Cloud hosting for enterprise buyers
Asked as “cloud hosting provider”, and as “infrastructure-as-a-service cloud”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 51 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
45%
Clear leader
45Amazon Web Services41Microsoft Azure08Oracle Cloud Infrastructure06others
45% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+3Since October 2026: 42% → 45%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Amazon Web Services held the lead, +3 points on 42%, inside the 11-point floor.
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.Standing →Enterprise
Amazon Web Services45%Clear leader▲+3Since October 2026: 42% → 45%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This page
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.Standing →EnterpriseAmazon Web Services45%Clear leader▲+3Since October 2026: 42% → 45%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Amazon Web Services45%13%68endorsed leader▲+3Since October 2026: 42% → 45%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.42% → 45%
Amazon Web Services45%13%68endorsed leader▲+3Since October 2026: 42% → 45%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.42% → 45%02Microsoft Azure41%10%59endorsed leader▲+3Since October 2026: 38% → 41%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.38% → 41%
Microsoft Azure41%10%59endorsed leader▲+3Since October 2026: 38% → 41%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.38% → 41%03
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure8%9%34accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure8%9%34accepted challenger▲+4Since October 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 8%04DigitalOcean Droplets2%63%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
DigitalOcean Droplets2%63%19criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Alibaba Cloud Lab in the set0%29%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Alibaba Cloud Lab in the set0%29%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
Azure0%20%10accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 6% → 0%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 0%
Azure0%20%10accepted challenger▼−6Since October 2026: 6% → 0%, −6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 0%05
Google Cloud Lab in the set0%16%61accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Google Cloud Lab in the set0%16%61accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%06
IBM0%8%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
IBM0%8%25accepted 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.
For buyers
Head to head
Microsoft Azure vs Amazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Azure vs DigitalOcean DropletsMicrosoft Azure vs Akamai Connected Cloud
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
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 →
0102030405060708Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Amazon Web Services45%
Amazon Web Services45%02Microsoft Azure41%
Microsoft Azure41%03Oracle Cloud Infrastructure8%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure8%04DigitalOcean Droplets2%
DigitalOcean Droplets2%05Google Cloud0%
Google Cloud0%06IBM0%
IBM0%07Azure0%
Azure0%08Alibaba Cloud0%
Alibaba Cloud0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, MiniMax M2.5 and GPT-6 Luna 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.
DigitalOcean Droplets63%
12 of 19 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“DigitalOcean lacks the depth of services, global infrastructure, and enterprise support required by large enterprises” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Google Cloud16%
10 of 61 labels negative · 9 of 14 models
“GCP Vertex Gemini API elevated errors/degraded performance in several Asia-region endpoints beginning 13 Nov 2024, persisting for nearly 19 hours.” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
Amazon Web Services13%
9 of 68 labels negative · 8 of 14 models
“hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud can introduce layers of operational and financial complexity” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Microsoft Azure10%
6 of 59 labels negative · 6 of 14 models
“hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud can introduce layers of operational and financial complexity” 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
69 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. 802 links across 371 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.Net23 answers · 30 citations · 11 models
15 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Amazon13 answers · 23 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Google12 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Oracle10 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Alibaba Cloud10 answers · 10 citations · 5 models
publisher (Gane)10 answers · 10 citations · 4 models
vendor site · Microsoft9 answers · 13 citations · 6 models
9 answers · 13 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Google9 answers · 11 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Guideflow8 answers · 8 citations · 4 models
8 answers · 8 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
15 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 4 models
9 answers · 4 models
8 answers · 4 models
7 answers · 4 models
7 answers · 6 models
6 answers · 5 models
6 answers · 5 models
6 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 45% | 45% | 153 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 2 | |
| Microsoft azure.microsoft.com Microsoft Azure 41% | 41% | 107 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| Oracle parent site Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 8% | 8% | 50 | 450,000 | 66,611 | ||||
| Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement | 2% | |||||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft Windows 365 2% | 2% | 14 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | ||||
| DigitalOcean digitalocean.com DigitalOcean Droplets 2% | 2% | 109 | 74,000 | 942 | 637,494 company | $82 | 40 | 3 |
| Google Cloud google.com | 0% | 191 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 1,800,358,416 | $465,944 | 5 | 1 |
| IBM ibm.com | 0% | 168 | 201,000 | 34,098 | 31,137,701 | $2,518 | 118 | 5 |
| Azure azure.com | 0% | 75 | 301,000 | 47,904 | ||||
| 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, cloud.google.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 ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Microsoft Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare, DigitalOcean Droplets, DreamHost, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureFive alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureGPT-5.4 miniAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreementno first choiceagainst: Neocloud
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
Google CloudFour alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudGemini 3.5 FlashAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Windows 365, Oracle Cloud Infrastructureno first choiceagainst: Akamai Cloud, Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Vultr
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudFour alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureFour alternatives
AWS WorkSpaces, Equinix Metal, Microsoft Azure, OVHcloud Hosted Private CloudPerplexity SonarMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft AzureHeldAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Azureagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Vultrno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, DreamHost, OVHcloud, Vultr
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare, Google CloudThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, OCIFive alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureGrok 4.20Amazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azureagainst: DigitalOcean Droplets, KinstaMicrosoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructureagainst: Contabo, Hetznerno first choiceagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Hetzner, OVHcloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Vultr
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudMistral SmallAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Servicesno first choiceagainst: Contabo, DigitalOcean Droplets, Heroku, OVHcloud, Rackspace Technology
