Which API gateway platforms are known for low-latency routing and high-throughput traffic control?

API gateway platforms commonly known for low-latency routing and high-throughput traffic control include:

• Kong Gateway — Built on NGINX/OpenResty, widely used for high performance and scalable request routing.
• NGINX / NGINX Plus — Often used as a gateway/reverse proxy; very strong in low-latency, high-connection environments.
• Envoy Gateway / Envoy Proxy — Popular in cloud-native and service-mesh setups; designed for high performance and extensibility.
• Tyk Gateway — Lightweight, performant gateway with strong traffic management features.
• Traefik — Common in container/Kubernetes environments; optimized for dynamic routing with good performance.
• Apigee — Enterprise-grade API management; scalable, though often chosen more for management features than raw latency.
• AWS API Gateway — Highly scalable managed service, though not typically the first choice when absolute lowest latency is the priority.
• Azure API Management / Google Apigee — Enterprise options with robust throughput and control, depending on deployment mode.

If you want, I can also break these down into:

1. best for raw performance,
2. best for Kubernetes/cloud-native, or
3. best enterprise API management platforms.