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API management · October 2026 Edition

Tyk vs Zuplo

One of fourteen models named Tyk first on the direct prompt; one named Zuplo. Tyk was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Zuplo by nine and Tyk carries 38 labels and Zuplo 14, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Tyk

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Zuplo

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share11%10%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#4A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels3814A 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 Zuplo · 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 modelsZuplo
Direct11
Paraphrase12
Comparative00
Budget-constrained32
Scale-constrained21
Negative002 against Tyk
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 Zuplo were named in the same answer ninety-one times, of the 239 answers naming Tyk and the 156 naming Zuplo. In those answers Zuplo took the first choice thirty-six times and Tyk nine.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Tyk first, Zuplo not the choice

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

Zuplo first, Tyk an alternative

1 of 14 modelsTyk was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Gemini 3.5 FlashZuplo alternatives: Gravitee, Kong Gateway, Tyk

Neither was the first choice, one was named

4 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Perplexity SonarApigee alternatives: Azure API Management, Postman, Zuplo
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

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
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
GLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, 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
Zuplo leads by fifteen points.
Zuplo25%#2 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
Zuplo10%#4 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Tyk leads by eight points.
Tyk8%#3 of 10
Zuplo0%#– 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 Zuplo

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

“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
“Speed & Hands-off Maintenance | Zuplo | Best SaaS free tier ($0 up to 100k requests/mo); no servers to manage.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“pick Kong for the lowest-cost serious platform, or Zuplo if you prefer managed convenience with a tiny budget” Perplexity Sonar · 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.