Apache APISIX vs Amazon API Gateway
Zero of fourteen models named Apache APISIX first on the direct prompt; two named Amazon API Gateway. Apache APISIX was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Amazon API Gateway by thirteen and Apache APISIX carries 26 labels and Amazon API Gateway 61, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in four 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.
By framing
Apache APISIXFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAmazon API Gateway
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Apache APISIX and Amazon API Gateway were named in the same answer sixty-eight times, of the 81 answers naming Apache APISIX and the 370 naming Amazon API Gateway. In those answers Amazon API Gateway took the first choice five times and Apache APISIX eleven.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | | | | |
Apache APISIX Amazon API Gateway first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Apache APISIX on the left and Amazon API Gateway on the right.The direct prompt
Amazon API Gateway first, Apache APISIX not the choice
2 of 14 modelsApache APISIX was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Amazon API Gateway22%#3 of 10Apache APISIX2%#7 of 10Apache APISIX11%#2 of 11Amazon API Gateway9%#3 of 11Amazon API Gateway4%#6 of 9Apache APISIX0%#9 of 9What the models said about Apache APISIX
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Emerging, smaller community than Kong” Grok 4.1 Fast · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Similar misconfig exposure as Kong” Grok 4.1 Fast · negative prompt · soft negative
“Use Kong (for its vast ecosystem) or Apache APISIX (if you want pure open-source with no relational DB requirements)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Apache APISIX and Traefik are currently the strongest recommendations for budget-conscious teams” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Go with Kong OSS or Apache APISIX - you get enterprise-grade features at zero license cost” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
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
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.