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The most visible cloud hosting platforms in Germany, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Germany in German 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

48%of answers name it

Most cited source

amazon.com

25citations

From Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Microsoft Azure

1/4engines put it in their top three

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

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
= 38 UltaHost US New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 0% 0% None First reading
= 38 UpCloud FI New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 1% 0% None First reading
= 38 VHosting IT New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 0% 0% None First reading
= 38 Virtono RO New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 0% 0% None First reading
= 38 Webempresa New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 0% 0% None First reading
= 38 WebFactor New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 0% 0% None First reading
= 38 webgo New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 1% 0% None First reading
= 38 webhostone DE New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 1% 1% None First reading
= 38 wnm-systems New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 1% 0% None First reading
= 38 WP Engine US New entry 0 , range 0–71
0
  • : score 0 · #38
 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.

Biggest risers

No clear rise.

Biggest fallers

No clear fall.

New entries

162 new entries

Drop-outs

No drop-outs.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 amazon.com Brand site 18.3% 2 of 4 24 1
2Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
3 google.com Brand site 15.0% 3 of 4 13 1
4 hetzner.com Brand site 16.7% 3 of 4 7 1
5 digitalocean.com Brand site 8.3% 2 of 4 9 5
6Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
7 reddit.com Community 10.0% 2 of 4 7 Not read
8 shopware.com Brand site 5.0% 2 of 4 7 Not read
9 vercel.com Brand site 6.7% 1 of 4 4 1
10 microsoft.com Brand site 5.0% 1 of 4 5 Not read

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
best cloud hosting platform for independent developers English Hetzner
cloud hosting for small software teams English Hetzner
how can a developer host an app without managing servers English Render and Vercel, tied
how to keep a startup website online as traffic grows English AWS
managed cloud hosting vs self-managed servers for startups English No brand recommended

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