Two of fourteen models named Tyk first on the direct prompt; one named Gravitee. Tyk was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Gravitee by twelve and Tyk carries 43 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, 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. Five of five in this category shown.
“Avoid AWS API Gateway, Kong, and Tyk—none include native monetisation.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“if you expect to rely heavily on features that exist only in paid tiers or managed offerings” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Many companies of your size find Azure API Management, Kong, Tyk, or Gravitee offer the right balance.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Choose Kong Gateway Community Edition (for ecosystem size) or Tyk Open Source (for out-of-the-box features).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Look at lightweight, cloud-native platforms like Kong, Tyk, Gravitee, or Fastly/Cloudflare” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative 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.