Leader
88%of answers name it
The most visible B2B and B2C cloud hosting platforms on Google AI Mode, October 2026
Most cited source
11citations
From Google AI Mode
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 | | 76 , range 60–85 | 88% | 42% | | First reading | |
| 2#2 overall |  AWS US | 75 , range 58–84 | 88% | 38% | | First reading | |
| 3#5 overall | | 44 , range 33–64 | 42% | 21% | | First reading | |
| 4#7 overall | | 41 , range 31–60 | 29% | 25% | | First reading | |
| 5#8 overall | | 31 , range 7–46 | 17% | 13% | | First reading | |
| 6#10 overall | | 21 , range 3–42 | 13% | 8% | | First reading | |
| = 7#11 overall | | 21 , range 4–42 | 17% | 4% | | First reading | |
| = 7#11 overall | | 21 , range 4–42 | 17% | 4% | | First reading | |
| 9#14 overall | | 13 , range 2–40 | 13% | 4% | 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 | | Community | 37.5% | 1 of 4 | 10 | 16 |
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 | No brand recommended |
| 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 | |
| most reliable cloud hosting | English | AWS, |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
DigitalOcean
- 2
- 3
Hetzner
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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.