Cloud hosting for enterprise buyers
Asked as “cloud hosting provider”, and as “infrastructure-as-a-service cloud”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 44 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
57%
Clear leader
57Amazon Web Services27Microsoft Azure05Azure11others
57% of first choices, clear leader.
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 an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the three 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 one time of 44. Alibaba Cloud is made by Alibaba, whose model Qwen 3.7 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
Amazon Web Services vs Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services vs DigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web Services vs Hetzner
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.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
Negative label rate →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative70%
Key
01Amazon Web Services57%
Amazon Web Services57%02Microsoft Azure27%
Microsoft Azure27%03Oracle Cloud Infrastructure5%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure5%04Azure5%
Azure5%05Google Cloud2%
Google Cloud2%06IBM0%
IBM0%07DigitalOcean Droplets0%
DigitalOcean Droplets0%08Alibaba Cloud0%
Alibaba Cloud0%What they warned about
Six of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash and Kimi K2 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.
Amazon Web Services17%
10 of 59 labels negative · 9 of 12 models
“Hyperscale clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud (GCP) are built on variable, consumption-based billing models where data egress, API calls, and usage spikes can lead to massive "bill shock".” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Azure62%
8 of 13 labels negative · 7 of 12 models
“variable, consumption-based billing models where data egress, API calls, and usage spikes can lead to massive "bill shock"” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Google Cloud13%
7 of 54 labels negative · 7 of 12 models
“often the default enterprise choices ... But even with them, enterprises should still be cautious about: cost complexity, lock-in” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
DigitalOcean Droplets60%
6 of 10 labels negative · 6 of 12 models
“better suited to simpler infrastructure and predictable workloads... not the first choice for highly complex enterprise environments” Perplexity Sonar, 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
61 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. 880 links across 367 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
21 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 9 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean13 answers · 15 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Atlantic.Net13 answers · 14 citations · 6 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Amazon10 answers · 16 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Bluehost10 answers · 10 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Oracle9 answers · 14 citations · 6 models
9 answers · 11 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Guideflow9 answers · 9 citations · 6 models
9 answers · 9 citations · 6 models
9 answers · 9 citations · 6 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.
21 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 9 models
10 answers · 9 models
9 answers · 5 models
9 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 6 models
8 answers · 5 models
7 answers · 6 models
7 answers · 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon Web Services 57% | 57% | 153 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 2 | |
| Microsoft azure.microsoft.com Microsoft Azure 27% | 27% | 107 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| Oracle parent site Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 5% | 5% | 50 | 450,000 | 66,611 | ||||
| Azure azure.com | 5% | 75 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| Google Cloud google.com | 2% | 191 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 1,800,358,416 | $465,944 | 5 | 1 |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Connected Cloud 2% | 2% | 67 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| OpenMetal openmetal.io | 2% | 1 | ||||||
| IBM ibm.com | 0% | 168 | 201,000 | 34,098 | 31,137,701 | $2,518 | 118 | 5 |
| Vercel vercel.app | 0% | 16 | ||||||
| Atlantic.Net atlantic.net | 0% | 45 | 390 | 5 | 63,556 | $372 | 7 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 14 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (aws.amazon.com, digitalocean.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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which infrastructure-as-a-service cloud would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade cloud hosting providers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best cloud hosting provider for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a cloud hosting provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which cloud hosting providers should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services, Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, DigitalOcean Droplets
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, IBMOne alternative
Google CloudOne alternative
DigitalOcean DropletsGPT-5.4 miniAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Azure, Google CloudThree alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
Google CloudGemini 3.5 FlashMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft AzureHeldAmazon Web ServicesOracle Cloud Infrastructureagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud, Bluehost, CoreWeave, DigitalOcean Droplets, Fly.io, GoDaddy, Heroku, Hostinger, Lambda Labs, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Render, Tencent Cloud
Seven alternatives
Acquia, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Netlify, Pantheon, Vercel, WP EngineTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudFour alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureSix alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Microsoft Windows 365, OVHcloud, OpenMetal, Rackspace TechnologyPerplexity SonarAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesAkamai Connected Cloudagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Acquia, Akamai Connected Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Kinsta, OVHcloud, Rackspace Technology, Vultr, WP Engine
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureSix alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Rackspace TechnologyTwo alternatives
Cloudways, DigitalOcean DropletsGrok 4.20Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web Servicesagainst: Alibaba Cloud, IBMAmazon Web Servicesno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Tencent Cloud
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureThree alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureMistral SmallAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web Servicesagainst: DigitalOcean Droplets, VultrOpenMetalagainst: AWS RDS for SQL Server, Azure SQL Managed Instanceno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCP
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
Microsoft AzureFour alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace TechnologyTwo alternatives
Concourse Cloud, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Servicesagainst: Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, DigitalOcean Droplets, GCP, GoDaddy, Hetzner, HostGator, OVHcloud, Rackspace Technology, Vultr
One alternative
Google CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudFive alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
Microsoft AzureLlama 4 MaverickAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azureno first choiceChangedAmazon Web Servicesno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
Four alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Vercel, VultrThree alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureQwen 3.7 FlashAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Microsoft Azureno first choiceagainst: Contabo, Huawei, OVHcloud
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
Google CloudThree alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
Google CloudKimi K2Amazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web Servicesagainst: Alibaba CloudMicrosoft Azureno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, Huawei, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Tencent Cloud
One alternative
Google CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudFour alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, IBM, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureGLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesOracle Cloud Infrastructureagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, DigitalOcean Droplets, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, HostGator, Neoclouds, Newfold Digital, Vultr, iPage
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureFive alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
OpenMetalMiniMax M2.5Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Servicesno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
Microsoft AzureFive alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureBold 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 08:56 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:02 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:21 | yes | 8 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 09:09 | yes | 20 | 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 08:22 | yes | 34 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:45 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:56 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:54 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:36 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:57 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:12 | yes | 24 | 127 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:55 | yes | 10 | 44 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 09:09 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:30 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:00 | yes | 10 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:40 | yes | 20 | 6 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 08:25 | yes | 15 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:35 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:49 | yes | 19 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:20 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:26 | no | 0 | 50 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:34 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:29 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:11 | yes | 5 | 57 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:21 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 4 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:52 | yes | 18 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:28 | yes | 20 | 9 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 08:19 | yes | 15 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:01 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:51 | yes | 15 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:09 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:05 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:00 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:58 | yes | 24 | 52 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:03 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:35 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:01 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:15 | yes | 26 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:30 | 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 09:11 | yes | 25 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:51 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:25 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:04 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:30 | yes | 15 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:28 | yes | 30 | 60 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:20 | yes | 13 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:27 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 09:06 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:22 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:36 | yes | 20 | 7 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 08:19 | yes | 25 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:12 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:36 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:04 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:07 | yes | 10 | 63 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:33 | no | 0 | 51 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:43 | no | 0 | 71 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:57 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:54 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:55 | yes | 12 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:48 | yes | 20 | 10 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 08:53 | yes | 25 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:54 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:32 | yes | 29 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:24 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:37 | yes | 25 | 123 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:49 | yes | 30 | 67 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:01 | yes | 19 | 70 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:12 | yes | 10 | 39 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 Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Droplets
Linode 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
Oracle Cloud (OCI) read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Rackspace read as Rackspace Technology
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Amplify
AWS RDS for SQL Server
Concourse Cloud
Google Firebase App Hosting
IBM Consulting
Neoclouds (newer, niche providers)
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.