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API management · November 2026 Edition

Zuplo vs Postman

Zero of fourteen models named Zuplo first on the direct prompt; zero named Postman. Zuplo was named by seven of the fourteen models and Postman by twelve and Zuplo carries 10 labels and Postman 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zuplo

accepted challenger

Named in five categories this edition.

Postman

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share8%7%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%11%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#5A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels1028A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Zuplo 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 Zuplo · Kong Gateway vs Postman · Tyk vs Zuplo

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.
ZuploFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPostman
Direct00
Paraphrase231 against Postman
Comparative00
Budget-constrained31
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Postman
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, Zuplo and Postman were named in the same answer forty times, of the 178 answers naming Zuplo and the 131 naming Postman. In those answers Postman took the first choice three times and Zuplo seventeen.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Neither was named

14 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
Gemini 3.5 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Gravitee, Tyk
Perplexity SonarTyk alternatives: Apigee, Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Kong Gateway
Grok 4.20Gravitee alternatives: Apigee, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
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
MiniMax M2.5Azure API Management, Kong Gateway alternatives: Apigee, Gravitee, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
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
Zuplo leads by two points.
Zuplo19%#2 of 12
Postman18%#3 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Zuplo leads by two points.
Zuplo8%#3 of 11
Postman7%#5 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Zuplo leads by two points.
Zuplo2%#– of 11
Postman0%#10 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

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.

“For most small businesses, Zuplo Free or KrakenD Community offer the best balance of features, cost, and ease of use.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

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
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.