Leader
56Heralded Score, range 45–69
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
Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.
| Rank | Brand | Rank change | Heralded Score All | AI | Score trend | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  AWS US | New entry | 56 , range 45–69 | 56#1 | 56
| 69% | 18% | | First reading | |
| 2 | | New entry | 44 , range 37–56 | 44#2 | 44
| 50% | 12% | | First reading | |
| 3 | | New entry | 44 , range 36–57 | 44#3 | 44
| 43% | 20% | | First reading | |
| 4 | | New entry | 42 , range 35–53 | 42#4 | 42
| 44% | 14% |  | First reading | |
| 5 | | New entry | 38 , range 31–48 | 38#5 | 38
| 31% | 16% | | First reading | |
| 6 | | New entry | 34 , range 21–44 | 34#6 | 34
| 24% | 13% | | First reading | |
| 7 | | New entry | 33 , range 14–42 | 33#7 | 33
| 20% | 12% | | First reading | |
| 8 | | New entry | 30 , range 8–39 | 30#8 | 30
| 15% | 10% | | First reading | |
| 9 | | New entry | 27 , range 7–38 | 27#9 | 27
| 16% | 8% | | First reading | |
| 10 | | New entry | 26 , range 7–38 | 26#10 | 26
| 16% | 7% | | 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 gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| best cloud hosting platform for independent developers | English | |
| cloud hosting for small software teams | English | |
| how can a developer host an app without managing servers | English | AWS, |
| 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
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
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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.