The five branches
Partner-facing public APIs need productisation, monetisation, partner portal, and edge protection. Internal microservices need policy-at-scale, identity, and mesh integration. LLM passthrough needs token observability and semantic cache. Mobile BFF needs response aggregation and edge latency. Hybrid regulated needs sovereignty and air-gap support.
Picking on price alone fails
The cheapest gateway for the wrong use case is more expensive than the right gateway at full list. Pick on use case first, then negotiate.