Managed Kubernetes platforms
Asked as “managed Kubernetes platform”, and as “hosted Kubernetes service”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 51 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
39%
Contested · DigitalOcean Kubernetes 22%
39Google Kubernetes Engine22DigitalOcean Kubernetes10Civo Kubernetes29others
39% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Kubernetes Engine 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 three times of 4; the other eleven models seventeen times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Google Kubernetes Engine vs Azure Kubernetes ServiceGoogle Kubernetes Engine vs Amazon EKSGoogle Kubernetes Engine vs RancherDigitalOcean Kubernetes vs Civo KubernetesDigitalOcean Kubernetes vs Linode Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean Kubernetes vs Azure Kubernetes ServiceDigitalOcean Kubernetes vs Amazon EKSDigitalOcean Kubernetes vs RancherCivo Kubernetes vs Linode Kubernetes EngineCivo Kubernetes vs Azure Kubernetes ServiceCivo Kubernetes vs Amazon EKSCivo Kubernetes vs RancherLinode Kubernetes Engine vs Azure Kubernetes ServiceLinode Kubernetes Engine vs Amazon EKSLinode Kubernetes Engine vs RancherAzure Kubernetes Service vs Amazon EKSAzure Kubernetes Service vs RancherAmazon EKS vs Rancher
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
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Key
01Google Kubernetes Engine39%
Google Kubernetes Engine39%02DigitalOcean Kubernetes22%
DigitalOcean Kubernetes22%03Civo Kubernetes10%
Civo Kubernetes10%04Linode Kubernetes Engine10%
Linode Kubernetes Engine10%05Azure Kubernetes Service8%
Azure Kubernetes Service8%06Amazon EKS6%
Amazon EKS6%07Rancher2%
Rancher2%08Scaleway Kapsule0%
Scaleway Kapsule0%09Vultr Kubernetes Engine0%
Vultr Kubernetes Engine0%10Red Hat OpenShift0%
Red Hat OpenShift0%11VMware Tanzu0%
VMware Tanzu0%What they warned about
Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Amazon EKS32%
19 of 59 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“EKS is frequently described as "the worst managed Kubernetes provider out of all the major players"... avoid hyperscaler-only solutions like EKS” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Red Hat OpenShift30%
8 of 27 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid if you want standard, highly portable Kubernetes API patterns or if you are on a tight budget.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Azure Kubernetes Service13%
8 of 61 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“avoid hyperscaler-only solutions like EKS, GKE, or AKS unless you have strong ecosystem reasons” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Google Kubernetes Engine11%
7 of 63 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“avoid hyperscaler-only solutions like EKS, GKE, or AKS unless you have strong ecosystem reasons” GLM 4.7 FlashX, 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
63 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. 910 links across 240 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
39 answers · 90 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Rackspace39 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Railway34 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
31 answers · 34 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Portainer29 answers · 36 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Northflank22 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
19 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean18 answers · 26 citations · 7 models
16 answers · 28 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Mirantis16 answers · 16 citations · 6 models
13 answers · 15 citations · 6 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 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.
39 answers · 11 models
34 answers · 11 models
30 answers · 10 models
29 answers · 11 models
24 answers · 9 models
22 answers · 11 models
18 answers · 8 models
14 answers · 6 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best managed kubernetes platform”, “managed kubernetes platform”, “managed kubernetes platforms”. 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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| Google Kubernetes Engine cloud.google.com Google Kubernetes Engine 39%, Google Kubernetes Engine Enterprise 0% | 39% | 191 | 2,400 | 15 | 7,405,347 | 4 | ||
| DigitalOcean parent site DigitalOcean Kubernetes 22% | 22% | 93 | 74,000 | 942 | ||||
| Civo Kubernetes civo.com | 10% | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4,772 | |||
| Linode linode.com Linode Kubernetes Engine 10% | 10% | 45 | 30 | 1 | 15,263 company | 76 | ||
| Azure azure.microsoft.com Azure Kubernetes Service 8% | 8% | 165 | 301,000 | 47,904 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| Amazon parent site Amazon EKS 6% | 6% | 186 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | ||||
| Rancher rancher.com | 2% | 69 | 12,100 | 30,642 | 11,297 | |||
| Purvaco purvaco.com | 2% | |||||||
| Oracle parent site Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes 2% | 2% | 15 | 450,000 | 66,611 | ||||
| Scaleway scaleway.com Scaleway Kapsule 0% | 0% | 12 | 10 | 0 | 13,420 company |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 19 sites; 6 of them are among the sites the models cited here (digitalocean.com, medium.com, mirantis.com, portainer.io, reddit.com, spot.rackspace.com). The first result for “best managed kubernetes platform” is cycle.io.
