Leader
83%of answers name it
The most visible American cloud hosting platforms on Google AI Overviews, October 2026
Most cited source
29citations
From Google AI Overviews
Where engines disagree most
One engine
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Brands
| Rank | Brand | Heralded Score | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1#1 overall |  AWS US | 75 , range 57–85 | 83% | 42% | | First reading | |
| 2#2 overall | | 73 , range 55–83 | 83% | 38% | | First reading | |
| 3#3 overall | | 63 , range 47–77 | 79% | 21% | | First reading | |
| 4#6 overall | | 44 , range 34–64 | 46% | 17% | | First reading | |
| 5#7 overall | | 33 , range 9–48 | 21% | 13% | | First reading | |
| 6#8 overall | | 31 , range 7–46 | 21% | 8% | | First reading | |
| 7#9 overall | | 29 , range 5–44 | 17% | 8% | None | First reading | |
| 8#11 overall | | 21 , range 3–42 | 13% | 8% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 0% | 0% | | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 0% | 0% | 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.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Social | 62.5% | 1 of 4 | 16 | Not read |
| 2 | | Brand site | 29.2% | 1 of 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 4 | | Community | 25.0% | 1 of 4 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | | Brand site | 20.8% | 1 of 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 7 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 8 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 9 | | Media | 12.5% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 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, |
| cloud hosting recommendations for a platform engineer | English | AWS and |
| 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 | No brand recommended |
| cloud hosting with GDPR-compliant hosting | English | No brand recommended |
| cloud hosting for media | English | No brand recommended |
| most reliable cloud hosting | English | |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
DigitalOcean
- 3
Google Cloud
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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.