This article was originally published on AI Study Room . For the full version with working code examples and related articles, visit the original post. Best API Gateway Tools 2026: Kong vs Apache APISIX vs Tyk vs AWS API Gateway An API gateway sits between your clients and your backend services — handling authentication, rate limiting, request routing, and observability in one place. In a microservices architecture, the API gateway is the single entry point that keeps complexity away from clients. This comparison covers the leading API gateway solutions, from lightweight open source to fully managed cloud services.…