The most visible B2B and B2C cloud hosting platforms on Google AI Mode in Romania, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Romania in Romanian and English · Google AI Mode · 30 answers read

Leader

AWS

83%of answers name it

Most cited source

google.com

3citations

From Google AI Mode

Where engines disagree most

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Brands

Rank Brand Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1#1 overall AWS US 70 , range 50–78 83% 20% First reading
2#2 overall DigitalOcean US 63 , range 44–77 63% 30% First reading
3#4 overall Render US 40 , range 30–59 37% 17% First reading
4#5 overall Hetzner DE 38 , range 26–54 27% 20% First reading
= 5#7 overall Akamai Linode US 32 , range 18–46 20% 13% First reading
= 5#7 overall Vercel US 32 , range 19–46 27% 7% First reading
7#11 overall Railway US 23 , range 12–39 17% 3% First reading
= 8#12 overall Hostinger LT 20 , range 10–38 10% 7% None First reading
= 8#12 overall Netlify US 20 , range 11–37 13% 3% First reading
= 8#12 overall Vultr US 20 , range 10–38 10% 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. 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
1 google.com Brand site 6.7% 1 of 4 3 1
2 hostico.ro Brand site 10.0% 1 of 4 2 1
3 instawp.com Vendor site 10.0% 1 of 4 1 8
4 reddit.com Community 10.0% 1 of 4 3 7
5Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
6 amazon.com Brand site 3.3% 1 of 4 2 1
7Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it.
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10 devopsschool.com Reference 6.7% 1 of 4 1 6

The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
care este cea mai bună platformă de găzduire cloud pentru startup-uri Romanian AWS and DigitalOcean, tied
găzduire cloud pentru magazine online mici Romanian No brand recommended
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, DigitalOcean and Hetzner, tied
server propriu sau găzduire cloud pentru startup-uri Romanian No brand recommended
server dedicat sau cloud pentru magazine online mici Romanian ClausWeb and Hetzner, tied
alternative la găzduirea pe server dedicat pentru magazine online Romanian Hostinger and SiteGround, tied
alternative la serverele locale pentru aplicațiile unei firme mici Romanian No brand recommended
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 No brand recommended

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.

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