# Apache APISIX alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 224 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Apache APISIX holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/apache-apisix/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Kong Gateway: 65
- Zuplo: 32
- Amazon API Gateway: 28
- Apigee: 25
- Tyk: 8
- Azure API Management: 4

## API gateways

**Small business**: 77 of 84 answers did not name Apache APISIX (Apache APISIX is #7 of 10 at 2%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 27 of those 77
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 20 of those 77
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 20 of those 77
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 77
- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 77
- Cloudflare Workers: first choice in 1 of those 77

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Apache APISIX (Apache APISIX is #2 of 11 at 11%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 24 of those 67
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 5 of those 67
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 67
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 67
- API Umbrella: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Apigee: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Apache APISIX (Apache APISIX is #9 of 9 at 0%).

- Apigee: first choice in 24 of those 80
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 21 of those 80
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Zuplo: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Google Apigee subscription: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Google Cloud API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 80
- Gravitee: first choice in 1 of those 80

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.