API management for small business buyers
Asked as “API management platform”, and as “API lifecycle and developer portal tool”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 61 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
28%
Contested · Zuplo 25%
28Kong Gateway25Zuplo11Amazon API Gateway36others
28% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026↗new leaderNew leader since September 2026: Kong Gateway (25%) replaces Zuplo (38% then, 24% now), 2 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Kong Gateway leads at 25%, replacing Zuplo, which led at 38% and stands at 24% now: 2 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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.This pageMid-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.Standing →
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.This pageMid-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.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Kong Gateway28%25%72criticized challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 17% → 25%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.17% → 25%
Kong Gateway28%25%72criticized challenger▲+8Since September 2026: 17% → 25%, +8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.17% → 25%02
Zuplo25%3%35accepted challenger▼−15Since September 2026: 38% → 24%, −15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.38% → 24%
Zuplo25%3%35accepted challenger▼−15Since September 2026: 38% → 24%, −15 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.38% → 24%03
Amazon API Gateway11%12%60accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 11% → 10%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 10%
Amazon API Gateway11%12%60accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 11% → 10%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 10%04
Tyk10%0%36accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 6% → 10%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 10%
Tyk10%0%36accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 6% → 10%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 10%05
Postman8%19%36accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 17% → 10%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.17% → 10%
Postman8%19%36accepted challenger▼−7Since September 2026: 17% → 10%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.17% → 10%06
Apidog7%7%15accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 8%
Apidog7%7%15accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 8%07
Azure API Management3%24%33accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%
Azure API Management3%24%33accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%08
Stoplight3%0%11accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%
Stoplight3%0%11accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 0% → 4%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 4%09
Gravitee2%0%20accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Gravitee2%0%20accepted 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 four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%91%32criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%91%32criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%11
IBM API Connect0%84%19criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
IBM API Connect0%84%19criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%13Apigee Lab in the set0%72%54criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Apigee Lab in the set0%72%54criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
WSO2 API Manager0%18%11accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
WSO2 API Manager0%18%11accepted 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 zero times of 4; the other thirteen models zero 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 →
01020304050607080910111213Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Kong Gateway28%
Kong Gateway28%02Zuplo25%
Zuplo25%03Amazon API Gateway11%
Amazon API Gateway11%04Tyk10%
Tyk10%05Postman8%
Postman8%06Apidog7%
Apidog7%07Azure API Management3%
Azure API Management3%08Stoplight3%
Stoplight3%09Gravitee2%
Gravitee2%10WSO2 API Manager0%
WSO2 API Manager0%11IBM API Connect0%
IBM API Connect0%12MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%13Apigee0%
Apigee0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna 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.
Apigee72%
39 of 54 labels negative · 14 of 14 models · 16 hard negative
“multiple sources note high cost, complexity, and a steeper learning curve that makes it a poor fit for small companies” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform91%
29 of 32 labels negative · 13 of 14 models · 16 hard negative
“repeatedly described as expensive, complex, and best suited to larger enterprises; one source specifically says to avoid it for budgets under $500K” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
IBM API Connect84%
16 of 19 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 10 hard negative
“Avoid starting on V5 or V2018: IBM says those versions are out of support and no longer receive code or security fixes.” GPT-6 Luna, negative prompt
Kong Gateway25%
18 of 72 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Why we recommend skipping Kong or Apigee for now... which is a massive engineering sink for a small company.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, direct 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
74 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. 1053 links across 185 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 · Zuplo39 answers · 76 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Integrate.io39 answers · 40 citations · 12 models
vendor site · G228 answers · 54 citations · 13 models
vendor site · FitGap25 answers · 27 citations · 10 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
24 answers · 24 citations · 11 models
23 answers · 25 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Gravitee22 answers · 51 citations · 10 models
20 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Amazon18 answers · 26 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
15 answers · 17 citations · 10 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.
37 answers · 11 models
25 answers · 9 models
24 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 10 models
19 answers · 9 models
19 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 7 models
17 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 28% | 28% | 376 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 8 |
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 25% | 154 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | 9 | ||
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon API Gateway 11% | 11% | 327 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | ||
| Tyk tyk.io | 10% | 208 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Postman postman.com | 8% | 81 | 90,500 | 7,676 | 221,855 | 29 | ||
| Apidog apidog.com | 7% | 19 | 1,000 | 3 | 52,211 | 1 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 3% | 3% | 220 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Stoplight stoplight.io | 3% | 13 | 27,100 | 801 | 8,709 | |||
| Gravitee gravitee.io | 2% | 90 | 1,000 | 27 | 10,592 | 120 | 6 | |
| Apache APISIX apache.org | 2% | 75 | 260 | 6 | 1,144,025 | 0 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, gravitee.io, integrate.io, thectoclub.com, 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 a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API lifecycle and developer portal tool would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top API management platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API management platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a API management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API management platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5ZuploStoplightChangedagainst: Apigee, PostmanZuploKong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Four alternatives
APIWORX, Amazon API Gateway, Apidog, CyclrOne alternative
AWS API Gateway with Developer PortalThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apidog, PostmanFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Postman, TykGPT-5.4 miniAzure API ManagementAmazon API GatewayChangedKong Gateway, Postmanagainst: ApigeeAmazon API Gatewayagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Apigee, Broadcom CA-style enterprise suites, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, ApigeeThree alternatives
Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong GatewayTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementTwo alternatives
Apigee, Azure API ManagementGemini 3.5 FlashZuploagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformZuploHeldagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformZuploagainst: Kong GatewayZuploagainst: Kong GatewayZuploagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Red Hat 3scale
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Gravitee, TykThree alternatives
DigitalAPI, Fern, MintlifyFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Gravitee, KrakenD, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Gravitee, KrakenD, TykFour alternatives
Cloudflare API Gateway, LiteLLM, Opper, PortkeyPerplexity SonarApidogagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformPostmanChangedApidog, Postmanagainst: ApigeePostmanagainst: IBM API Connect, Informatica API Managementno first choiceagainst: Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Oracle API Management, WSO2 enterprise editions
One alternative
PostmanTwo alternatives
Apidog, ApigeeThree alternatives
Kong Gateway, Stoplight, ZuploTwo alternatives
Apidog, FusioGrok 4.1 FastKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong GatewayHeldagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gateway, Zuploagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API ManagementKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, PostmanThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Postman, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, TykThree alternatives
