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API management · October 2026 Edition

Gravitee vs Postman

Zero of fourteen models named Gravitee first on the direct prompt; zero named Postman. Gravitee was named by eleven of the fourteen models and Postman by eleven and Gravitee carries 22 labels and Postman 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Gravitee

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Postman

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share5%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels2216A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Gravitee reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Kong Gateway was named alongside these two in twelve of the fourteen direct answers. Kong Gateway vs Gravitee · Kong Gateway vs Postman · Tyk vs Gravitee

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.
GraviteeFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPostman
Direct00
Paraphrase13
Comparative001 against Postman
Budget-constrained001 against Gravitee
Scale-constrained20
Negative00
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 October 2026 Edition, Gravitee and Postman were named in the same answer seventeen times, of the 93 answers naming Gravitee and the 88 naming Postman. In those answers Postman took the first choice three times and Gravitee two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Gravitee and Postman stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
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
Gravitee Postman first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Gravitee on the left and Postman on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Gemini 3.5 FlashZuplo alternatives: Gravitee, Kong Gateway, Tyk
Perplexity SonarApigee alternatives: Azure API Management, Postman, Zuplo
DeepSeek V4 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Postman
Kimi K2Boomi, Kong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Gravitee
GLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee
MiniMax M2.5Apigee, Azure API Management alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman, Tyk

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5Azure API Management, Kong Gateway alternatives: Boomi, Jitterbit
GPT-5.4 miniKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Boomi, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Workato
Grok 4.1 FastAzure API Management alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway
Mistral SmallAzure API Management, Kong Gateway, Tyk
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashAzure API Management, Kong Gateway alternatives: Jitterbit, Merge
GPT-6 LunaKong Gateway alternatives: Apigee, Azure API Management, Tyk
Muse Glimmer 30BJitterbit Harmony alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Boomi, Kong Gateway, 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 seven points.
Postman8%#5 of 13
Gravitee2%#9 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Gravitee5%#5 of 12
Postman5%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Gravitee leads at enterprise.
Gravitee6%#6 of 10
Postman0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

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.

“the listed starting price is much higher at $2,500/month” Perplexity Sonar · budget prompt · soft negative
“Extremely strong if you are doing both traditional REST APIs and event-driven architectures... have a very generous free/community tier that includes RBAC and a developer portal.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Consider Kong Konnect or Gravitee — Often the sweet spot for mid-market” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Gravitee” GLM 4.7 FlashX · paraphrase 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. Four of four in this category shown.

“less ideal as a primary enterprise gateway for production traffic” GLM 4.7 FlashX · comparative prompt · soft negative
“### 1. Best All-in-One Lifecycle & Portal: Postman API Platform” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“I'd recommend Postman Enterprise as the best default choice” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Postman is the safest bet for a mid-sized B2B company.” Mistral Small · 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.