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API gateways · November 2026 Edition

Tyk vs Gravitee

One of fourteen models named Tyk first on the direct prompt; zero named Gravitee. Tyk was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Gravitee by ten and Tyk carries 51 labels and Gravitee 19, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Tyk

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Gravitee

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share7%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate4%5%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#7A position in a field of 15; printed, not drawn.
Labels5119A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Tyk reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Kong Gateway was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Kong Gateway vs Tyk · Kong Gateway vs Gravitee · Amazon API Gateway vs Tyk

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the API gateways page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TykFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGravitee
Direct10
Paraphrase20
Comparative10
Budget-constrained10
Scale-constrained01
Negative002 against Tyk · 1 against Gravitee
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Tyk and Gravitee were named in the same answer eighty-eight times, of the 271 answers naming Tyk and the 135 naming Gravitee. In those answers Gravitee took the first choice four times and Tyk seven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Tyk and Gravitee stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Tyk Gravitee first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Tyk on the left and Gravitee on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Tyk and Gravitee stood in it.

Tyk first, Gravitee not the choice

1 of 14 modelsGravitee was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Kong Gateway, Tyk alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management

Neither was the first choice, one was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Kong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Tyk, Zuplo
GPT-5.4 miniAmazon API Gateway, Azure API Management alternatives: Kong Gateway, Tyk
Gemini 3.5 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, Tyk
Mistral SmallKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Tyk
DeepSeek V4 FlashAzure API Management, Kong Gateway alternatives: Gravitee, Tyk
Kimi K2Kong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Tyk
GLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Tyk
MiniMax M2.5Kong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, KrakenD, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Neither was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Perplexity SonarKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Zuplo
Llama 4 MaverickKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Azure API Management, NGINX
Qwen 3.7 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management
GPT-6 LunaTyk Cloud or Tyk Hybrid alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Muse Glimmer 30BKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Zuplo

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Tyk leads by nine points.
Tyk9%#4 of 12
Gravitee0%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Tyk leads by five points.
Tyk7%#3 of 15
Gravitee2%#7 of 15
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Gravitee leads at enterprise.
Gravitee4%#5 of 11
Tyk2%#7 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Tyk

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of three in this category shown.

“Apigee, Tyk, Kong, and similar products can impose unnecessary operational and configuration overhead if you only need a reverse proxy” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Complex initial setup: Configuration and onboarding are notoriously complex” DeepSeek V4 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“Start with a proof-of-concept of Kong or Tyk unless you're deeply tied to one hyperscaler.” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Gravitee

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Apimolo, Gravitee (SaaS) | Caution | Data residency issues; reliance on third-party uptime.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“An open-source, event-native API Gateway like Gravitee can offer flexibility and future-proofing.” Llama 4 Maverick · scale prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.