Which tools are used for API?
Asked "Which tools are used for API?", ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Perplexity named 63 distinct tools across 15 answers on September 7, 2026, and 33 of them in two or more answers, and all 5 engines agreed on Postman, the only tool every engine named.
33 of 63 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 15 answers · asked September 7, 2026 · 5 engines
API tools are used for designing, testing, debugging, documenting, and monitoring APIs, and they include tools such as Postman, Swagger, and Insomnia for API development and testing, as well as tools like Kong and Apigee for API gateway and management.
- 1Postmannamed in 14 of 15 answers
- 2Insomnianamed in 13 of 15 answers
- 3Brunonamed in 11 of 15 answers
- 4Hoppscotchnamed in 9 of 15 answers
- 5Stoplightnamed in 8 of 15 answers
- 6Swaggernamed in 7 of 15 answers
- 7Apigeenamed in 7 of 15 answers
- 8SoapUInamed in 6 of 15 answers
- 9Swagger UInamed in 6 of 15 answers
- 10K6named in 6 of 15 answers
- 11Kongnamed in 6 of 15 answers
- 12Redocnamed in 5 of 15 answers
- 13cURLnamed in 5 of 15 answers
- 14MuleSoftnamed in 5 of 15 answers
- 15Apache JMeternamed in 5 of 15 answers
- 16AWS API Gatewaynamed in 5 of 15 answers
- 17REST Assurednamed in 4 of 15 answers
- 18Zapiernamed in 4 of 15 answers
- 19HTTPienamed in 4 of 15 answers
- 20SwaggerHubnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 21OpenAPInamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 22Thunder Clientnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 23Hurlnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 24Workatonamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 25OWASP ZAPnamed in 3 of 15 answers
The full measurement
- The position each of the 5 engines gave all 63 names.
- How many of the 15 answers named each of them.
- 227 sampled observations behind this ranking, and where the engines disagree.
- Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
- Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.