apisix
The premium Open Source alternative to Kong
🎯 Best for:High-traffic microservices and AI-driven API ecosystems
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
Last Update
2,798
Forks
294
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Kong)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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