# Postman alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 434 of the 504 answers in the 2 categories where Postman holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/postman/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Salt Security: 54
- Kong Gateway: 40
- Apigee: 32
- Zuplo: 30
- Cloudflare API Shield: 19
- Akamai API Security: 15

## API management

**Small business**: 51 of 84 answers did not name Postman (Postman is #3 of 12 at 18%).

- Zuplo: first choice in 16 of those 51
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 11 of those 51
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 8 of those 51
- Azure API Management: first choice in 2 of those 51
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 2 of those 51
- DigitalAPI: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Google Cloud API Gateway: first choice in 1 of those 51
- Kong Community Edition: first choice in 1 of those 51

**Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Postman (Postman is #5 of 11 at 7%).

- Kong Gateway: first choice in 25 of those 71
- Tyk: first choice in 6 of those 71
- Zuplo: first choice in 5 of those 71
- Azure API Management: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Apigee: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Gravitee: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Amazon API Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 71
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 2 of those 71

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Postman (Postman is #10 of 11 at 0%).

- Apigee: first choice in 27 of those 83
- MuleSoft Anypoint Platform: first choice in 10 of those 83
- Azure API Management: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Kong Gateway: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Tyk: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Axway Amplify API Management: first choice in 3 of those 83
- WSO2 API Manager: first choice in 3 of those 83
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 83

## API security platforms

**Small business**: 65 of 84 answers did not name Postman (Postman is #7 of 13 at 0%).

- Cloudflare API Shield: first choice in 15 of those 65
- 42Crunch: first choice in 9 of those 65
- StackHawk: first choice in 7 of those 65
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 5 of those 65
- Indusface AppTrana: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Zuplo: first choice in 3 of those 65
- Cloudflare Application Security: first choice in 2 of those 65
- Aikido Runtime Protection: first choice in 1 of those 65

**Mid-market**: 81 of 84 answers did not name Postman (Postman is #14 of 15 at 0%).

- Salt Security: first choice in 19 of those 81
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Zuplo: first choice in 6 of those 81
- Cloudflare API Shield: first choice in 4 of those 81
- Akamai API Security: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Akto: first choice in 3 of those 81
- OWASP ZAP: first choice in 3 of those 81
- Traceable API Security Platform: first choice in 3 of those 81

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Postman.

- Salt Security: first choice in 35 of those 83
- Akamai API Security: first choice in 12 of those 83
- Traceable API Security Platform: first choice in 5 of those 83
- Wallarm API Security: first choice in 4 of those 83
- 42Crunch: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Apigee: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Gravitee: first choice in 2 of those 83
- Tyk: first choice in 2 of those 83

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