Gravitee, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, PostmanMistral SmallApidog, PostmanPostman, StoplightChangedKong Gateway, SwaggerHubagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformApidogno first choiceagainst: Apigee, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman, SAP API Management
One alternative
WSO2 API ManagerTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, Traefik Hub API ManagementTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykDeepSeek V4 FlashKong Gatewayagainst: Apidog, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman, ZuploZuploChangedagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gateway, TykKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformAmazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, Tyk, Zuploagainst: Apigee, Azure API Managementagainst: Apigee, Celigo, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, GraviteeThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Gravitee, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Gravitee, Postman, ZuploThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Apache APISIX, Cloudflare API GatewayLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldApidogno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Celigo, Deck, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Two alternatives
Postman, ZuploQwen 3.7 FlashTyk, Zuploagainst: Apigee, Boomi, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformGravitee, TykChangedagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformno first choiceagainst: ApigeeAmazon API GatewayAmazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Google Cloud Endpointsagainst: IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Apigee, Envoy, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, NGINX
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Postman, StoplightSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, GCP Cloud Endpoints, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, Postman API Gateway, TykFour alternatives
Google Cloud Endpoints, Kong Gateway, ReadMe.io, TykTwo alternatives
Apigee, Kong GatewayKimi K2ZuploZuploHeldPostmanKong Gateway, Tykagainst: WSO2 API ManagerZuploagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Cleo Integration Cloud, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman
Two alternatives
Kong Gateway, TykThree alternatives
Postman, ReadMe, StoplightFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, TykGLM 4.7 FlashXKong GatewayKong GatewayHeldKong Gateway, Zuploagainst: ApigeeApache APISIXagainst: Apigee, Kong GatewayKong Gateway, Zuploagainst: Apigeeagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman, WSO2 API Manager
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, ZuploTwo alternatives
Apidog, ApigeeThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, RapidAPITwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementMiniMax M2.5Kong Gateway, Tykagainst: Apigeeno first choiceChangedKong Gateway, TykApidog, Postmanno first choiceagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
One alternative
Amazon API GatewayOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, SwaggerHubGPT-6 LunaKong GatewayZuploChangedKong Gateway, Tykagainst: Cloudflare API ShieldAmazon API Gatewayagainst: Kong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, TykOne alternative
Kong GatewayThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Google Cloud API GatewayTwo alternatives
Gravitee, Kong GatewayMuse Glimmer 30BAmazon API Gateway, Kong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformZuploChangedKong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gateway, TykKong Gateway, Zuploagainst: Apigee, Azure API Management dedicated tiers, Boomi, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, SAP
Two alternatives
Azure API Management, PostmanTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, ApidogFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, DreamFactory, Gravitee, PostmanTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, PostmanOne alternative
Amazon API 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 11:28 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:14 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:09 | yes | 12 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:27 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:12 | yes | 22 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:25 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:05 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 12:27 | yes | 21 | 43 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:42 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:38 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:08 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:24 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:02 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:34 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:13 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:23 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:39 | yes | 19 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:00 | yes | 24 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:40 | no | 0 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:48 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 13:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:49 | yes | 14 | 66 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:19 | yes | 24 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:54 | yes | 14 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:22 | yes | 18 | 97 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:00 | yes | 2 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:51 | yes | 22 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 13:52 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 07:46 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:06 | yes | 20 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:46 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:58 | yes | 21 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:24 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:54 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:50 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:02 | yes | 8 | 55 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:27 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 07:41 | yes | 23 | 14 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:50 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:57 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:55 | yes | 14 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:48 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:26 | yes | 16 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:23 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:45 | yes | 23 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 09:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 07:39 | yes | 25 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:17 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:42 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:06 | yes | 25 | 45 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:42 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:36 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 13:19 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:49 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:06 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:26 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 17 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 14 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:25 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:18 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:32 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:16 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:22 | yes | 14 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:56 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:52 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:15 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 09:39 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:28 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:11 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:21 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:51 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 07:37 | yes | 24 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:26 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:51 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:51 | yes | 14 | 58 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 23 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:49 | yes | 25 | 156 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:52 | yes | 18 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:50 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:47 | yes | 13 | 20 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 (Community Edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Enterprise Edition - Konnect Plus) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Gateway + Kong Konnect Developer Portal) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Gateway + Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Gateway / Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise (and Self-Hosted Kong OSS) read as Kong Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Salesforce Anypoint Platform) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Salesforce) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
WSO2 read as WSO2 API Manager
Unresolved, counted raw
APIWORX
AWS API Gateway with Developer Portal
Azure API Management dedicated tiers
Broadcom CA-style enterprise suites
Cyclr
Deck
Fusio
Informatica API Management
ReadMe.io
SAP API Management
Traefik Hub API Management
WSO2 enterprise editions
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.