Tyk vs Zuplo
One of fourteen models named Tyk first on the direct prompt; zero named Zuplo. Tyk was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Zuplo by eleven and Tyk carries 51 labels and Zuplo 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in four categories this edition.
Named in five 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.
By framing
TykFirst choices, of fourteen modelsZuplo
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Tyk and Zuplo were named in the same answer 101 times, of the 271 answers naming Tyk and the 178 naming Zuplo. In those answers Zuplo took the first choice forty-two times and Tyk ten.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | | | |
Tyk Zuplo first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Tyk on the left and Zuplo on the right.The direct prompt
Tyk first, Zuplo not the choice
1 of 14 modelsZuplo was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
9 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Zuplo6%#4 of 11Tyk2%#7 of 11What 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 Zuplo
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.
“The best API gateway for a company with a limited budget is Zuplo, as it offers a free tier” Llama 4 Maverick · budget 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.