API management
Asked as “API management platform”, and as “API lifecycle and developer portal tool”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 46 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
37%
Contested · Tyk 13%
37Kong Gateway13Tyk11Gravitee39others
37% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Apigee is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other eleven models zero times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Kong Gateway vs Azure API ManagementKong Gateway vs WSO2 API ManagerKong Gateway vs PostmanTyk vs GraviteeTyk vs ZuploTyk vs Azure API ManagementTyk vs WSO2 API ManagerTyk vs PostmanGravitee vs ZuploGravitee vs Azure API ManagementGravitee vs WSO2 API ManagerGravitee vs PostmanZuplo vs Azure API ManagementZuplo vs WSO2 API ManagerZuplo vs PostmanAzure API Management vs WSO2 API ManagerAzure API Management vs PostmanWSO2 API Manager vs Postman
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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01Kong Gateway37%
Kong Gateway37%02Tyk13%
Tyk13%03Gravitee11%
Gravitee11%04Zuplo11%
Zuplo11%05Azure API Management7%
Azure API Management7%06WSO2 API Manager4%
WSO2 API Manager4%07Postman2%
Postman2%08Amazon API Gateway0%
Amazon API Gateway0%09IBM API Connect0%
IBM API Connect0%10MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform0%11Apigee0%
Apigee0%What they warned about
Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Apigee43%
19 of 44 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“It is recommended to steer away from Apigee, especially for organizations with strict compliance and regulatory oversight.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
MuleSoft Anypoint Platform38%
13 of 34 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid jumping to MuleSoft/Apigee ... these lean enterprise/expensive and are usually overkill at mid-market.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt
Amazon API Gateway31%
14 of 45 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“AWS API Gateway: avoid it if you need multi-cloud management or stronger centralized governance, because it is AWS-only” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
IBM API Connect35%
6 of 17 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Complex deployment, expensive, and has had performance issues in some cases” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
62 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 919 links across 201 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Moesif39 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
32 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Integrate.io32 answers · 33 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Zuplo30 answers · 45 citations · 9 models
vendor site · DigitalAPI26 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G217 answers · 62 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Tyk15 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 16 citations · 10 models
15 answers · 15 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Gravitee14 answers · 28 citations · 7 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
35 answers · 11 models
31 answers · 10 models
30 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 10 models
14 answers · 10 models
14 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “api management platform”, “api management platforms”, “best api management platform”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| Kong konghq.com Kong Gateway 37% | 37% | 359 | 880 | 93 | 20,236 company | $376 | 62 | 8 |
| Tyk tyk.io | 13% | 215 | 1,300 | 42 | 7,963 | 0 | ||
| Gravitee gravitee.io | 11% | 125 | 1,000 | 27 | 10,592 | 120 | 6 | |
| Zuplo zuplo.com | 11% | 169 | 390 | 0 | 7,963 | 9 | ||
| Azure parent site Azure API Management 7% | 7% | 275 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| WSO2 wso2.com WSO2 API Manager 4% | 4% | 99 | 170 | 3 | 4,715 company | 13 | ||
| SwaggerHub swagger.io | 4% | 4 | 720 | 12 | 111,365 | $100 | 10 | 8 |
| Postman postman.com | 2% | 119 | 90,500 | 7,676 | 221,855 | 29 | ||
| Apache APISIX apache.org | 2% | 55 | 260 | 6 | 1,144,025 | 0 | ||
| Stoplight stoplight.io | 2% | 21 | 27,100 | 801 | 8,709 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 18 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, gartner.com, gravitee.io, integrate.io, zuplo.com). The first result for “api management platform” is azure.microsoft.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best API management platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which API lifecycle and developer portal tool would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top API management platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best API management platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a API management platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which API management platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformAzure API Management, Kong GatewayChangedZuploGraviteeno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Postman, WSO2 API ManagerFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformFour alternatives
Activepieces, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, IntegratelyGPT-5.4 miniKong GatewayWSO2 API ManagerChangedno first choiceTyk, WSO2 API Manageragainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformno first choiceagainst: Azure API Management
Two alternatives
Boomi, IBM API ConnectTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, PostmanSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykOne alternative
Amazon API GatewayGemini 3.5 FlashTykagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformZuploChangedagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong Gatewayagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformGravitee, Zuploagainst: Kong GatewayKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Broadcom Layer 7, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Software AG webMethods
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, Kong GatewayFour alternatives
DigitalAPI, Kong Gateway, ReadMe, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, TykThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, TykFour alternatives
Apache APISIX, Gravitee, KrakenD, TykPerplexity SonarBoomiZuploChangedagainst: MuleSoft Anypoint Platformno first choiceKong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, SwaggerHub
Four alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, WSO2 API ManagerTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, SwaggerThree alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apidog, PostmanGrok 4.20Kong Gatewayagainst: Apigee, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformKong GatewayHeldagainst: Apigee, ZuploApigeeKong Gatewayagainst: Postman, Stoplightno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, DreamFactory, WSO2 API Manager
Three alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, TykTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, PostmanSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykFour alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIX, Gravitee, TykMistral SmallAzure API Management, Kong GatewayStoplight, SwaggerHubChangedApigeePostmanno first choiceagainst: IBM API Connect
One alternative
TykTwo alternatives
Azure API Management, PostmanFive alternatives
Akana, Axway Amplify API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Red Hat 3scaleTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Kong GatewayDeepSeek V4 FlashTykagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, ZuploGraviteeChangedagainst: Apigee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platformno first choiceGravitee, Kong Gatewayagainst: Tykno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint API Manager
One alternative
Kong GatewayFive alternatives
Kong Gateway, Mintlify, ReadMe, Redocly, StoplightFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apache APISIXLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceZuploChangedno first choiceKong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Apigee, Kong Gateway, Layer7, Red Hat 3scale