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureThree alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
IBM, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Azureagainst: Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Cloudflare, Contabo, GoDaddy Cloud, Hostinger, IBM, Namecheap, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudFour alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesLlama 4 MaverickAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Servicesno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
Three alternatives
Kamatera, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureFive alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Rackspace TechnologyThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, IBM, Microsoft AzureQwen 3.7 FlashAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesOracle Cloud Infrastructureno first choiceagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Huawei, Microsoft Azure, OVHcloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Scaleway, Vultr
Three alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesSix alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Rackspace TechnologyFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Exoscale, GCPKimi K2Amazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web Services, Microsoft Azureagainst: Alibaba CloudMicrosoft Azureagainst: Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Salesforce, Snowflake
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesThree alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
AWS Enterprise Discount ProgramGLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOracle Cloud Infrastructureagainst: Amazon Web Servicesno first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, Amazon Web Services, Bluehost, CloudCone, Domain.com, FatCow, Google Cloud, HostGator, HostMonster, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace Technology, ResellerClub, SiteBuilder, iPage
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, IBM, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Hetzner, Microsoft AzureMiniMax M2.5no first choiceMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Huawei, Microsoft Azure, NetEase's public cloud, Tencent Cloud, Vultr
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, IBMFive alternatives
Alibaba Cloud, Atlantic.Net, IBM, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Tencent CloudThree alternatives
Contabo, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureGPT-6 LunaAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureChangedno first choiceMicrosoft Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Hetzner
Two alternatives
Azure, Google CloudOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesMuse Glimmer 30BAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, Microsoft Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Atlantic.Net, Azure, Cloudflare Workers, DigitalOcean Droplets, GitHub Pages, Google Cloud, IPFS, Kinsta, Netlify, Vercel
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureFive alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Rackspace TechnologyOne alternative
Google CloudBold 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 12:20 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:59 | yes | 4 | 4 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 14:28 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:35 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:40 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 15:13 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 09:53 | no | 0 | 26 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:28 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 18:35 | yes | 14 | 74 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:49 | yes | 5 | 96 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:31 | yes | 4 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 16:24 | yes | 14 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:00 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:59 | yes | 3 | 6 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 16:10 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:16 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:47 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:48 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 10:06 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:32 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:10 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:50 | yes | 15 | 40 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:27 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:53 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:58 | yes | 2 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 15:27 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:10 | yes | 7 | 8 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 10:24 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:58 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:50 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 19:44 | yes | 20 | 16 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:08 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:23 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:15 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 13:19 | yes | 15 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:10 | yes | 14 | 280 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:58 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:10 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:47 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:49 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:34 | yes | 3 | 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 17:40 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:52 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:51 | yes | 5 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:32 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 19:30 | yes | 25 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 08:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:35 | yes | 15 | 81 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 09:07 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:06 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 5 | 57 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:15 | yes | 2 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:51 | yes | 23 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:17 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:53 | yes | 6 | 7 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 12:01 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:53 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:45 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:33 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 19 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:14 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:37 | no | 0 | 46 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 19:15 | yes | 15 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:53 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:45 | yes | 4 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:48 | yes | 15 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:50 | yes | 28 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:05 | yes | 6 | 6 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 19:35 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:59 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:23 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 25 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:25 | yes | 9 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:44 | yes | 24 | 74 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:10 | yes | 21 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:18 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:40 | yes | 25 | 103 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:42 | yes | 3 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 15 | 32 s |
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Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (now Akamai Cloud) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
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Oracle Cloud (OCI) read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Rackspace read as Rackspace Technology
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