Cloud hosting
Asked as “cloud hosting provider”, and as “infrastructure-as-a-service cloud”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 58 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
29%
Contested · Amazon Web Services 28%
29Microsoft Azure28Amazon Web Services24DigitalOcean Droplets19others
29% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Azure (29%) replaces Amazon Web Services (32% then, 28% now), 1 point clear, inside the 11-point floor.Microsoft Azure leads at 29%, replacing Amazon Web Services, which led at 32% and stands at 28% now: 1 point clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
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.
Small business
DigitalOcean Droplets55%Clear leader▲+21Since October 2026: 34% → 55%, +21 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-market
Microsoft Azure29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Azure (29%) replaces Amazon Web Services (32% then, 28% now), 1 point clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageEnterprise
Amazon Web Services45%Clear leader▲+3Since October 2026: 42% → 45%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →
DigitalOcean Droplets55%Clear leader▲+21Since October 2026: 34% → 55%, +21 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Standing →Mid-marketMicrosoft Azure29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Microsoft Azure (29%) replaces Amazon Web Services (32% then, 28% now), 1 point clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageEnterpriseAmazon Web Services45%Clear leader▲+3Since October 2026: 42% → 45%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Microsoft Azure29%5%41accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 20% → 29%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.20% → 29%
Microsoft Azure29%5%41accepted challenger▲+9Since October 2026: 20% → 29%, +9 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.20% → 29%02Amazon Web Services28%18%61accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 32% → 28%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.32% → 28%
Amazon Web Services28%18%61accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 32% → 28%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.32% → 28%03DigitalOcean Droplets24%4%51accepted challenger▲+12Since October 2026: 12% → 24%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.12% → 24%
DigitalOcean Droplets24%4%51accepted challenger▲+12Since October 2026: 12% → 24%, +12 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.12% → 24%04
Akamai Connected Cloud5%0%30accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%
Akamai Connected Cloud5%0%30accepted challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%05
Atlantic.Net5%0%15accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 5%
Atlantic.Net5%0%15accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 2% → 5%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 5%06
Vultr2%8%24accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
Vultr2%8%24accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%07
Cloudways2%0%11accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%
Cloudways2%0%11accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 2%08
Hostinger2%24%17accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 2%
Hostinger2%24%17accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 10% → 2%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 2%Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Azure0%50%20criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Azure0%50%20criticized challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%13
Alibaba Cloud Lab in the set0%40%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Alibaba Cloud Lab in the set0%40%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
IBM0%15%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
IBM0%15%13accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
Google Cloud Lab in the set0%13%54accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Google Cloud Lab in the set0%13%54accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%10
Hetzner0%6%17accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%
Hetzner0%6%17accepted challenger▼−4Since October 2026: 4% → 0%, −4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 0%11
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%5%19accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%5%19accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
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 thirteen models zero times of 52. 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 thirteen models zero times of 52. 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
Microsoft Azure vs Atlantic.NetMicrosoft Azure vs VultrMicrosoft Azure vs CloudwaysMicrosoft Azure vs HostingerAmazon Web Services vs DigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web Services vs Akamai Connected CloudAmazon Web Services vs Atlantic.NetAmazon Web Services vs VultrAmazon Web Services vs CloudwaysAmazon Web Services vs HostingerDigitalOcean Droplets vs Akamai Connected CloudDigitalOcean Droplets vs Atlantic.NetDigitalOcean Droplets vs VultrDigitalOcean Droplets vs CloudwaysDigitalOcean Droplets vs HostingerAkamai Connected Cloud vs Atlantic.NetAkamai Connected Cloud vs VultrAkamai Connected Cloud vs CloudwaysAkamai Connected Cloud vs HostingerAtlantic.Net vs VultrAtlantic.Net vs CloudwaysAtlantic.Net vs HostingerVultr vs CloudwaysVultr vs HostingerCloudways vs Hostinger
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 →
0102030405060708091011121314Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative40%
Key
01Microsoft Azure29%
Microsoft Azure29%02Amazon Web Services28%
Amazon Web Services28%03DigitalOcean Droplets24%
DigitalOcean Droplets24%04Akamai Connected Cloud5%
Akamai Connected Cloud5%05Atlantic.Net5%
Atlantic.Net5%06Vultr2%
Vultr2%07Cloudways2%
Cloudways2%08Hostinger2%
Hostinger2%09Google Cloud0%
Google Cloud0%10Hetzner0%
Hetzner0%11Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%12IBM0%
IBM0%13Alibaba Cloud0%
Alibaba Cloud0%14Azure0%
Azure0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and Muse Glimmer 30B 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 Services18%
11 of 61 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid big providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud unless you're using their free tiers” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Azure50%
10 of 20 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid big providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Google Cloud13%
7 of 54 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid big providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
Bluehost71%
5 of 7 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“EIG (Endurance International Group) hosting providers - such as Bluehost, HostGator, iPage, and others, due to their decline in quality and customer satisfaction.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
67 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 624 links across 272 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 26 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Atlantic.Net25 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
11 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
10 answers · 12 citations · 7 models
10 answers · 11 citations · 8 models
10 answers · 10 citations · 9 models
9 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Microsoft9 answers · 11 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Hostinger9 answers · 9 citations · 6 models
publisher (Gane)8 answers · 11 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Google8 answers · 9 citations · 4 models
7 answers · 17 citations · 6 models
7 answers · 10 citations · 4 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.
