Cloud hosting for small business buyers
Asked as “cloud hosting provider”, and as “infrastructure-as-a-service cloud”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 47 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
40%
Clear leader
40DigitalOcean Droplets11Amazon Web Services09Hostinger40others
40% 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 a small 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
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 small business.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%.
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01DigitalOcean Droplets40%
DigitalOcean Droplets40%02Amazon Web Services11%
Amazon Web Services11%03Hostinger9%
Hostinger9%04Atlantic.Net6%
Atlantic.Net6%05Vultr4%
Vultr4%06Cloudways4%
Cloudways4%07Hetzner4%
Hetzner4%08Akamai Connected Cloud2%
Akamai Connected Cloud2%09Microsoft Azure2%
Microsoft Azure2%10AWS Lightsail2%
AWS Lightsail2%11Google Cloud0%
Google Cloud0%12SiteGround0%
SiteGround0%13Azure0%
Azure0%14GoDaddy0%
GoDaddy0%What they warned about
Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2 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.
GoDaddy91%
10 of 11 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 10 hard negative
“Providers with Hostile Pricing & "Add-on" Traps (e.g., GoDaddy)... Avoid providers that nickle-and-dime you for basic security.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Amazon Web Services40%
21 of 53 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid full AWS/GCP/Azure initially—overkill, steep learning curve, surprise bills” Grok 4.20, direct prompt
HostGator
100%
9 of 9 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 9 hard negative
“overcrowded servers leading to slow speeds, high downtime ... Renewal complaints up ... 28% for HostGator” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Bluehost100%
9 of 9 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“brands frequently cited for misleading marketing or aggressive upselling include Bluehost, GoDaddy, and HostGator” Qwen 3.7 Flash, 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. 695 links across 254 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Atlantic.Net28 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
27 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 39 citations · 9 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean22 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
14 answers · 31 citations · 8 models
vendor site · InstaWP14 answers · 14 citations · 10 models
vendor site · G213 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
9 answers · 10 citations · 4 models
9 answers · 9 citations · 6 models
8 answers · 10 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.
26 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 10 models
17 answers · 9 models
14 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 6 models
7 answers · 7 models
7 answers · 6 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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| DigitalOcean digitalocean.com DigitalOcean Droplets 40% | 40% | 109 | 74,000 | 942 | 637,494 company | $82 | 40 | 3 |
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon Web Services 11% | 11% | 153 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 2 | |
| Hostinger hostinger.com | 9% | 39 | 201,000 | 1,828 | 496,358 | $18,320 | 118 | 4 |
| Atlantic.Net atlantic.net | 6% | 45 | 390 | 5 | 63,556 | $372 | 7 | |
| Vultr vultr.com | 4% | 54 | 22,200 | 302 | 81,453 | 95 | ||
| Cloudways cloudways.com | 4% | 26 | 12,100 | 164 | 45,091 | $20 | 26 | 8 |
| Hetzner hetzner.com | 4% | 62 | 33,100 | 391 | 70,486 | 1 | ||
| Kamatera kamatera.com | 4% | 24 | 4,400 | 43 | 11,619 | $108 | 48 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Connected Cloud 2% | 2% | 67 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Microsoft azure.microsoft.com Microsoft Azure 2% | 2% | 107 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 |
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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which infrastructure-as-a-service cloud would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top cloud hosting providers for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best cloud hosting provider for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a cloud hosting provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which cloud hosting providers should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5DigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web ServicesAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean DropletsChangedDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCPno first choiceagainst: Herokuno first choiceagainst: A2 Hosting, AccuWeb Hosting, GoDaddy, IONOS
One alternative
Microsoft AzureOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesFour alternatives
GoDaddy, Hetzner, Render, UpCloudGPT-5.4 miniDigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web ServicesChangedDigitalOcean DropletsDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: OhzCloud, Rackspace Technology, SHIFT HOSTING LLC, Serverspace, is*hosting
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Azure, Google CloudThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, VultrGemini 3.5 FlashCloudwaysagainst: Amazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureChangedRailway, Render, Vercelagainst: Amazon Web Services, AzureCloudways, Hostingeragainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google CloudDigitalOcean Droplets, Fly.io, Renderagainst: Microsoft Azureagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Bluehost, DigitalOcean Droplets, Domain.com, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, HostGator, HostMonster, Microsoft Azure, Newfold Digital, Vultr, iPage
Eight alternatives
Atlantic.Net, DigitalOcean App Platform, DigitalOcean Droplets, Hostinger, Kinsta, Microsoft Azure, Railway, RenderTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean DropletsFour alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Fly.io, Google Cloud Run, HetznerEight alternatives
AWS Lightsail, DigitalOcean Droplets, Hetzner, Netlify, Railway, Render, ScalaHosting, VercelTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudPerplexity SonarDreamHostDigitalOcean DropletsChangedagainst: KubernsCloudwaysHostingeragainst: Atlantic.Netno first choiceagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, Vultr
Two alternatives
Atlantic.Net, ScalaHostingTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, AzureFour alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Azure, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudTwo alternatives
IONOS, KamateraGrok 4.20DigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCPDigitalOcean DropletsHeldDigitalOcean DropletsDigitalOcean Droplets, Hetzneragainst: AWS Lightsail, Amazon Web Services, Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, FatCow, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, HostGator, HostMonster, iPage
Four alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Cloudways, Hostinger, VultrTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureSix alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Hetzner, Microsoft Azure, VultrTwo alternatives
Kamatera, VultrOne alternative
DigitalOcean DropletsMistral SmallAmazon Web Servicesno first choiceChangedDigitalOcean Droplets, HostingerIONOS, Kamaterano first choiceagainst: Bluehost, Contabo, GoDaddy, HostGator, Hostinger, SiteGround
Five alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Atlantic.Net, Kamatera, Microsoft Azure, VultrThree alternatives
DreamHost, Google Cloud, HostingerDeepSeek V4 FlashHostingerDigitalOcean Droplets, VultrChangedVercelagainst: Amazon Web ServicesHostingeragainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, GCP, GoDaddy, HostGator, HostMonster, Hostinger, Just Host, Liquid Web, OVHcloud, iPage
