The most visible cloud hosting platforms in France, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from France in French and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

AI: how the engines answer the board's questions; Search: Google's top 10 for the questions' demand keywords; All: both combined. How the Heralded Score works.

Leader

AWS

47%of answers name it

Most cited source

youtube.com

10citations

From Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

DigitalOcean

1/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Mode, not on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Rackspace Technology US Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Raiola Networks ES Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Register.it Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Retelit IT Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– ROMARG RO Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– ScalaHosting US Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Scalingo FR Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
1% 0% None First reading
– Seeweb IT Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Serverplan IT Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Servers.com by Nexcess NL Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
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.

This month's moves

First reading. No comparable previous month yet.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 youtube.com Social 10.0% 1 of 4 8 Not read
2 lafabriquedunet.fr Review site 10.0% 3 of 4 5 3
3 shopify.com Vendor site 5.0% 3 of 4 5 Not read
4 woocommerce.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 5 Not read
5 codeur.com Directory 6.7% 3 of 4 1 7
6 cyber.gouv.fr Regulator 1.7% 1 of 4 4 Not read
7 free-work.com Directory 6.7% 2 of 4 1 11
8 cnil.fr Regulator 3.3% 1 of 4 3 Not read
9 freelance-stack.io Directory 5.0% 2 of 4 2 8
10 lesnumeriques.com Media 5.0% 2 of 4 2 4

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
Quelle est la meilleure plateforme d’hébergement cloud pour une startup ? French DigitalOcean
Hébergement cloud pour les petites boutiques en ligne French OVHcloud
Comment une startup peut-elle assurer la disponibilité de son application sans interruption ? French No brand recommended
Comment héberger une boutique en ligne qui attire de plus en plus de visiteurs ? French No brand recommended
Serveur interne ou hébergement cloud pour une startup ? French No brand recommended
Serveur dédié ou hébergement cloud pour une petite boutique en ligne ? French OVHcloud
Quelles sont les alternatives à l’hébergement sur serveur dédié pour une boutique en ligne ? French No brand recommended
Quelles alternatives aux serveurs sur site pour les applications d’une petite entreprise ? French No brand recommended
Je dirige une petite startup et je cherche un hébergement cloud avec des coûts mensuels prévisibles. French OVHcloud
J’ai une boutique en ligne avec un trafic saisonnier et je cherche des ressources cloud flexibles. French AWS

Each engine's top three

Method

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.

How the leaderboards are measured