APISIX vs Kong Gateway

Apache APISIX is an open-source, high-performance API gateway and ingress controller that provides load balancing, rate limiting, authentication, and observability for API traffic. It supports dynamic routing configuration via an admin API without requiring restarts. APISIX is built on Nginx and LuaJIT with a plugin architecture supporting over 80 built-in plugins.

Kong Gateway is open-source API gateway for managing, securing, and orchestrating API traffic at scale. It provides comprehensive features for api-tools workflows. The tool is actively maintained with regular updates and strong community/vendor support.