19 answers · 10 models
10 answers · 9 models
9 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 7 models
8 answers · 7 models
6 answers · 6 models
6 answers · 5 models
6 answers · 4 models
6 answers · 3 models
6 answers · 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft azure.microsoft.com Microsoft Azure 29% | 29% | 107 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon Web Services 28% | 28% | 153 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 2 | |
| DigitalOcean digitalocean.com DigitalOcean Droplets 24% | 24% | 109 | 74,000 | 942 | 637,494 company | $82 | 40 | 3 |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Connected Cloud 5%, Akamai's Linode 0% | 5% | 67 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Atlantic.Net atlantic.net | 5% | 45 | 390 | 5 | 63,556 | $372 | 7 | |
| Vultr vultr.com | 2% | 54 | 22,200 | 302 | 81,453 | 95 | ||
| Cloudways cloudways.com | 2% | 26 | 12,100 | 164 | 45,091 | $20 | 26 | 8 |
| Hostinger hostinger.com | 2% | 39 | 201,000 | 1,828 | 496,358 | $18,320 | 118 | 4 |
| Hostwinds hostwinds.com | 2% | 9 | ||||||
| DreamHost dreamhost.com | 2% | 16 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 14 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (cloud.google.com, hostinger.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 4.5Atlantic.NetAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedno first choiceAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Dropletsno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Cloudways, Hosting.comTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureGPT-5.4 miniMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft AzureHeldAmazon Web Servicesagainst: IBMDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCPno first choiceagainst: Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudThree alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureThree alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Hetzner, VultrGemini 3.5 FlashAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureHeldAmazon Web ServicesAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azureagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, Cloudatcost, Contabo, Domain.com, FatCow, GCP, GoDaddy, HostGator, HostMonster, IONOS, Just Host, Newfold Digital, iPage
Four alternatives
Cloudreach, Google Cloud, Mission Cloud, Rackspace TechnologyOne alternative
Google CloudSix alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, VultrSix alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Cloudways, Hetzner, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Render, ScalaHosting Managed VPSFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Heroku, Platform.sh, RenderPerplexity SonarMicrosoft AzureAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Hostinger
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureFive alternatives
Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, VultrFour alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Hostinger, Kamatera, ScalaHostingGrok 4.20Amazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureChangedagainst: Alibaba Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, IBM, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, Hostingerno first choiceagainst: DeluxHost, GreenCloud VPS, Hostinger, NameCrane, PulsedMedia, RackNerd, Terabit.io
Seven alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Atlantic.Net, DigitalOcean Droplets, Effectual, Expedient, Google Cloud, RapidScaleTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudFour alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, Cloudways, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Hetzner, KamateraMistral SmallAmazon Web Servicesno first choiceChangedAmazon Web ServicesAtlantic.Net, DigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, DreamHost, Google Cloud, Liquid Web
Four alternatives
Akamai's Linode, DigitalOcean Droplets, Expedient, RapidScaleFive alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Hostinger, IONOSDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, Alibaba Cloud, Arvixe, Bluehost, CloudCone, Contabo, Domain.com, FatCow, GoDaddy, HostGator, HostMonster, IX Web Hosting, Just Host, Newfold Digital (formerly EIG) brands, PLAY2GO Cloud, PowWeb, Site5, Vultr, iPage, iomart
Five alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Atlantic.Net, DigitalOcean Droplets, Expedient, RapidScaleThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Hetzner, Hostinger, VultrLlama 4 MaverickAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldno first choiceDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, HostGator, iPage
Three alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureFour alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud Storage, Microsoft Azure, TerraformThree alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Hetzner, HostingerQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesChangedAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, DigitalOcean Droplets, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, Hetzner, OVHcloud, Squarespace, Wix
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureFour alternatives
Cloudways, Hostinger, Kamatera, VultrKimi K2Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesDreamHost, Hostwindsno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, Cloudflare, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, HostGator, iPage
Four alternatives
Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, VultrFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Hetzner, VultrTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Atlantic.Net, IONOSGLM 4.7 FlashXAkamai Connected Cloud, Atlantic.Net, Cloudways, DigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web ServicesChangedAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets, Hostingerno first choiceagainst: Cloud At Cost, MassiveGRID, SkilloraClouds, Vultr, heavencloud.in, the.hosting
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Hetzner, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureMiniMax M2.5Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureHeldAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets, Vultrno first choiceagainst: Bluehost, GoDaddy, HostGator, Hostinger
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google CloudEight alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, VultrGPT-6 LunaAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, Google Cloud's free trial, Oracle Cloud Always Free
Two alternatives