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 managed Kubernetes platform for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which hosted Kubernetes service would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top managed Kubernetes platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed Kubernetes platform for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a managed Kubernetes platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed Kubernetes platforms should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceGoogle Kubernetes EngineChangedno first choiceDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service
Four alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Fairwinds, NorthflankThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean KubernetesTwo alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineGPT-5.4 miniAmazon EKSGoogle Kubernetes EngineChangedagainst: DigitalOcean Kubernetesno first choiceGoogle Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service
Three alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShiftThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShiftThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Cloud RunGemini 3.5 FlashGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: DigitalOcean KubernetesGoogle Kubernetes EngineHeldagainst: DigitalOcean KubernetesGoogle Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineAmazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu
Two alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine EnterpriseOne alternative
AWS FargatePerplexity SonarDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes EngineChangedno first choiceCivo Kubernetesno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Container Instances, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Cloud Run, Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu
Two alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean KubernetesFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Scaleway Kapsule, Vultr Kubernetes EngineGrok 4.20DigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Rackspace SpotGoogle Kubernetes EngineChangedno first choiceagainst: Red Hat OpenShiftDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: Red Hat OpenShiftagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine
Two alternatives
Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean KubernetesFour alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Vultr Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineMistral SmallDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes EngineOracle Container Engine for KubernetesChangedGoogle Kubernetes EngineCivo Kubernetesno first choiceagainst: Platform9 Managed Kubernetes, StackPointCloud
Three alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean KubernetesSix alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Scaleway Kapsule, Vultr Kubernetes EngineDeepSeek V4 FlashGoogle Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes EngineHeldGoogle Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Hetzner, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift
Four alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean KubernetesTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceSeven alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, Vultr Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineLlama 4 MaverickLinode Kubernetes EnginePurvacoChangedno first choiceCivo Kubernetesno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Northflank, Portainer, Scaleway KapsuleThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Northflank, RailwayFour alternatives
Hetzner, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Scaleway Kapsule, Vultr Kubernetes EngineQwen 3.7 FlashAzure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSGoogle Kubernetes EngineChangedGoogle Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceAmazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Rancher, Rancher Kubernetes Engine v1, Red Hat OpenShift
Two alternatives
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes EngineTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Kubernetes Engine by DigitalOcean / Linode, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShiftThree alternatives
Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Vultr Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftKimi K2Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Rancher, VMware TanzuAzure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineHeldagainst: Amazon EKSGoogle Kubernetes EngineCivo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKSGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu, Vultr Kubernetes Engine
One alternative
DigitalOcean KubernetesTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Vultr Kubernetes EngineTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceGLM 4.7 FlashXRancheragainst: Amazon EKS, Red Hat OpenShiftAzure Kubernetes ServiceChangedno first choiceDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, HetznerGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform
Two alternatives
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, UpCloud Managed KubernetesThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, RancherEight alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, Platform9 Managed Kubernetes, Portainer, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftThree alternatives
Linode Kubernetes Engine, Scaleway Kapsule, Vultr Kubernetes EngineFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Rancher, VMware TanzuMiniMax M2.5Linode Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes EngineChangedGoogle Kubernetes EngineCivo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean KubernetesGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: IONOS
Three alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineFour alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean KubernetesSix alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware TanzuThree alternatives
Linode Kubernetes Engine, Scaleway Kapsule, Vultr Kubernetes EngineTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceBold 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 07:31 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:22 | 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 07:31 | yes | 20 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 11 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 18 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:48 | yes | 14 | 75 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 10 | 61 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 24 | 64 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:23 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:23 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 9 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 20 | 5 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 07:38 | yes | 27 | 14 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 15 | 43 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 21 | 36 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 5 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 9 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 9 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 11 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 20 | 10 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 07:44 | yes | 22 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 18 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 5 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 10 | 61 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 18 | 94 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:22 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:38 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 20 | 4 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 07:23 | yes | 39 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:35 | no | 0 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:49 | yes | 9 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 20 | 71 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:25 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:34 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 8 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:24 | 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 07:38 | yes | 20 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:34 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 24 | 23 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:44 | no | 0 | 53 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:48 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 15 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 5 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 6 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 21 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 20 | 8 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 07:45 | yes | 45 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 34 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 23 | 109 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 25 | 49 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 19 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 10 | 31 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 EKS
Akamai Linode read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Civo read as Civo Kubernetes
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Kubernetes
DigitalOcean (DOKS) read as DigitalOcean Kubernetes
IBM Cloud Kubernetes read as IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Linode read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Linode (LKE) read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Linode/Akamai read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Linode/Akamai (LKE) read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Mirantis read as Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
OVHcloud read as OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes
Oracle Cloud (Always Free) read as Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure read as Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes
Platform9 read as Platform9 Managed Kubernetes
Scaleway read as Scaleway Kapsule
UpCloud read as UpCloud Managed Kubernetes
Vultr read as Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Vultr Kubernetes (VKE) read as Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Unresolved, counted raw
DigitalOcean LKE
Kubernetes Engine by DigitalOcean / Linode
Rancher Kubernetes Engine v1 (RKE1)
StackPointCloud
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.