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API management · November 2026 Edition

Postman vs Gravitee

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.

Postman

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Gravitee

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

First-choice share7%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate11%3%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#8A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2832A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Postman reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Kong Gateway was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Kong Gateway vs Postman · Kong Gateway vs Gravitee · Tyk vs Postman

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.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
PostmanFirst choices, of fourteen modelsGravitee
Direct01
Paraphrase301 against Postman
Comparative00
Budget-constrained10
Scale-constrained01
Negative012 against Postman · 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, 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.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Postman 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
Postman Gravitee first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Postman on the left and Gravitee on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Gravitee first, Postman not the choice

1 of 14 modelsPostman was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Grok 4.20Gravitee alternatives: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Neither was the first choice, one was named

2 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Gravitee, Tyk
MiniMax M2.5Azure API Management, Kong Gateway alternatives: Apigee, Gravitee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Neither was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniKong Gateway alternatives: Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tyk
Perplexity SonarTyk alternatives: Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Mistral SmallKong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Tyk
DeepSeek V4 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Tyk
Llama 4 MaverickKong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Tyk
Qwen 3.7 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Tyk
Kimi K2Kong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Tyk
GLM 4.7 FlashXAzure API Management alternatives: Kong Gateway
GPT-6 LunaTyk alternatives: Apigee, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Muse Glimmer 30BKong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Tyk

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
Postman leads by eighteen points.
Postman18%#3 of 12
Gravitee0%#9 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Postman leads by three points.
Postman7%#5 of 11
Gravitee3%#8 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Gravitee leads at enterprise.
Gravitee4%#5 of 11
Postman0%#10 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Postman

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

What the models said about Gravitee

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
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.