# Apigee alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 375 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Apigee 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/apigee/alternatives/

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

- Kong Gateway: 95
- Zuplo: 58
- Amazon API Gateway: 36
- Tyk: 31
- Postman: 11
- Apache APISIX: 9

## API management

**Small business**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Apigee (Apigee is #13 of 13 at 0%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 25 of those 78
- Zuplo: first choice in 23 of those 78
- Tyk: first choice in 11 of those 78
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 10 of those 78
- Postman: first choice in 8 of those 78
- Apidog: first choice in 6 of those 78
- Stoplight: first choice in 2 of those 78
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 2 of those 78

**Mid-market**: 66 of 84 answers did not name Apigee (Apigee is #7 of 12 at 5%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 20 of those 66
- Azure API Management: first choice in 6 of those 66
- Tyk: first choice in 6 of those 66
- Zuplo: first choice in 6 of those 66
- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Postman: first choice in 3 of those 66
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 66
- Apidog: first choice in 2 of those 66

**Enterprise**: 41 of 84 answers did not name Apigee (Apigee is #1 of 10 at 48%).

- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 41
- Tyk: first choice in 3 of those 41
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 41
- Google Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 41
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 1 of those 41

## API gateways

**Small business**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Apigee (Apigee is #10 of 10 at 0%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 26 of those 80
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 23 of those 80
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 19 of those 80
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Traefik Hub: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Mid-market**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Apigee (Apigee is #8 of 11 at 2%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 19 of those 67
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 7 of those 67
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 4 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
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 67
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Enterprise**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Apigee (Apigee is #1 of 9 at 38%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 8 of those 43
- Tyk: first choice in 3 of those 43
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Azure API Management: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Google Apigee subscription: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Google Cloud API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Gravitee: first choice in 1 of those 43
- NGINX: first choice in 1 of those 43

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