# Zuplo vs Azure API Management: which do AI models recommend for API gateways, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, API gateways. One of fourteen models named Zuplo first on the direct prompt; zero named Azure API Management. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/developer/api-gateways/zuplo-vs-azure-api-management/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zuplo | 8% | #5 of 11 | 0% | 24 | 11 of 14 |
| Azure API Management | 2% | #6 of 11 | 3% | 36 | 12 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- 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)
- 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)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Azure API Management)
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, Zuplo)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Azure API Management, NGINX, Red Hat 3scale)
- 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)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither named (first choices: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: Kong Gateway) (alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Cleo Integration Cloud)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: neither named (first choices: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee) (alternatives: Kong Gateway, Tyk)

## 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.