3 categories · RankedApache APISIX
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| API gateways | Developer platform | 4% | 5 of 51 | 9% | 22 | accepted challenger |
| API management | Developer platform | 2% | 9 of 55 | 0% | 6 | under 10 labels · led by Kong Gateway at 37% |
| LLM gateways and observability | Data platform | 0% | 38 of 63 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by LiteLLM at 38% |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Choose Kong or APISIX if you have a high-traffic microservices infrastructure and need low latency, flexible hosting, and a robust plugin ecosystem.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · API gateways · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you need maximum raw throughput and zero restarts on config changes, APISIX is often the top choice among self‑hosted gateways.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · API gateways · comparative prompt · first choice
“My top pick for most small/medium companies: Apache APISIX — it's completely free, performant, actively maintained” GLM 4.7 FlashX · API gateways · budget prompt · first choice
“Yes: Choose Apache APISIX. It is currently the technological leader in speed and efficiency among free options.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · API management · budget prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Avoid: Apache APISIX (unless you know exactly what you're doing)” DeepSeek V4 Flash · API gateways · negative prompt · hard negative
“High risk if not hardened. Exposed admin APIs and defaults make it a frequent target.” Grok 4.1 Fast · API gateways · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 51 of the 65 answers that named Apache APISIX and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
233 of the 233 domain citations in answers naming Apache APISIX came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Apache APISIX
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