Managed Kubernetes platforms for enterprise buyers
Asked as “managed Kubernetes platform”, and as “hosted Kubernetes service”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
33%
Contested · Amazon EKS 24%
33Google Kubernetes Engine24Amazon EKS12Azure Kubernetes Service31others
33% 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 an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the two 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 thirteen times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
Google Kubernetes Engine vs DigitalOcean KubernetesGoogle Kubernetes Engine vs Civo KubernetesGoogle Kubernetes Engine vs Linode Kubernetes Engine
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.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%.
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Key
01Google Kubernetes Engine33%
Google Kubernetes Engine33%02Amazon EKS24%
Amazon EKS24%03Azure Kubernetes Service12%
Azure Kubernetes Service12%04Red Hat OpenShift12%
Red Hat OpenShift12%05Portainer4%
Portainer4%06Mirantis Kubernetes Engine2%
Mirantis Kubernetes Engine2%07Platform9 Managed Kubernetes2%
Platform9 Managed Kubernetes2%08VMware Tanzu2%
VMware Tanzu2%09Rancher0%
Rancher0%10DigitalOcean Kubernetes0%
DigitalOcean Kubernetes0%What they warned about
Two of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, 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.
DigitalOcean Kubernetes69%
9 of 13 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“No enterprise‑grade SLA ... Fewer compliance certifications ... Platforms to be cautious about (or outright avoid for most large enterprises)” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Amazon EKS18%
11 of 62 labels negative · 8 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid EKS if predictability is your top priority.” Mistral Small, budget prompt
Linode Kubernetes Engine88%
7 of 8 labels negative · 7 of 12 models · 5 hard negative
“Avoid these for core mission-critical production workloads.” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
VMware Tanzu44%
8 of 18 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 3 hard negative
“Avoid | Deeply integrated PaaS-like platforms (Tanzu Application Platform, OpenShift) unless you're committed to that ecosystem” Kimi K2, 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
65 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. 1000 links across 249 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Rackspace45 answers · 47 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Northflank41 answers · 68 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Portainer37 answers · 51 citations · 11 models
31 answers · 51 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Railway26 answers · 26 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 22 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Mirantis19 answers · 19 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 21 citations · 6 models
16 answers · 16 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Platform912 answers · 17 citations · 7 models
vendor site · G212 answers · 12 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.
44 answers · 11 models
28 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 10 models
22 answers · 10 models
21 answers · 8 models
20 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 9 models
16 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 33%, Google Kubernetes Engine Enterprise 2% | 35% | 191 | 2,400 | 15 | 7,405,347 | 4 | ||
| Amazon parent site Amazon EKS 24% | 24% | 186 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | ||||
| Azure azure.microsoft.com Azure Kubernetes Service 12% | 12% | 165 | 301,000 | 47,904 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| Red Hat OpenShift redhat.com | 12% | 89 | 2,900 | 89 | 1,347,338 | $281 | 117 | |
| Portainer portainer.io | 4% | 17 | 12,100 | 559 | 19,277 | 10 | 1 | |
| Northflank northflank.com | 2% | 53 | 1,300 | 8 | 48,493 | 1 | ||
| Mirantis Kubernetes Engine mirantis.com | 2% | 37 | 110 | 1 | 44,795 | 6 | 2 | |
| Platform9 Managed Kubernetes platform9.com | 2% | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1,716 | 27 | ||
| Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform | 2% | |||||||
| Rackspace Spot rackspace.com | 2% | 7 | 70 | 0 | 226,422 | 0 | 7 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 19 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (medium.com, mirantis.com, portainer.io, 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 an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which hosted Kubernetes service would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade managed Kubernetes platforms and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed Kubernetes platform 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 managed Kubernetes platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed Kubernetes platforms should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceAmazon EKSChangedAmazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineAzure Kubernetes Serviceno first choiceagainst: Azure Kubernetes Service
Two alternatives
Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShiftTwo alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineTwo alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShiftTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineGPT-5.4 miniRed Hat OpenShiftAmazon EKSChangedno first choiceAzure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShiftagainst: Amazon EKSno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineTwo alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineOne alternative
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Standard or Anthos / GKE EnterpriseGemini 3.5 FlashGoogle Kubernetes EngineAmazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineChangedGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, EKS AnywherePlatform9 Managed KubernetesGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Rancher, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzuagainst: AWS Fargate, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, VMware Tanzu, Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Four alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftTwo alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShiftFive alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware TanzuSeven alternatives
Amazon EKS, CAST AI, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftFour alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, CAST AI, RafayPerplexity SonarGoogle Kubernetes EngineAmazon EKSChangedno first choiceGoogle Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Portainer, VMware Tanzu
Five alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Northflank, Portainer, Red Hat OpenShiftTwo alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, PortainerGrok 4.20Google Kubernetes EngineAmazon EKSChangedagainst: Azure Kubernetes ServiceAmazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: VMware TanzuGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSAmazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Rancher, Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Three alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShiftOne alternative
Google Kubernetes EngineOne alternative
Red Hat OpenShiftOne alternative
Azure Kubernetes ServiceThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware TanzuMistral SmallMirantis Kubernetes Engine, VMware TanzuAmazon EKSChangedno first choiceGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineTwo alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineOne alternative
