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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

dbggr.dev

2citations

From 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
1 AWS US New entry 56 , range 34–72
56
  • : score 56 · #1
 48% 13% None First reading
2 Google Cloud US New entry 44 , range 24–64
44
  • : score 44 · #2
 37% 8% None First reading
3 Hetzner DE New entry 39 , range 24–65
39
  • : score 39 · #3
 32% 13% None First reading
4 Microsoft Azure US New entry 30 , range 21–59
30
  • : score 30 · #4
 28% 7% None First reading
5 DigitalOcean US New entry 28 , range 20–57
28
  • : score 28 · #5
 24% 6% None First reading
6 Vercel US New entry 23 , range 19–55
23
  • : score 23 · #6
 20% 8% None First reading
7 Render US New entry 22 , range 14–54
22
  • : score 22 · #7
 15% 8% None First reading
8 Cloudflare Workers US New entry 21 , range 4–50
21
  • : score 21 · #8
 13% 2% None First reading
9 IONOS DE New entry 18 , range 5–50
18
  • : score 18 · #9
 14% 1% None First reading
10 Railway US New entry 18 , range 5–51
18
  • : score 18 · #10
 10% 5% 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
11 xda-developers.com Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
Welche Cloud-Hosting-Plattform eignet sich am besten für Start-ups? German AWS, Google Cloud, Hetzner and Microsoft Azure, tied
Cloud-Hosting für kleine Onlineshops German Creoline, Hetzner, rack::SPEED and webhostone, tied
Wie kann ein Start-up seine App ohne Unterbrechungen online halten? German AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, tied
Wie hoste ich einen Onlineshop, der immer mehr Besucher bekommt? German Raidboxes
Eigener Server oder Cloud-Hosting für Start-ups? German AWS
Dedizierter Server oder Cloud-Hosting für kleine Onlineshops? German No brand recommended
Alternativen zum Hosting auf dedizierten Servern für Onlineshops German No brand recommended
Alternativen zu lokalen Servern für die Apps eines kleinen Unternehmens German No brand recommended
Ich betreibe ein kleines Start-up und brauche Cloud-Hosting mit planbaren monatlichen Kosten German Hetzner
Ich habe einen Onlineshop mit saisonal schwankendem Traffic und suche flexible Cloud-Ressourcen German AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Vercel, tied

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