API management for enterprise buyers
Asked as “API management platform”, and as “API lifecycle and developer portal tool”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 48 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
48%
Clear leader
48Apigee15Kong Gateway08Tyk29others
48% of first choices, clear leader.
Since September 2026▲+15Since September 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Apigee held the lead, +15 points on 29%, past the floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Kong Gateway28%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Kong Gateway (25%) replaces Zuplo (38% then, 24% now), 2 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketKong Gateway37%Contested▲+1Since September 2026: 37% → 38%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Enterprise
Apigee48%Clear leader▲+15Since September 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This page
Kong Gateway28%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Kong Gateway (25%) replaces Zuplo (38% then, 24% now), 2 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketKong Gateway37%Contested▲+1Since September 2026: 37% → 38%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →EnterpriseApigee48%Clear leader▲+15Since September 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Apigee Lab in the set48%21%70endorsed leader▲+15Since September 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.29% → 44%
Apigee Lab in the set48%21%70endorsed leader▲+15Since September 2026: 29% → 44%, +15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.29% → 44%02Kong Gateway15%18%66accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 16% → 17%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 17%
Kong Gateway15%18%66accepted challenger▲+1Since September 2026: 16% → 17%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.16% → 17%03
Tyk8%14%21accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%
Tyk8%14%21accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%04
Azure API Management6%21%56accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 12% → 7%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 7%
Azure API Management6%21%56accepted challenger▼−5Since September 2026: 12% → 7%, −5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.12% → 7%05
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6%20%54accepted challenger▼−24Since September 2026: 29% → 5%, −24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.29% → 5%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6%20%54accepted challenger▼−24Since September 2026: 29% → 5%, −24 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.29% → 5%06
Gravitee6%6%18accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%
Gravitee6%6%18accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 2% → 7%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 7%07
Axway Amplify API Management4%10%20accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 5%
Axway Amplify API Management4%10%20accepted challenger▲+5Since September 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 5%08
WSO2 API Manager2%14%14accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
WSO2 API Manager2%14%14accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Amazon API Gateway0%54%50criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Amazon API Gateway0%54%50criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%09
IBM API Connect0%18%34accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
IBM API Connect0%18%34accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Apigee is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice two times of 4; the other thirteen models twenty-one times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Kong Gateway vs GraviteeKong Gateway vs PostmanKong Gateway vs ApigeeKong Gateway vs Amazon API GatewayTyk vs Azure API ManagementTyk vs ZuploTyk vs GraviteeTyk vs PostmanTyk vs ApigeeTyk vs Amazon API GatewayAzure API Management vs ZuploAzure API Management vs GraviteeAzure API Management vs PostmanAzure API Management vs ApigeeAzure API Management vs Amazon API GatewayZuplo vs GraviteeZuplo vs PostmanZuplo vs ApigeeZuplo vs Amazon API GatewayGravitee vs PostmanGravitee vs ApigeeGravitee vs Amazon API GatewayPostman vs ApigeePostman vs Amazon API GatewayApigee vs Amazon API Gateway
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
01020304050607080910Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Apigee48%
Apigee48%02Kong Gateway15%
Kong Gateway15%03Tyk8%
Tyk8%04Azure API Management6%
Azure API Management6%05MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform6%06Gravitee6%
Gravitee6%07Axway Amplify API Management4%
Axway Amplify API Management4%08WSO2 API Manager2%
WSO2 API Manager2%09IBM API Connect0%
IBM API Connect0%10Amazon API Gateway0%
Amazon API Gateway0%What they warned about
Six of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Amazon API Gateway54%
27 of 50 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“When to avoid: Outside AWS-heavy stacks; large orgs report vendor lock-in and insufficient governance for hybrid environments.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Apigee21%
15 of 70 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Usage-based options such as AWS API Gateway and Apigee pay-as-you-go are the ones to avoid for strict predictability” Muse Glimmer 30B, budget prompt
Azure API Management21%
12 of 56 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“When to avoid: Non-Microsoft shops or those needing Kubernetes-native flexibility.” Grok 4.1 Fast, negative prompt
Kong Gateway18%
12 of 66 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Per-user subscription + per-request overage; costly for thousands of users” MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
76 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1076 links across 223 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 14 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Integrate.io43 answers · 46 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Zuplo30 answers · 48 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Gravitee29 answers · 43 citations · 12 models
29 answers · 31 citations · 10 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 12 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 6 models
19 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 19 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G218 answers · 34 citations · 10 models
vendor site · DigitalAPI18 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
17 answers · 35 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 16 citations · 11 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
42 answers · 12 models
28 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 6 models
21 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 7 models
