apisix

The premium Open Source alternative to Kong

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What is apisix?

A dynamic alternative to Kong or NGINX for traffic management and security. It utilizes Lua and etcd to provide hot-reloading, observability, and specialized AI request routing without restarts.

Tech Stack
LuaDevOps & CI/CD

Why apisix?

  • Dynamic configuration changes
  • Extensive plugin library
  • High throughput capacity

Limitations

  • Requires etcd cluster
  • Complex plugin development
  • Documentation can be fragmented
3/5/2026
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Apache-2.0
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
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