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.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in three categories this edition.
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.
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.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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
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
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.