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

Leader

AWS

45Heralded Score, range 29–70

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 All AI Search Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Hostnet NL Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– HostON Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Hostrunway Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Hostzop IN Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Hypernode NL Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Hyve Managed Hosting GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– InMotion Hosting US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– iomart GB Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Kamatera US Unranked Too few answers Not measured 3= #22
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  • : Unranked
2% 2% None First reading
– Keliweb IT Unranked Too few answers Not measured 0= #28
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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. 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 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

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
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

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.

How the leaderboards are measured