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API management · October 2026 Edition

Zuplo vs Postman

One of fourteen models named Zuplo first on the direct prompt; zero named Postman. Zuplo was named by nine of the fourteen models and Postman by eleven and Zuplo carries 14 labels and Postman 16, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Zuplo

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

Postman

accepted challenger

Named in two categories this edition.

First-choice share10%5%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%6%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1416A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Zuplo 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 Zuplo · Kong Gateway vs Postman · Tyk vs Zuplo

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.
ZuploFirst choices, of fourteen modelsPostman
Direct10
Paraphrase23
Comparative001 against Postman
Budget-constrained20
Scale-constrained10
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, Zuplo and Postman were named in the same answer twenty-one times, of the 156 answers naming Zuplo and the 88 naming Postman. In those answers Postman took the first choice two times and Zuplo seven.

Every model, every framing

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

The direct prompt

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

Zuplo first, Postman not the choice

1 of 14 modelsPostman 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

3 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
DeepSeek V4 FlashKong Gateway alternatives: Axway Amplify API Management, Azure API Management, Postman
MiniMax M2.5Apigee, Azure API Management alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Kong Gateway, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, Postman, Tyk

Neither was named

10 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
Kimi K2Boomi, Kong Gateway alternatives: Azure API Management, Gravitee
GLM 4.7 FlashXKong Gateway alternatives: Amazon API Gateway, Apigee, Azure API Management, Gravitee
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
Zuplo leads by sixteen points.
Zuplo25%#2 of 13
Postman8%#5 of 13
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Zuplo leads by five points.
Zuplo10%#4 of 12
Postman5%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Zuplo0%#– of 10
Postman0%#– of 10
The full enterprise standing →

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

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.