Cloud hosting
Asked as “cloud hosting provider”, and as “infrastructure-as-a-service cloud”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 45 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
29%
Contested · Microsoft Azure 24%
29Amazon Web Services24Microsoft Azure13DigitalOcean Droplets33others
29% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Cloud is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other eleven models zero times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Amazon Web Services vs KamateraAmazon Web Services vs VultrAmazon Web Services vs CloudwaysAmazon Web Services vs OVHcloudMicrosoft Azure vs DigitalOcean DropletsMicrosoft Azure vs HetznerMicrosoft Azure vs KamateraMicrosoft Azure vs VultrMicrosoft Azure vs CloudwaysMicrosoft Azure vs OVHcloudDigitalOcean Droplets vs HetznerDigitalOcean Droplets vs KamateraDigitalOcean Droplets vs VultrDigitalOcean Droplets vs CloudwaysDigitalOcean Droplets vs OVHcloudHetzner vs KamateraHetzner vs VultrHetzner vs CloudwaysHetzner vs OVHcloudKamatera vs VultrKamatera vs CloudwaysKamatera vs OVHcloudVultr vs CloudwaysVultr vs OVHcloudCloudways vs OVHcloud
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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Key
01Amazon Web Services29%
Amazon Web Services29%02Microsoft Azure24%
Microsoft Azure24%03DigitalOcean Droplets13%
DigitalOcean Droplets13%04Hetzner9%
Hetzner9%05Kamatera4%
Kamatera4%06Vultr2%
Vultr2%07Cloudways2%
Cloudways2%08OVHcloud2%
OVHcloud2%09Google Cloud0%
Google Cloud0%10Akamai Connected Cloud0%
Akamai Connected Cloud0%11Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%12Azure0%
Azure0%What they warned about
Five of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Bluehost100%
7 of 7 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“Oversold shared/cloud servers lead to poor performance/uptime; notorious for slow support, outages” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
HostGator
88%
7 of 8 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“HostGator and Bluehost are commonly listed by reviewers and community posts as hosts to avoid” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Newfold Digital
100%
7 of 7 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“EIG is known for overloading servers, leading to slow performance, major outages, and poor customer support” Mistral Small, negative prompt
OVHcloud47%
7 of 15 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“criticized for various reasons such as poor customer service, slow performance, major outages, and privacy intrusion” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
57 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 765 links across 297 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
21 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean17 answers · 26 citations · 8 models
17 answers · 17 citations · 9 models
16 answers · 33 citations · 9 models
14 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Atlantic.Net11 answers · 12 citations · 8 models
10 answers · 40 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Guideflow8 answers · 8 citations · 6 models
8 answers · 8 citations · 5 models
8 answers · 8 citations · 5 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
18 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
8 answers · 4 models
8 answers · 5 models
8 answers · 5 models
7 answers · 7 models
7 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best cloud hosting provider”, “cloud hosting provider”, “cloud hosting providers”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
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| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon Web Services 29% | 29% | 153 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 2 | |
| Microsoft azure.microsoft.com Microsoft Azure 24% | 24% | 107 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| DigitalOcean digitalocean.com DigitalOcean Droplets 13% | 13% | 109 | 74,000 | 942 | 637,494 company | $82 | 40 | 3 |
| Hetzner hetzner.com | 9% | 62 | 33,100 | 391 | 70,486 | 1 | ||
| Hostinger hostinger.com | 7% | 39 | 201,000 | 1,828 | 496,358 | $18,320 | 118 | 4 |
| Kamatera kamatera.com | 4% | 24 | 4,400 | 43 | 11,619 | $108 | 48 | |
| Rackspace Technology rackspace.com | 4% | 9 | 226,422 | 0 | ||||
| Vultr vultr.com | 2% | 54 | 22,200 | 302 | 81,453 | 95 | ||
| Cloudways cloudways.com | 2% | 26 | 12,100 | 164 | 45,091 | $20 | 26 | 8 |
| IONOS ionos.com | 2% | 20 | 74,000 | 2,041 | 1,543,256 | $26,166 | 117 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 14 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (digitalocean.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best cloud hosting provider” is wp101.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best cloud hosting provider for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which infrastructure-as-a-service cloud would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top cloud hosting providers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best cloud hosting provider for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a cloud hosting provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which cloud hosting providers should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureHeldno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: A2 Hosting, GoDaddy, HostGator, IONOS, Newfold Digital
One alternative
DigitalOcean DropletsOne alternative
Google CloudGPT-5.4 miniAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, VultrAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets, Hetzneragainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloudno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureSix alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
AWS LightsailGemini 3.5 FlashAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureHeldagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web ServicesHetzneragainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCPagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, Heroku, HostGator, HostMonster, Newfold Digital, Render, Vercel, iPage
Four alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Cloudways, Google Cloud, Liquid WebOne alternative
Google CloudSix alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, VultrFive alternatives
Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, Hostinger, Railway, RenderThree alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, VultrPerplexity SonarCloudwaysAmazon Web ServicesChangedAmazon Web ServicesHostingerno first choiceagainst: Bluehost, Cloudways, Contabo, GoDaddy, HostGator, Newfold Digital, OVHcloud, Rackspace Technology
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Azure, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudSix alternatives
Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Hostinger, Microsoft Azure, VultrFour alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, IONOS, Kamatera, OVHcloudGrok 4.20Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesHetzneragainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCPno first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, Cloudflare, Contabo, DigitalOcean Droplets, Domain.com, Google Cloud, HostGator, OVHcloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Vercel, iPage
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureFour alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, VultrFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Kamatera, VultrMistral SmallAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean DropletsChangedAmazon Web ServicesIONOS, Kamaterano first choiceagainst: 2slick, Alibaba Cloud, Bluehost, EdgeVirt, FatCow, HostMonster, IBM, Just Host, Newfold Digital, OVHcloud, Tencent Cloud, iPage
Four alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Microsoft Azure, VultrThree alternatives
