zuplo
DeepSeek V4 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, Zuplo
GLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, Zuplo
GPT-6 LunaKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management
Muse Glimmer 30BKong Gateway, Tyk alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Kong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management
MiniMax M2.5Kong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, NGINX, Red Hat 3scale

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.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Zuplo leads by five points.
Zuplo27%#2 of 10
Amazon API Gateway22%#3 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Amazon API Gateway leads at mid-market.
Amazon API Gateway9%#3 of 11
Zuplo8%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Amazon API Gateway4%#6 of 9
Zuplo4%#5 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Amazon API Gateway

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

What the models said about Zuplo

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“If you are running a modern SaaS stack and want to spend your engineering hours on building your B2B product rather than managing gateway servers, start with Zuplo.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Also compared

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.