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API management · October 2026 Edition

Tyk vs Amazon API Gateway

One of fourteen models named Tyk first on the direct prompt; zero named Amazon API Gateway. Tyk was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Amazon API Gateway by fourteen and Tyk carries 38 labels and Amazon API Gateway 52, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Tyk

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Amazon API Gateway

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share11%3%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%23%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#8A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3852A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Tyk 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 Tyk · Kong Gateway vs Amazon API Gateway · Tyk vs Azure API Management

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.
TykFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAmazon API Gateway
Direct10
Paraphrase102 against Amazon API Gateway
Comparative01
Budget-constrained32
Scale-constrained201 against Amazon API Gateway
Negative002 against Tyk · 9 against Amazon API Gateway
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, Tyk and Amazon API Gateway were named in the same answer 195 times, of the 239 answers naming Tyk and the 370 naming Amazon API Gateway. In those answers Amazon API Gateway took the first choice twenty-two times and Tyk twenty-five.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Tyk and Amazon API Gateway stood in it.

Tyk first, Amazon API Gateway not the choice

1 of 14 modelsAmazon API Gateway was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallAzure API Management, Kong Gateway, Tyk

Neither was the first choice, one was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Boomi, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Workato
Gemini 3.5 FlashZuplo alternatives: Gravitee, Kong Gateway, Tyk
Grok 4.1 FastAzure API Management alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway
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
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

Neither was named

6 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
Perplexity SonarApigee alternatives: Azure API Management, Postman, Zuplo
DeepSeek V4 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Postman
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashAzure API Management, Kong Gateway alternatives: Jitterbit, Merge
Kimi K2Boomi, Kong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Gravitee

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
Amazon API Gateway leads by two points.
Amazon API Gateway11%#3 of 13
Tyk10%#4 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
The order flips: Tyk leads at mid-market.
Tyk11%#2 of 12
Amazon API Gateway3%#8 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Tyk leads by eight points.
Tyk8%#3 of 10
Amazon API Gateway0%#10 of 10
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Tyk

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“None include native monetization. You'd need to build or integrate this capability separately.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · soft negative
“Candidates like Kong Konnect, Tyk, Azure API Management, or Zuplo are often the right fit at this scale” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Tyk includes a management dashboard in its self-hosted tiers, making it highly cost-effective for growing teams.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“making it a good fit for mid-market teams seeking control and scalability without enterprise-level complexity” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Amazon API Gateway

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“AWS API Gateway alone — if you're not already deeply AWS-native, the developer portal and lifecycle features are more limited.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“Avoid this platform if you are a small team, a startup, or if your primary goal is rapid development and clear documentation.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“widely recommended to avoid if your infrastructure is multi-cloud or hybrid” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“best default choice is usually Amazon API Gateway for a company already on AWS” GPT-5.4 mini · budget 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.