Leader
92%of answers name it
The most visible B2C cloud hosting platforms on Gemini, October 2026
Most cited source
10citations
From Gemini
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 | 86 , range 74–93 | 92% | 63% | | First reading | |
| = 1#1 overall | | 86 , range 74–93 | 88% | 67% | | First reading | |
| 3#4 overall | | 77 , range 58–87 | 75% | 50% | | First reading | |
| 4#7 overall | | 41 , range 29–63 | 33% | 21% | | First reading | |
| 5#8 overall | | 36 , range 22–54 | 25% | 17% | None | First reading | |
| 6#9 overall | | 34 , range 22–49 | 33% | 4% | None | First reading | |
| 7#10 overall | | 32 , range 17–48 | 21% | 13% | | First reading | |
| 8#11 overall | | 30 , range 15–46 | 17% | 13% | None | First reading | |
| 9#14 overall | | 23 , range 14–41 | 21% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 0% | 0% | | 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 | 41.7% | 1 of 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 3 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 4 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 5 | amazon.com | Brand site | 8.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 7 | | Vendor site | 8.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | | Vendor site | 8.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | | Community | 8.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 and |
| cloud hosting that integrates with Terraform | English | No brand recommended |
| cloud hosting with GDPR-compliant hosting | English | AWS |
| cloud hosting for media | English | |
| most reliable cloud hosting | English | AWS, |
Each engine's top three
Gemini
- = 1
- = 1
DigitalOcean
- 3
Vultr
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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.