AI Visibility Index · July 2026

Networking: Istio, Kong, Envoy Gateway lead the AI rankings

How visibly ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Grok recommend each networking brand, across 12continuously re-polled “best X” leaderboards. Grades use the same A+–D scale as the brand checker; every ranking links to its full audit trail.

#	Brand	Grade	#1s	Podiums	Boards	Models	Best result
1	Istio	A+	2	2	3	4/4	#1 · service mesh for Kubernetes
2	Kong	A+	1	3	6	4/4	#1 · API gateway
3	Envoy Gateway	A+	1	3	3	4/4	#1 · API gateway for Kubernetes
4	Cloudflare Workers	A+	1	1	3	4/4	#1 · programmable CDNs for edge applications
5	Traefik	A+	1	1	3	4/4	#1 · Kubernetes ingress controller
6	CCloudflare DNS	A+	1	1	1	4/4	#1 · managed DNS platforms for multi-cloud infrastructure
7	CCloudflare Tunnel	A+	1	1	1	4/4	#1 · secure tunneling tools for local development
8	HHAProxy	A+	1	1	1	4/4	#1 · software load balancers for high-traffic APIs
9	LiteLLM	A	1	1	1	3/4	#1 · API gateways for AI and LLM APIs
10	LiveKit	A+	1	1	1	4/4	#1 · WebRTC infrastructure platforms for embedded video
11	TTailscale	A+	1	1	1	4/4	#1 · zero trust network access platform for engineering teams
12	Cilium	B	—	2	4	4/4	#2 · service meshes for multi-cluster Kubernetes
13	Apache APISIX	B	—	2	3	4/4	#2 · API gateway
14	Linkerd	B	—	2	2	4/4	#2 · service mesh for Kubernetes
15	AWS API Gateway	B	—	1	4	4/4	#3 · managed DNS platforms for multi-cloud infrastructure
16	CCloudflare Access	B	—	1	1	4/4	#2 · zero trust network access platform for engineering teams
17	Daily	B	—	1	1	3/4	#2 · WebRTC infrastructure platforms for embedded video
18	EEnvoy	B	—	1	1	4/4	#2 · software load balancers for high-traffic APIs
19	Fastly Compute	B	—	1	1	4/4	#2 · programmable CDNs for edge applications
20	ngrok	B	—	1	1	4/4	#2 · secure tunneling tools for local development
21	NNS1	B	—	1	1	3/4	#2 · managed DNS platforms for multi-cloud infrastructure
22	Portkey	B	—	1	1	4/4	#2 · API gateways for AI and LLM APIs
23	Agora	B	—	1	1	3/4	#3 · WebRTC infrastructure platforms for embedded video
24	AAkamai EdgeWorkers	B	—	1	1	4/4	#3 · programmable CDNs for edge applications
25	NNGINX	B	—	1	1	4/4	#3 · software load balancers for high-traffic APIs
26	NGINX Ingress Controller	B	—	1	1	4/4	#3 · Kubernetes ingress controller
27	TTailscale Funnel	B	—	1	1	4/4	#3 · secure tunneling tools for local development
28	Teleport	B	—	1	1	3/4	#3 · zero trust network access platform for engineering teams
29	HashiCorp Consul	C	—	—	2	3/4	#5 · service mesh for Kubernetes
30	Zuplo	C	—	—	2	2/4	#5 · API gateways for AI and LLM APIs

+ 33 more ranked brands below the top 30.

Method: brands are rolled up by homepage domain and ranked by #1 finishes, podiums, then board coverage across this industry's leaderboards — data updated 2026-07-20. All industries → · Source: modelsagree.com · CC BY 4.0