# SmartBear: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/smartbear

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [API management](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/api-management/index.md) | 0% | 24 | 0% | 3 |

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named SmartBear, from 6 of the 6 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- research.oz.spotlightar.com: 5
- cloud.google.com: 3
- gartner.com: 3
- gravitee.io: 3
- wso2.com: 3
- zuplo.com: 3
- hyscaler.com: 2
- konghq.com: 2
- linkedin.com: 2
- smartbear.com: 2 (its own site)

### Pages cited

- https://gartner.com/en/documents/5844847: 3
- https://research.oz.spotlightar.com/reports/magic-quadrant-api-management-2024/leaders: 3
- https://cloud.google.com/resources/gartner-magic-quadrant-api-report-2024: 2
- https://hyscaler.com/insights/api-management-platform-guide: 2
- https://research.oz.spotlightar.com/reports/magic-quadrant-api-management-2025/leaders: 2
- https://smartbear.com/news/news-releases/Named-a-Leader-by-Gartner-in-the-2024-Magic-Quadr: 2
- https://technologymagazine.com/top10/top-10-api-management-platforms: 2
- https://wso2.com/api-platform/learn/api-management-tools: 2

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.