17 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “api management platform”, “api management platforms”, “best api management platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apigee cloud.google.com | 48% | 308 | 5,400 | 351 | 7,405,347 | 6 | ||
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 15% | 15% | 376 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 8 |
| Tyk tyk.io | 8% | 208 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 6% | 6% | 220 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| MuleSoft mulesoft.com MuleSoft Anypoint Platform 6%, MuleSoft API Management 0% | 6% | 190 | 14,800 | 1,314 | 73,982 company | 99 | ||
| Gravitee gravitee.io | 6% | 90 | 1,000 | 27 | 10,592 | 120 | 6 | |
| Axway Amplify API Management axway.com | 4% | 26 | 10 | 0 | 20,617 | 41 | ||
| WSO2 wso2.com WSO2 API Manager 2% | 2% | 55 | 170 | 3 | 4,715 company | 13 | ||
| Google Cloud google.com | 2% | 226 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 1,800,358,416 | $465,944 | 5 | 6 |
| MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cloud.google.com, g2.com, gravitee.io, hyscaler.com, integrate.io, zuplo.com). The first result for “api management platform” is azure.microsoft.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best API management platform for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API lifecycle and developer portal tool would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade API management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API management platform for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a API management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API management platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceApigeeChangedno first choiceApigeeno first choiceagainst: Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, SAP
Three alternatives
IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformOne alternative
Azure API ManagementGPT-5.4 miniApigeeAzure API ManagementChangedApigeeWSO2 API Manageragainst: Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gatewayno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Center, Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformGemini 3.5 FlashApigeeApigee, Kong GatewayChangedagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Managementno first choiceTykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Broadcom Layer 7, Envoy, IBM webMethods, Kong Community Edition, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINX, TIBCO Mashery, Tyk
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Boomi, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFive alternatives
DigitalAPI, Fern, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, ReadMe, Spotify BackstageSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, WSO2 API ManagerFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, TykPerplexity SonarApigeeApigeeHeldApigeeAzure API Managementagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, Postman, Tyk
Four alternatives
Azure API Management, Boomi, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Postman, WSO2 API ManagerFour alternatives
Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformOne alternative
ApigeeGrok 4.1 FastApigeeagainst: Kong GatewayApigeeHeldno first choiceKong Gateway, Tykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee PayGo, Gloo Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Zuplono first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Express Gateway, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tyk
Three alternatives
Axway Amplify API Management, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Management Consumption tierThree alternatives
Apigee, Kong Gateway, ZuploMistral SmallMuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApigee, MuleSoft's Anypoint PlatformChangedagainst: Amazon API Gatewayno first choiceMuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee PayGo, Azure API Management, Oracle API Managementno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Oracle API Management
Three alternatives
Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong GatewayFour alternatives
Axway Amplify API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, SAPDeepSeek V4 FlashGoogle CloudApigeeChangedApigeeagainst: Amazon API GatewayGraviteeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, PostmanApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gatewayagainst: CA (Broadcom) Layer7 / API Gateway, DreamFactory, Kong Gateway, Red Hat 3scale, WSO2 API Manager
Three alternatives
Axway Amplify API Management, Kong Gateway, SalesforceThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformSix alternatives
Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, WSO2 API ManagerTwo alternatives
IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFour alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldApigeeno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Apigee, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Two alternatives
IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformQwen 3.7 FlashApigeeApigeeHeldApigeeagainst: Amazon API GatewayTykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigeeno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Oracle API Gateway, Tyk Community Edition, Vanilla Kong Open Source, raw Envoy configurations
Five alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformThree alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong GatewayKimi K2Axway Amplify API ManagementApigeeChangedApigeeGraviteeagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApigee, Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Boomi
Two alternatives
Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, PostmanSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Axway Amplify Platform, Azure API Management, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformOne alternative
Azure API ManagementTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, ZuploGLM 4.7 FlashXKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldno first choiceAzure API Managementagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigeeno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformnothing named
Four alternatives
Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Salesforce MuleSoft API ManagementSix alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman, ReadMe, SwaggerHubTen alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykOne alternative
Kong GatewayMiniMax M2.5no first choiceApigeeChangedagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Graviteeno first choiceGraviteeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Kong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Five alternatives
Axway Amplify API Management, Google Cloud, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, IBM API ConnectSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, WSO2 API ManagerTwo alternatives
