Zero of fourteen models named Postman first on the direct prompt; one named Gravitee. Postman was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Gravitee by twelve and Postman carries 28 labels and Gravitee 32, 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 management page.
Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Postman and Gravitee were named in the same answer thirty-four times, of the 131 answers naming Postman and the 135 naming Gravitee. In those answers Gravitee took the first choice zero times and Postman eight.
| 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. Five of six in this category shown.
“Don't choose Postman as your API management platform—it's a development tool, not a management layer” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“Users often face slow performance with Postman, especially when dealing with large projects” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“For most small businesses, Postman offers the best balance of features, ease of use, and cost-effectiveness.” MiniMax M2.5 · budget prompt · first choice
“Postman and Stoplight are excellent choices for API lifecycle and developer portal needs” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I recommend a combination of Postman + ReadMe.” Grok 4.20 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“if you expect to rely heavily on features that exist only in paid tiers or managed offerings” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Gravitee (Strong Performer/Leader in Gartner 2024) ... Excellent for unified management of REST, GraphQL, and event-driven APIs” Grok 4.20 · direct prompt · first choice
“Many companies of your size find Azure API Management, Kong, Tyk, or Gravitee offer the right balance.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Look at lightweight, cloud-native platforms like Kong, Tyk, Gravitee, or Fastly/Cloudflare” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative 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.