Kong Gateway vs Gravitee
Eight of fourteen models named Kong Gateway first on the direct prompt; zero named Gravitee. Kong Gateway was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Gravitee by eleven and Kong Gateway carries 67 labels and Gravitee 22, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
Named in three 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 management page.
By framing
Kong GatewayFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGravitee
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Kong Gateway and Gravitee were named in the same answer eighty-seven times, of the 427 answers naming Kong Gateway and the 93 naming Gravitee. In those answers Gravitee took the first choice seven times and Kong Gateway twenty-five.
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 4.20 | | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | |
Kong Gateway Gravitee first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Kong Gateway on the left and Gravitee on the right.The direct prompt
Kong Gateway first, Gravitee an alternative
8 of 14 modelsGravitee was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 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
Kong Gateway28%#1 of 13Gravitee2%#9 of 13Kong Gateway37%#1 of 12Gravitee5%#5 of 12Kong Gateway15%#2 of 10Gravitee6%#6 of 10What the models said about Kong Gateway
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.
“Warning: While Kong's open-source gateway is excellent, essential features for a 500-person company (RBAC, developer portal, and advanced analytics) require upgrading to their commercial enterprise tier.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“For most mid‑market B2B companies, Kong Konnect (or Azure API Management if you’re already in the Microsoft stack) is the best fit.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“the best API management platforms for mid-market B2B companies are Kong Enterprise, Tyk Enterprise, and Azure API Management” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice
What the models said about Gravitee
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“the listed starting price is much higher at $2,500/month” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Extremely strong if you are doing both traditional REST APIs and event-driven architectures... have a very generous free/community tier that includes RBAC and a developer portal.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Consider Kong Konnect or Gravitee — Often the sweet spot for mid-market” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Gravitee” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase 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.