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 | Heralded Score | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AWS US | 84 , range 78–88 | 91% | 56% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | 79 , range 73–84 | 86% | 45% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | 78 , range 72–83 | 81% | 48% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | 67 , range 53–75 | 60% | 39% | | First reading | |
| 5 | | 45 , range 38–56 | 39% | 26% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | 43 , range 36–52 | 34% | 25% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | 37 , range 31–45 | 29% | 17% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | 32 , range 24–40 | 21% | 14% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | 30 , range 20–37 | 18% | 10% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | 27 , range 19–35 | 21% | 4% | | 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.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Brand site | 20.8% | 4 of 4 | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | | Brand site | 18.8% | 3 of 4 | 14 | 12 |
| 3 | amazon.com | Brand site | 18.8% | 4 of 4 | 22 | 3 |
| 4 | | Brand site | 12.5% | 3 of 4 | 15 | 2 |
| 5 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 6 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 7 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 8 | | Brand site | 10.4% | 1 of 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | | Brand site | 5.2% | 2 of 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | 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.