Leader
53Heralded Score, range 29–71
The most visible cloud hosting platforms in Netherlands, October 2026
Most cited source
7citations
From Google AI Mode, Gemini and Google AI Overviews
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 All | AI | Search | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AWS US | New entry | 53 , range 29–71 | 56#1 | 49#1 | 53
| 47% | 13% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 43 , range 23–62 | 44#2 | 41#3 | 43
| 34% | 9% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 43 , range 23–63 | 44#3 | 40#4 | 43
| 29% | 14% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 38 , range 22–60 | 42#4 | 30#10 | 38
| 30% | 9% |  | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 28 , range 9–52 | 33#7 | 20#14 | 28
| 14% | 9% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 24 , range 20–39 | 38#5 | 0= #48 | 24
| 19% | 10% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 22 , range 13–37 | 34#6 | 0= #48 | 22
| 15% | 8% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 19 , range 5–33 | 30#8 | 0= #48 | 19
| 9% | 6% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 18 , range 5–40 | 26#10 | 5#32 | 18
| 11% | 5% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 18 , range 4–44 | 24#13 | 8= #24 | 18
| 10% | 5% | | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | | Review site | 5.0% | 2 of 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | | Media | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | | Vendor site | 3.3% | 2 of 4 | 1 | Not read |
| 14 | | Media | 3.3% | 2 of 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | | Vendor site | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 16 | | Review site | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 2 | Not read |
| 17 | | Reference | 3.3% | 2 of 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 18 | | Consultancy | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | instawp.com | Vendor site | 3.3% | 2 of 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 20 | | Community | 1.7% | 1 of 4 | 2 | Not read |
Questions asked
| Question | Language | Most recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Wat is het beste cloudhostingplatform voor startups? | Dutch | AWS and |
| Cloudhosting voor kleine webwinkels | Dutch | |
| Hoe kan een startup zijn app zonder onderbrekingen online houden? | Dutch | AWS, |
| Hoe host ik een webwinkel die steeds meer bezoekers krijgt? | Dutch | |
| Eigen servers of cloudhosting voor startups? | Dutch | |
| Dedicated server of cloudhosting voor kleine webwinkels? | Dutch | No brand recommended |
| Alternatieven voor dedicated serverhosting voor webwinkels | Dutch | |
| Alternatieven voor servers op locatie voor de apps van een klein bedrijf | Dutch | No brand recommended |
| Ik run een kleine startup en zoek cloudhosting met voorspelbare maandelijkse kosten | Dutch | |
| Ik heb een webwinkel met seizoensgebonden verkeer en zoek flexibele cloudresources | Dutch | |
Each engine's top three
Google AI Mode
- 1
DigitalOcean
- 2
- 3
Render
Gemini
- 1
- 2
Google Cloud
- 3
Fly.io
Google AI Overviews
- 1
- 2
- 3
Microsoft Azure
ChatGPT
- 1
- 2
- 3
Related leaderboards
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.