Leader
54Heralded Score, range 46–68
The most visible cloud hosting platforms in Europe, October 2026
Most cited source
10citations
From 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 All | AI | Search | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AWS US | New entry | 54 , range 46–68 | 60#1 | 45#1 | 54
| 50% | 14% | None | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 46 , range 38–60 | 48#2 | 43#2 | 46
| 40% | 10% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 37 , range 29–58 | 46#3 | 21#6 | 37
| 30% | 15% | None | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 36 , range 27–55 | 41#4 | 26#4 | 36
| 29% | 8% | None | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 26 , range 22–52 | 37#5 | 8#11 | 26
| 18% | 11% | None | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 24 , range 21–50 | 37#6 | 1#57 | 24
| 18% | 10% | None | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 23 , range 21–50 | 36#7 | 1= #64 | 23
| 16% | 11% | None | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 23 , range 16–48 | 31#9 | 9#10 | 23
| 12% | 7% | None | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 20 , range 15–45 | 31#8 | 1= #64 | 20
| 11% | 8% | None | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 20 , range 11–46 | 29#10 | 4#30 | 20
| 14% | 2% | 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. AI and Search give each brand’s score and rank on that side alone. 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 | | Review site | 2.4% | 1 of 4 | 8 | Not read |
| 2 | | Review site | 1.4% | 3 of 4 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | | Review site | 1.4% | 3 of 4 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | | Review site | 1.0% | 1 of 4 | 2 | Not read |
| 5 | | Review site | 1.2% | 1 of 4 | 2 | Not read |
| 6 | | Review site | 1.0% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | | Review site | 0.7% | 1 of 4 | 1 | Not read |
| 8 | | Review site | 0.7% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | | Review site | 0.5% | 2 of 4 | 2 | Not read |
| 10 | | Review site | 0.5% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 2 |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| care este cea mai bună platformă de găzduire cloud pentru startup-uri | Romanian | AWS, |
| găzduire cloud pentru magazine online mici | Romanian | BTS Telecom, |
| cum poate un startup să-și țină aplicația online fără întreruperi | Romanian | AWS |
| cum găzduiesc un magazin online care primește mai mulți vizitatori | Romanian | AWS, |
| server propriu sau găzduire cloud pentru startup-uri | Romanian | AWS, |
| server dedicat sau cloud pentru magazine online mici | Romanian | Chroot, |
| alternative la găzduirea pe server dedicat pentru magazine online | Romanian | No brand recommended |
| alternative la serverele locale pentru aplicațiile unei firme mici | Romanian | AWS, |
| conduc un startup mic și am nevoie de găzduire cloud cu costuri lunare previzibile | Romanian | |
| am un magazin online cu trafic sezonier și caut resurse cloud flexibile | Romanian | AWS, |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
- 2
DigitalOcean
- 3
Google Cloud
Gemini
- 1
- 2
- 3
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
- 3
ChatGPT
- 1
- 2
- 3
Microsoft Azure
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Method
Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.
For the AI side, 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.