After asking users why they prefer Apache APISIX than other solutions, there have four important points:
1. Feature Rich: Many users need to use API Gateway with OpenID Providers (e.g., Auth0, Keycloak), other solutions sold this feature on Enterprise Product only. There has one How-to guide "Use Keycloak with API Gateway to protect your APIs".
2. Quick Support: Apache APISIX has many active contributors and maintainers, they keep watching activities on GitHub[3], Slack[1], Mailing List and other channels. When users ask questions, they respond quickly, the goal is to help users onboard quick.
3. Apache Project: After APISIX project was donated to the Apache Software Foundation, it means nobody can change its License any more, so enjoy Apache projects ([https://www.apache.org](https://www.apache.org)).
4. Benchmark is excellent, and the most active maintainer's explaination here[4]: LuaJIT + Nginx.
P.S Welcome to join Apache APISIX Slack[1] to discuss, and you can find many useful posts from its blog[5].
- 1. https://apisix.apache.org/slack - 2. https://apisix.apache.org/blog/2022/07/06/use-keycloak-with-... - 3. https://github.com/apache/apisix - 4. https://apisix.apache.org/blog/2021/08/25/why-apache-apisix-... - 5. https://apisix.apache.org/blog