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The most visible cloud hosting platforms in Romania, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Romania in Romanian and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 120 answers read

Leader

AWS

76%of answers name it

Most cited source

amazon.com

41citations

From Google AI Mode and ChatGPT

Where engines disagree most

Microsoft Azure

2/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT, not on Google AI Mode and Gemini

Brands

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1 AWS US New entry 63 , range 54–72
63
  • : score 63 · #1
 76% 24% First reading
2 DigitalOcean US New entry 54 , range 46–65
54
  • : score 54 · #2
 54% 31% First reading
3 Google Cloud US New entry 49 , range 43–59
49
  • : score 49 · #3
 57% 18% First reading
4 Microsoft Azure US New entry 46 , range 40–53
46
  • : score 46 · #4
 50% 16% First reading
5 Hetzner DE New entry 42 , range 36–49
42
  • : score 42 · #5
 33% 23% First reading
6 Render US New entry 35 , range 30–42
35
  • : score 35 · #6
 24% 16% First reading
7 Vercel US New entry 34 , range 25–40
34
  • : score 34 · #7
 22% 12% First reading
8 Railway US New entry 27 , range 9–35
27
  • : score 27 · #8
 15% 9% First reading
9 Cloudways MT New entry 26 , range 9–35
26
  • : score 26 · #9
 14% 9% First reading
10 Fly.io US New entry 14 , range 7–32
14
  • : score 14 · #10
 13% 4% 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
1 amazon.com Brand site 15.8% 2 of 4 36 4
2 google.com Brand site 12.5% 2 of 4 21 4
3 digitalocean.com Brand site 10.8% 3 of 4 13 11
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5 hetzner.com Brand site 8.3% 2 of 4 7 1
6 microsoft.com Brand site 9.2% 4 of 4 12 1
7 cyberfolks.ro Vendor site 6.7% 3 of 4 5 3
8 reddit.com Community 5.8% 2 of 4 5 16
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The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
care este cea mai bună platformă de găzduire cloud pentru startup-uri Romanian AWS and Google Cloud, tied
găzduire cloud pentru magazine online mici Romanian BTS Telecom and Cloudways, tied
cum poate un startup să-și țină aplicația online fără întreruperi Romanian AWS
cum găzduiesc un magazin online care primește mai mulți vizitatori Romanian AWS, Cloudways, DigitalOcean, Google Cloud, Hetzner and WP Engine, tied
server propriu sau găzduire cloud pentru startup-uri Romanian DigitalOcean and Hetzner, tied
server dedicat sau cloud pentru magazine online mici Romanian Hetzner
alternative la găzduirea pe server dedicat pentru magazine online Romanian Hostinger and SiteGround, tied
alternative la serverele locale pentru aplicațiile unei firme mici Romanian AWS
conduc un startup mic și am nevoie de găzduire cloud cu costuri lunare previzibile Romanian DigitalOcean and Hetzner, tied
am un magazin online cu trafic sezonier și caut resurse cloud flexibile Romanian AWS, DigitalOcean and Google Cloud, tied

Each engine's top three

Method

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