Leader
83%of answers name it
The most visible B2B and B2C cloud hosting platforms on Google AI Mode in Romania, October 2026
Most cited source
3citations
From Google AI Mode
Where engines disagree most
One engine
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Brands
| Rank | Brand | Heralded Score | Mentioned | Recommended | By engine | Mentioned by | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11#16 overall | | 8 , range 2–37 | 10% | 3% | None | First reading | |
| – |  AWS Lightsail US | Too few answers | 0% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 3% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 3% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 0% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 3% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 7% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 7% | 0% | | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 7% | 0% | None | First reading | |
| – | | Too few answers | 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.
Most cited sources
| Rank | Source | Type | Cited in | Engines | Pages cited | Brands its pages mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Brand site | 6.7% | 1 of 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | | Brand site | 10.0% | 1 of 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 |  instawp.com | Vendor site | 10.0% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | | Community | 10.0% | 1 of 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 6 | amazon.com | Brand site | 3.3% | 1 of 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 8 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 9 | Withheld. Run a full Snapshot to see it. | |||||
| 10 | | Reference | 6.7% | 1 of 4 | 1 | 6 |
The questions, and who wins each
| Question | Language | Wins it |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | No brand recommended |
| 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
- 2
DigitalOcean
- 3
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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.