# Azure API Management alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 368 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Azure API Management 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/azure-api-management/alternatives/

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

- Kong Gateway: 88
- Zuplo: 55
- Amazon API Gateway: 30
- Apigee: 22
- Tyk: 21
- Apache APISIX: 8

## API management

**Small business**: 67 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #7 of 13 at 3%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 19 of those 67
- Zuplo: first choice in 19 of those 67
- Tyk: first choice in 9 of those 67
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 7 of those 67
- Apidog: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Postman: first choice in 6 of those 67
- Stoplight: first choice in 2 of those 67
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 1 of those 67

**Mid-market**: 53 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #3 of 12 at 11%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 11 of those 53
- Zuplo: first choice in 4 of those 53
- Tyk: first choice in 3 of those 53
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Apidog: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Postman: first choice in 2 of those 53
- Apiboost: first choice in 1 of those 53

**Enterprise**: 52 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #4 of 10 at 6%).

- Apigee: first choice in 10 of those 52
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 52
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 3 of those 52
- Axway Amplify API Management: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 52
- Google Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 52
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 1 of those 52

## API gateways

**Small business**: 74 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #8 of 10 at 0%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 27 of those 74
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 23 of those 74
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 16 of those 74
- Cloudflare API Gateway: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Tyk: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Traefik Hub: first choice in 2 of those 74
- Amazon API Gateway's HTTP API: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Mid-market**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #6 of 11 at 2%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 20 of those 65
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 4 of those 65
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 65
- API Umbrella: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Apigee: first choice in 1 of those 65
- Envoy: first choice in 1 of those 65

**Enterprise**: 57 of 84 answers did not name Azure API Management (Azure API Management is #4 of 9 at 4%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 12 of those 57
- Apigee: first choice in 11 of those 57
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Zuplo: first choice in 2 of those 57
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Apache APISIX: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Google Cloud API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 57
- Gravitee: first choice in 1 of those 57

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