Azure, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Azure, Google CloudTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureThree alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Google Cloud Run, HetznerMuse Glimmer 30BAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesChangedAmazon Web Services, AWSDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: AEZA INTERNATIONAL LTD / Aeza.net, AWS us-east-1, Alibaba Cloud, CloudCone, ColoCrossing, CreeperCastle / Hosting Magic, Delux Host, Maxko, PLAY2GO CLOUD / Play2Go.cloud, RabHost, RackNerd, Rarecloud.io, Terabit.io
Four alternatives
Akamai's Linode, Atlantic.Net, DigitalOcean Droplets, RapidScaleFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Google Cloud Platform, GCP, IBM, Microsoft AzureFour alternatives
Atlantic.Net, IONOS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, 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.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:51 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 14:50 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:13 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 15 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:04 | yes | 7 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:26 | yes | 23 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:46 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:18 | no | 0 | 28 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:44 | yes | 24 | 76 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:10 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:31 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:37 | yes | 11 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:44 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:06 | yes | 2 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:49 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:24 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:38 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:05 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 20 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:18 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:51 | no | 0 | 52 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:26 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:20 | yes | 5 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 14:24 | yes | 2 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:39 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 13:59 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:34 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:16 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:09 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:56 | yes | 19 | 38 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 12:18 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 18:49 | yes | 10 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:12 | yes | 14 | 47 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:50 | yes | 5 | 32 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:04 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:12 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:56 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:49 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:31 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:04 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 18:03 | yes | 15 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:56 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:06 | yes | 5 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:28 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:18 | yes | 10 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:49 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 4 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:05 | yes | 14 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:51 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:45 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:57 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:28 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:31 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:20 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:36 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:05 | yes | 25 | 89 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 18:12 | no | 0 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:39 | yes | 4 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:35 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:36 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:44 | yes | 2 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:10 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:46 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:32 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:53 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 23 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:59 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:34 | yes | 10 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:24 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:08 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:08 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:47 | yes | 3 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
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AWS read as Amazon Web Services
AWS (Amazon Web Services) read as Amazon Web Services
Akamai read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Akamai (Linode) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Akamai Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Akamai/Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Droplets
Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (Akamai Connected Cloud) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (Akamai) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (now Akamai Connected Cloud) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (now Akamai) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (now part of Akamai) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode/Akamai read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Oracle Cloud read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Cloud (Always Free Tier) read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Rackspace read as Rackspace Technology
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AEZA INTERNATIONAL LTD / Aeza.net
AWS us-east-1
AccuWeb Hosting
Azure Virtual Machines
Cloud At Cost
Cloudreach
CreeperCastle / Hosting Magic
Delux Host
DeluxHost
Google Cloud Platform, GCP
Google Cloud's free trial
Hivern
HostColor.com
Hyve
IONOS Cloud
IX Web Hosting
Kamatera Performance Cloud
MassiveGRID
Maxko
NameCrane
Newfold Digital (formerly EIG) brands
PLAY2GO CLOUD / Play2Go.cloud
PLAY2GO Cloud
PowWeb
PulsedMedia
RabHost
Rarecloud.io
ScalaHosting Managed VPS
SkilloraClouds
Vulr
heavencloud.in
iomart
the.hosting
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.