Leader
91%of answers name it
The most visible cloud hosting platforms, October 2026
Most cited source
34citations
From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews
Where engines disagree most
1/4engines put it in their top three
Top three on ChatGPT, not on Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews
Brands
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AWS US | New entry | 83 , range 77–88 | 83
| 91% | 59% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 77 , range 70–82 | 77
| 87% | 44% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 75 , range 67–81 | 75
| 79% | 46% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 66 , range 54–74 | 66
| 64% | 40% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 43 , range 36–51 | 43
| 35% | 23% | None | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 40 , range 34–48 | 40
| 29% | 21% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 38 , range 32–46 | 38
| 28% | 18% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 35 , range 26–42 | 35
| 22% | 15% | None | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 27 , range 9–36 | 27
| 20% | 4% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 27 , range 9–36 | 27
| 15% | 8% | None | First reading |
“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.
This month's moves
First reading. No comparable previous month yet.
Biggest risers
No clear rise.
Biggest fallers
No clear fall.
New entries
Drop-outs
No drop-outs.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 12 | | Vendor site | 1.0% | 1 of 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 14 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 15 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 16 | | Vendor site | 1.0% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | | Vendor site | 1.0% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 19 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 20 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
The questions, and who wins each
| Question | Language | Wins it |
|---|---|---|
| best cloud hosting for a software company | English | AWS and |
| cloud hosting recommendations for a platform engineer | English | AWS |
| top cloud hosting | English | AWS, |
| how to choose cloud hosting | English | |
| what to look for in cloud hosting | English | No brand recommended |
| cloud hosting for a team of 20 to 200 | English | AWS |
| cloud hosting that integrates with Terraform | English | AWS and |
| cloud hosting with GDPR-compliant hosting | English | AWS, |
| cloud hosting for media | English | AWS and |
| most reliable cloud hosting | English | AWS |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
DigitalOcean
- 2
- 3
Google Cloud
Gemini
- = 1
- = 1
- 3
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
- 3
ChatGPT
- 1
- 2
- 3
Microsoft Azure
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Method
Each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.