# Amazon API Gateway vs Zuplo: which do AI models recommend for API gateways, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, API gateways. Two of fourteen models named Amazon API Gateway first on the direct prompt; one named Zuplo. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/developer/api-gateways/amazon-api-gateway-vs-zuplo/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon API Gateway | 9% | #3 of 11 | 21% | 61 | 13 of 14 |
| Zuplo | 8% | #5 of 11 | 0% | 24 | 11 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- Claude Haiku 4.5: amazon api gateway first (first choices: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: amazon api gateway first (first choices: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee) (alternatives: Kong Gateway, Tyk)
- Mistral Small: zuplo first (first choices: Zuplo) (alternatives: Apigee, Axway API Gateway)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Tyk) (alternatives: Gravitee, Kong Gateway, Zuplo)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Cleo Integration Cloud)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Tyk, Zuplo)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, Zuplo)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, Zuplo)
- GPT-6 Luna: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway, Tyk) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- Kimi K2: neither named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Azure API Management)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Azure API Management, NGINX, Red Hat 3scale)

## What the models said about Amazon API Gateway

- "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

- "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)

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. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.