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The most visible cloud hosting platforms in Italy, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Italy in Italian 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

50%of answers name it

Most cited source

youtube.com

13citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Render

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
– Qovery FR Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
 0% 0% None First reading
– Rackone Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
 4% 2% None First reading
– Rackspace Technology US Unranked Too few answers
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  • : Unranked
 0% 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
 1% 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
 1% 1% None First reading
– Scaleway FR 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
 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.

Drop-outs

No drop-outs.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
11 rackone.it Consultancy 3.3% 1 of 4 2 Not read
12 slashdot.org Media 1.7% 1 of 4 2 Not read
13 10web.io Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
14 accrets.com Consultancy 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
15 ai4business.it Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
16 akashrajpurohit.com Community 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
17 antoniodecarlo.it Consultancy 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
18 aranzulla.it Media 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
19 artsyltech.com Vendor site 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read
20 arunangshudas.com Community 1.7% 1 of 4 1 Not read

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
best cloud hosting platform for independent developers English DigitalOcean, Railway, Render and Vercel, tied
cloud hosting for small software teams English DigitalOcean
how can a developer host an app without managing servers English AWS, Firebase, Google Cloud, Netlify and Vercel, tied
how to keep a startup website online as traffic grows English AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, tied
managed cloud hosting vs self-managed servers for startups English AWS, Hetzner, Render 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