Three alternatives
Redocly, Stoplight, SwaggerHubTwo alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint PlatformQwen 3.7 FlashKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, ApigeeKong GatewayHeldagainst: Apigeeno first choiceApache APISIXno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, CA API Gateway, IBM API Connect, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Software AG, WSO2 API Manager
One alternative
Azure API ManagementOne alternative
Azure API ManagementFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Google Cloud API Gateway, Kong Gateway, TykKimi K2Kong GatewayGraviteeChangedKong Gatewayagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementTykno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Managementagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Four alternatives
Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, TykTwo alternatives
Kong Gateway, StoplightTwo alternatives
Apigee, TykFive alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Cloudflare API Gateway, Gravitee, Kong Gateway, ZuploGLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gateway, TykKong Gateway, Mintlify, ReadMeChangedagainst: ApigeeKong GatewayTykagainst: Postmanno first choiceagainst: Akana, Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, IBM API Connect, Kong Gateway, Layer7 API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Red Hat 3scale, Savvytech API Gateway, Traefik, Tyk, WSO2 API Manager
Two alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Azure API ManagementOne alternative
Azure API ManagementSeven alternatives
Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tyk, WSO2 API ManagerTwo alternatives
Gravitee, Red Hat 3scaleMiniMax M2.5Azure API Management, Kong GatewaySwaggerHub, ZuploChangedno first choiceKong Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee
Two alternatives
TIBCO Mashery, TykThree alternatives
Kong Gateway, Mintlify, StoplightTwo alternatives
Postman, WSO2 API ManagerBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:54 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:27 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:37 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 12:04 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:29 | yes | 44 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:38 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-09-17 14:07 | yes | 29 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:45 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:00 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:57 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 11:10 | yes | 14 | 47 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 10:29 | yes | 5 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:44 | yes | 16 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:04 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:25 | yes | 17 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:46 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 13:19 | yes | 42 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 13:45 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:45 | yes | 26 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 12:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 14:12 | yes | 22 | 115 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 11:34 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:40 | yes | 28 | 91 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 14:03 | yes | 17 | 75 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 11:10 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 11:17 | yes | 7 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 11:18 | yes | 11 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 11:00 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 11:44 | yes | 24 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 11:17 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 14:15 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:41 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:41 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 12:15 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:49 | yes | 22 | 271 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:44 | yes | 10 | 38 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:32 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:04 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 13:48 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:24 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:47 | yes | 41 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:00 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 11:37 | yes | 19 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:55 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 10:48 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:33 | yes | 10 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:57 | yes | 23 | 93 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 11:11 | yes | 15 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 10:36 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 12:17 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 12:38 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:43 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 12:46 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 12:56 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:38 | yes | 10 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 11:52 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 13:22 | yes | 10 | 100 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 12:57 | yes | 14 | 81 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 12:52 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 12:05 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 10:12 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 14:05 | yes | 6 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 13:47 | yes | 20 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 09:22 | yes | 24 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 10:28 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 10:07 | yes | 33 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 10:55 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 13:31 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:50 | yes | 29 | 37 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 13:16 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 13:04 | yes | 22 | 46 s |
Noise floor in this category
Flips between the edition run and its calibration repeat. Six prompts per model is a small sample; the index-wide floor is the number to trust.
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Claude Haiku 4.5
3 of 3 flipped
GPT-5.4 mini
3 of 3 flipped
Gemini 3.5 Flash
4 of 5 flipped
Perplexity Sonar
2 of 3 flipped
Grok 4.20
2 of 4 flipped
Mistral Small
4 of 4 flipped
DeepSeek V4 Flash
3 of 3 flipped
Llama 4 Maverick
0 of 2 flipped
Qwen 3.7 Flash
4 of 5 flipped
Kimi K2
5 of 5 flipped
GLM 4.7 FlashX
4 of 4 flipped
MiniMax M2.5
4 of 4 flipped
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Axway read as Axway Amplify API Management
Axway Amplify read as Axway Amplify API Management
Azure read as Azure API Management
Cloudflare read as Cloudflare API Gateway
IBM read as IBM API Connect
Kong read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Community Edition) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Gateway + Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Kong Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Konnect) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Open Source) read as Kong Gateway
Kong (Open Source/Free Tier) read as Kong Gateway
Kong Enterprise read as Kong Gateway
MuleSoft read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
MuleSoft (Anypoint Platform) read as MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
WSO2 read as WSO2 API Manager
Unresolved, counted raw
APIwiz
Broadcom Layer 7
CA API Gateway
Integrately
Layer7 API Management (now Broadcom)
Savvytech API Gateway
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.