Tyk, ZuploGPT-6 LunaApigeeApigeeHeldagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: WSO2 API ManagerApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management Consumption tier, Azure APIM self-hosted gateway
Three alternatives
Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformOne alternative
Azure API ManagementOne alternative
Azure API ManagementMuse Glimmer 30BApigeeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementApigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformChangedApigeeTykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigeeno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Boomi, SAP BTP
Three alternatives
IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformOne alternative
IBM API ConnectSix alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft API ManagementOne alternative
Kong GatewayBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:11 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:27 | yes | 1 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:00 | yes | 11 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:52 | yes | 17 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:32 | yes | 25 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 12 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:48 | yes | 23 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:41 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:51 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:13 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:43 | yes | 15 | 91 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 07:46 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:32 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:26 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:12 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:46 | yes | 11 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:57 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 23 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:50 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:07 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:43 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:45 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:48 | yes | 15 | 96 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:06 | yes | 5 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 3 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:25 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:01 | yes | 24 | 34 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:03 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:53 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:13 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:11 | yes | 23 | 52 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:41 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:00 | no | 0 | 37 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:50 | yes | 19 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:46 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:44 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:27 | yes | 9 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:52 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:36 | yes | 19 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:13 | yes | 19 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:12 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:25 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:48 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 18 | 118 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 25 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:28 | yes | 22 | 90 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 20 | 49 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:34 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:24 | yes | 20 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:59 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:11 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:13 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:11 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:48 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:47 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:53 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:08 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:48 | yes | 24 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:28 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:53 | yes | 10 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:12 | yes | 4 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:01 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:22 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:46 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 07:46 | yes | 13 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:16 | yes | 17 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:48 | yes | 23 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:36 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:11 | yes | 25 | 52 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:22 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:36 | yes | 17 | 71 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:57 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 15 | 115 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:37 | yes | 23 | 46 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:00 | yes | 23 | 27 s |
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AWS read as Amazon API Gateway
Axway read as Axway Amplify API Management
Axway Amplify read as Axway Amplify API Management
Azure read as Azure API Management
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Gateway
IBM read as IBM API Connect
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Inc.) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise (Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Salesforce) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (by Salesforce) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (part of Salesforce) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Oracle read as Oracle API Management
WSO2 read as WSO2 API Manager
Unresolved, counted raw
APIIDA
Akamai EdgeWorkers
Axway Amplify Platform
Azure API Center
Azure APIM self-hosted gateway
Broadcom Layer 7
CA (Broadcom) Layer7 / API Gateway
Fastly API Gateway
Forum Systems
IBM webMethods
MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform
Salesforce MuleSoft API Management
Salesforce MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
SmartBear
Software AG's webMethods
TIBCO Cloud API Management
Traefik Labs
Tyk Community Edition
Vanilla Kong Open Source
raw Envoy configurations
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.