Leader
50%of answers name it
The most visible cloud hosting platforms in Italy, October 2026
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.
Most cited source
29citations
From ChatGPT
Where engines disagree most
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| = 54 | ZEROLAG | New entry | 0 , range 0–73 | 0
| 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
151 new entries
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- DigitalOcean
- SiteGround
- Cloudways
- Bluehost
- InMotion Hosting
- Microsoft Azure
- Hostinger
- Namecheap
- Liquid Web
- ScalaHosting
- Vercel
- Render
- Hetzner
- WP Engine
- Railway
- Netlify
- DreamHost
- Cloudflare Workers
- Shellrent
- Cloudflare Pages
- A2 Hosting
- LimeNetwork
- Rackone
- IONOS
- Oracle Cloud
- Host.it
- Hosting.com
- Serverplan
- Vultr
- GoDaddy
- OVHcloud
- Akamai Linode
- Aruba
- Retelit
- Fly.io
- Seeweb
- Keliweb
- Firebase
- Alibaba Cloud
- Heroku
- Kamatera
- Scaleway
- Ergonet
- Northflank
- Elementor Hosting
- Infomaniak
- Servers.com by Nexcess
- Contabo
- HostArmada
- HostGator
- Rackspace Technology
- 123 Reg
- 20i
- 34SP.com
- Alfahosting
- alwaysdata
- Antagonist
- Arsys
- Axarnet
- BTS Telecom
- cdmon
- centron
- Cherry Servers
- Chroot
- Chroot.ro
- Civo
- ClausWeb
- Clever Cloud
- Cloud Temple
- Cloud86
- Cloudify.ro
- Clouding.io
- Combell
- Creoline
- cyber_Folks
- Cyso Cloud
- DataHost
- DataRav Cloud Hosting
- Dinahosting
- dogado
- DonDominio
- ElfHosted
- Exoscale
- Fasthosts
- Gandi
- Gazduire.Net
- Găzduire.ro
- GitHub Pages
- GTS Telecom
- HelpSpot
- Hostico
- Hostinet
- Hosting.nl
- Hostnet
- HostON
- Hostrunway
- Hostzop
- Hypernode
- Hyve Managed Hosting
- Ikoula
- iomart
- Kloudbean
- KnownHost
- Krystal
- Latitude.sh
- Leaseweb
- LowPings
- LWS
- M247
- MassiveGRID
- maxcluster
- mijn.host
- mittwald
- Mythic Beasts
- Namebox
- Netalia
- netcup
- Netsons
- Nexcess
- Nominalia
- NSHost
- o2switch
- One.com
- Outscale
- phoenixNAP
- PlanetHoster
- Pulsant
- Qovery
- Raiola Networks
- Register.it
- ROMARG
- Scalingo
- Serverspace
- Sideralia
- Snel.com
- STACKIT
- Stackscale
- STRATO
- SupportHost
- Tophost
- TransIP
- UltaHost
- UpCloud
- VHosting
- Virtono
- Webempresa
- WebFactor
- WPServeur
- ZEROLAG
Drop-outs
No drop-outs.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | | Media | 6.7% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 13 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 14 | | Brand site | 5.0% | 3 of 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 16 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 17 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 18 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 19 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 20 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
The questions, and who wins each
| Question | Language | Wins it |
|---|---|---|
| Qual è la migliore piattaforma di cloud hosting per startup? | Italian |  AWS, |
| Cloud hosting per piccoli negozi online | Italian | |
| Come può una startup mantenere la propria app online senza interruzioni? | Italian | AWS and |
| Come posso ospitare un negozio online che sta ricevendo sempre più visite? | Italian | AWS and |
| Server interni o cloud hosting per startup? | Italian | AWS |
| Server dedicato o cloud hosting per piccoli negozi online? | Italian | No brand recommended |
| Alternative all’hosting su server dedicati per negozi online | Italian | |
| Alternative ai server on-premise per le app di una piccola impresa | Italian | No brand recommended |
| Gestisco una piccola startup e cerco un servizio di cloud hosting con costi mensili prevedibili | Italian | |
| Ho un negozio online con traffico stagionale e cerco risorse cloud flessibili | Italian | |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
- 2
DigitalOcean
- 3
Render
Gemini
- = 1
- = 1
- 3
Google Cloud
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
- 3
ChatGPT
- 1
- 2
- 3
Microsoft Azure
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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.