Azure Kubernetes ServiceDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon EKSAzure Kubernetes ServiceChangedAmazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Platform9 Managed Kubernetes, RackspaceGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, GKE on AWS, Google Distributed Cloud, Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, Scaleway Kapsule, Swisscom Enterprise Service Cloud "Container Services with Kubernetes", UpCloud Managed Kubernetes
Three alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShiftTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftOne alternative
Azure Kubernetes ServiceTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceLlama 4 MaverickPortainerAmazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceChangedGoogle Kubernetes EngineRackspace Spotno first choiceagainst: Azure Kubernetes Service
Two alternatives
Northflank, RackspaceTwo alternatives
Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftOne alternative
PortainerQwen 3.7 FlashGoogle Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes EngineHeldGoogle Kubernetes EnginePortaineragainst: Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: Alibaba Cloud, Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, Hetzner, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware vSphere with Tanzu, Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Five alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Red Hat OpenShiftOne alternative
Red Hat OpenShiftFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftKimi K2Google Kubernetes EngineRed Hat OpenShiftChangedGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: VMware TanzuGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSAmazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Hetzner, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Linode Kubernetes Engine, OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu, Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Four alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShiftFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Arc, Azure Kubernetes Service, EKS Anywhere, Google Kubernetes EngineFour alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftOne alternative
Azure Kubernetes ServiceTwo alternatives
Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftGLM 4.7 FlashXRed Hat OpenShiftRed Hat OpenShiftHeldAmazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineKubermatic Kubernetes Platform, Red Hat OpenShiftagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Rackspace Spot, Red Hat OpenShift, Scaleway Kapsule, VMware Tanzu, Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Eight alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Northflank, Portainer, Rancher, VMware TanzuThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
RKE2, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftOne alternative
RancherMiniMax M2.5Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes Engine EnterpriseChangedno first choiceno first choiceNorthflankagainst: Alibaba Cloud Container Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, KubeSphere SaaS, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Platform9 Managed Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu
Three alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Oracle Container Engine for KubernetesTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware TanzuThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Cloudfleet, Google Kubernetes EngineBold 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 07:48 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:31 | 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 07:48 | yes | 32 | 16 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 5 | 42 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 10 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 24 | 131 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:39 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 2 | 7 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:31 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:46 | 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 07:33 | yes | 34 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 10 | 45 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 17 | 72 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 13 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 20 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 19 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 18 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:36 | 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 07:47 | yes | 36 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 8 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 25 | 26 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:31 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 5 | 47 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 15 | 35 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 25 | 78 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:30 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 24 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 19 | 18 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 11 | 136 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:31 | yes | 24 | 84 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:31 | yes | 36 | 210 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 17 | 114 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 14 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 11 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:45 | 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 07:46 | yes | 14 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:22 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:31 | no | 0 | 43 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 20 | 50 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 12 | 69 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:34 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 7 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:36 | 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 07:36 | yes | 24 | 15 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 27 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:40 | no | 0 | 56 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 23 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 24 | 93 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 25 | 109 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 (EKS) read as Amazon EKS
Civo read as Civo Kubernetes
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Kubernetes
IBM Cloud Kubernetes read as IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service
Linode read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Linode (Akamai) read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Linode/Akamai read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Mirantis read as Mirantis Kubernetes Engine
OVHcloud read as OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes
Oracle (OKE) 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 (VKE) read as Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Unresolved, counted raw
Alibaba Cloud Container Service
Elastisys
GKE on AWS
Google Distributed Cloud
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Standard or Anthos / GKE Enterprise
KubeSphere SaaS
Kubermatic Kubernetes Platform (KKP)
Loft
Plural.sh
Swisscom Enterprise Service Cloud "Container Services with Kubernetes"
VMware vSphere Kubernetes Services (VKS)
VMware vSphere with Tanzu
VSHN
vCluster
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.