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API management · September 2026 Edition

Tyk vs Gravitee

Three of twelve models named Tyk first on the direct prompt; zero named Gravitee. Tyk was named by twelve of the twelve models and Gravitee by nine and Tyk carries 41 labels and Gravitee 21, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Tyk

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

Gravitee

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share13%11%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate7%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#3A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels4121A 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 nine of the twelve direct answers. Kong Gateway vs Tyk · Kong Gateway vs Gravitee

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve 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 twelve models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TykFirst choices, of twelve modelsGravitee
Direct30
Paraphrase02
Comparative00
Budget-constrained331 against Tyk
Scale-constrained00
Negative002 against Tyk
Bars are first choices, 0 to 12 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to twelve.

The direct prompt

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

Tyk first, Gravitee an alternative

3 of 12 modelsGravitee was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashTyk alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Gravitee, Kong Gateway
DeepSeek V4 FlashTyk alternatives: Kong Gateway
GLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gateway, Tyk alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Grok 4.1 FastKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Azure API Management, Tyk
Mistral SmallAzure API Management, Kong Gateway alternatives: Tyk
Kimi K2Kong Gateway alternatives: Apigee, Azure API Management, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Tyk
MiniMax M2.5Azure API Management, Kong Gateway alternatives: TIBCO Mashery, Tyk

Neither was named

5 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
GPT-5.4 miniKong Gateway alternatives: Boomi, IBM API Connect
Perplexity SonarBoomi alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, WSO2 API Manager
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Qwen 3.7 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management

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
Tyk leads by six points.
Tyk6%#5 of 10
Gravitee0%#6 of 10
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Tyk leads by two points.
Tyk13%#2 of 11
Gravitee11%#3 of 11
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Tyk2%#6 of 9
Gravitee2%#7 of 9
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.

“Had a major leadership change, pricing restructuring, and some stability issues” GLM 4.7 FlashX · negative prompt · hard negative
“the management console/dashboard UI isn't in the OSS edition; you'll likely need the paid version” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Tyk or Kong are the strongest choices due to their balance of enterprise features, competitive pricing, and flexible deployment options” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · first choice
“If you are a startup with a technical team: Choose Tyk. You will save money long-term by self-hosting” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Gravitee

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

“Gravitee's Community Edition is famously generous... Gives you a free developer portal, policy UI, and basic analytics that competitors charge thousands for.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Start here — Gravitee (open source first, then managed) for a complete lifecycle + portal at predictable mid-market pricing.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Go with Gravitee (most complete open-source feature set) or Kong OSS” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top three products in each category. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.