Hetzner, OVHcloud, VultrFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, DreamHost, HetznerDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesChangedAmazon Web ServicesHetzner, Hostingerno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud, CloudServer.net, Contabo, E2E Networks, GoDaddy, IBM, Newfold Digital, OVHcloud
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureSeven alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Hetzner, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureFour alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, IONOS, VultrLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceDigitalOcean DropletsChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Bluehost, EdgeVirt, GoDaddy, HostGator, InMotion Hosting, Newfold Digital, OVHcloud, Rackspace Technology
Three alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, AzureQwen 3.7 FlashAmazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace Technologyagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, VultrMicrosoft AzureChangedagainst: Google Cloudno first choiceDigitalOcean Droplets, Vultragainst: Amazon Web Services, GCPno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azureagainst: Bluehost, Contabo, FatCow, Greencloud, HostGator, Netcup, Network Solutions, OVHcloud
One alternative
Google CloudOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesThree alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Cloudways, HostingerKimi K2Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureHeldagainst: DigitalOcean Droplets, VultrAmazon Web ServicesHostinger, OVHcloudagainst: Amazon Web Servicesno first choiceagainst: AWS/GCP/Azure, CloudCone, Cloudatcost, Cloudways, HostLiger, Hostinger, NexusVM, SurferCloud
Five alternatives
11:11 Systems, Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, RapidScaleTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, VultrFour alternatives
Cloudways, Google Cloud, Kamatera, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Azure, GCPGLM 4.7 FlashXno first choiceMicrosoft AzureChangedno first choiceDigitalOcean Droplets, Kamaterano first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, Arubacloud, Bluehost, Cloudways, FatCow, Hetzner, HostGator, HostMonster, Just Host, Newfold Digital, OVHcloud, Site5, iPage
Eight alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace Technology, RapidScale, VultrTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudFour alternatives
Amazon Web Services, DreamHost, Google Cloud, IONOSMiniMax M2.5Rackspace TechnologyAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Contabo, CreeperCastle, E2E Networks, Play2Go Cloud
Five alternatives
Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Liquid Web, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
Google CloudFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, VultrBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
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| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:00 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:36 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:58 | yes | 6 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:19 | yes | 18 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:29 | yes | 34 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:08 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:43 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:13 | yes | 15 | 74 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:08 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:21 | yes | 23 | 104 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:37 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:53 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:07 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:33 | yes | 13 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:11 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:58 | yes | 33 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:50 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:58 | yes | 18 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:07 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:56 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:08 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:05 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:03 | yes | 5 | 56 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:41 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:57 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:59 | yes | 23 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:18 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:43 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:46 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:54 | yes | 18 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:58 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:56 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:51 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:26 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:04 | yes | 5 | 75 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:02 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:01 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:26 | yes | 10 | 20 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:06 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:46 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:10 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:19 | yes | 8 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:11 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:40 | yes | 13 | 46 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:06 | yes | 10 | 52 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:40 | yes | 25 | 49 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:56 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:23 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:48 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:19 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:02 | yes | 20 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:46 | yes | 14 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:00 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:38 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:44 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:18 | yes | 15 | 66 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:46 | no | 0 | 62 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:59 | yes | 5 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:57 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:02 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:16 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 08:59 | yes | 41 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:11 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:24 | yes | 20 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:38 | yes | 10 | 59 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:59 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:07 | yes | 15 | 86 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:07 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
AWS read as Amazon Web Services
AWS (Amazon Web Services) read as Amazon Web Services
Akamai Cloud (formerly Linode) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Akamai/Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Droplets
InMotion read as InMotion Hosting
Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (Akamai) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (now Akamai) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode / Akamai Cloud read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode/Akamai read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Oracle read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Cloud read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Rackspace read as Rackspace Technology
Unresolved, counted raw
11:11 Systems
2slick
AccuWebHosting
Arubacloud
Brightbox
Cloud4U
CloudServer.net
CloudWave
CreeperCastle
Dokku
Greencloud
HostLiger
Netcup
NexusVM
Play2Go Cloud
SurferCloud
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.