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Cloudways, SiteGroundFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureSix alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Hetzner, Microsoft Azure, Railway, RenderTwo alternatives
Hetzner, KamateraLlama 4 MaverickAmazon Web Services, Atlantic.Netno first choiceChangedAtlantic.NetAtlantic.Netno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, DomainRacer, Freenom, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, HostGator, Hostinger, Newfold Digital
Four alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Kamatera, VultrOne alternative
SiteGroundQwen 3.7 FlashDigitalOcean DropletsDigitalOcean DropletsHeldDigitalOcean DropletsDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Servicesno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Bluehost, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, HostGator, Microsoft Azure
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, AzureFour alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Akamai Connected Cloud, Microsoft Azure, VultrFive alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Akamai Connected Cloud, Atlantic.Net, Hetzner, VultrFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Hetzner, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, VultrKimi K2DigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web Services, DigitalOcean DropletsChangedDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web ServicesOracle Cloud Infrastructure, Vultragainst: Azure, Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, GCP, GoDaddy, HostGator, iPage
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Atlantic.NetThree alternatives
Cloudways, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
AWS Lightsail, DigitalOcean Droplets, HetznerGLM 4.7 FlashXDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCPDigitalOcean DropletsHeldagainst: Fluence, HetznerDigitalOcean Droplets, VercelHetzner, Kamateraagainst: AWS Lightsail, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azureno first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, Ace Cloud Hosting, Bluehost, Cloudways, FatCow, GoDaddy, HostGator, HostMonster, Just Host, Newfold Digital, Site5, iPage
Six alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Akamai Connected Cloud, Azure App Service, Cloudways, Hetzner, SiteGroundOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Heroku, Microsoft AzureSix alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, DreamHost, Hostinger, InstaWP, VultrMiniMax M2.5AWS Lightsail, DigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web Services, DigitalOcean DropletsChangedDigitalOcean DropletsAtlantic.Netno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, HostGator, Hostinger, Newfold Digital
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
Microsoft AzureNine alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Cloudways, Google Cloud, Heroku, Hostinger, Microsoft Azure, SiteGround, VultrTwo alternatives
InstaWP, SiteGroundBold 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 08:52 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:17 | yes | 4 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:23 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:50 | 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 08:48 | yes | 36 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:55 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:56 | yes | 9 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:26 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:46 | yes | 5 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:49 | yes | 9 | 54 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:22 | yes | 19 | 63 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:21 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:28 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:38 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:29 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:49 | 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 08:36 | yes | 14 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:05 | no | 0 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:42 | yes | 20 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:08 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 09:06 | yes | 15 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:25 | yes | 15 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:40 | yes | 10 | 71 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 09:10 | yes | 10 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:45 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:35 | yes | 6 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:41 | yes | 16 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:52 | yes | 20 | 21 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 09:02 | yes | 14 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:18 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:09 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:44 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:54 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:21 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 09:02 | no | 0 | 74 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:48 | yes | 5 | 70 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:24 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:32 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 09:13 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:26 | yes | 20 | 6 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 08:21 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:25 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 09:03 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:06 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:20 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:07 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:21 | yes | 14 | 32 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:23 | yes | 5 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:39 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:48 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:18 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:35 | yes | 20 | 9 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 08:58 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 08:40 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:49 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 08:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:33 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 08:29 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:23 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:17 | yes | 5 | 67 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 08:29 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 08:19 | yes | 7 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 08:59 | yes | 9 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 08:43 | 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 08:46 | yes | 38 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 09:02 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 08:59 | yes | 24 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 09:02 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 08:57 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 09:02 | yes | 19 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 08:58 | yes | 10 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 08:18 | yes | 10 | 23 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
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 Cloud Computing) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (now Akamai) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode/Akamai read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Oracle Cloud read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Cloud (OCI) read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Rackspace read as Rackspace Technology
Unresolved, counted raw
AccuWeb Hosting
Amazon EC2
DomainRacer
Fluence
Freenom
Kuberns
RunCloud
SHIFT HOSTING LLC
is*hosting
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.