Index › IT › Cloud and infrastructure › Managed Kubernetes › Small business · September 2026 Edition
Managed Kubernetes platforms for small business buyers
Asked as “managed Kubernetes platform”, and as “hosted Kubernetes service”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 56 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
39%
Contested · Google Kubernetes Engine 27%
39DigitalOcean Kubernetes27Google Kubernetes Engine11Civo Kubernetes23others
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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the three 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 eleven 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 small business.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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01DigitalOcean Kubernetes39%
DigitalOcean Kubernetes39%02Google Kubernetes Engine27%
Google Kubernetes Engine27%03Civo Kubernetes11%
Civo Kubernetes11%04Linode Kubernetes Engine5%
Linode Kubernetes Engine5%05Azure Kubernetes Service5%
Azure Kubernetes Service5%06Amazon EKS5%
Amazon EKS5%07Scaleway Kapsule2%
Scaleway Kapsule2%08Render2%
Render2%09Vultr Kubernetes Engine0%
Vultr Kubernetes Engine0%10Rackspace Spot0%
Rackspace Spot0%11Railway0%
Railway0%What they warned about
Four of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, 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 EKS53%
31 of 58 labels negative · 11 of 12 models · 10 hard negative
“small businesses should be cautious about—or avoid—the following managed Kubernetes platforms: 1. AWS EKS, Azure AKS, and Google GKE” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Google Kubernetes Engine28%
17 of 61 labels negative · 10 of 12 models · 6 hard negative
“Platforms to Avoid ... Complex UI/console; node autoscaling quirks; autopilot mode limits customization.” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Azure Kubernetes Service27%
15 of 56 labels negative · 9 of 12 models · 7 hard negative
“no production SLA without paid tier; .NET/Windows bias; networking/storage fees add up. Still complex” Grok 4.20, negative prompt
Red Hat OpenShift75%
6 of 8 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 4 hard negative
“Heavy licensing – pricing is based on cores or nodes and can be prohibitive for small teams.” MiniMax M2.5, 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
62 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. 832 links across 193 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
47 answers · 97 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Rackspace41 answers · 44 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Railway39 answers · 39 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Northflank32 answers · 43 citations · 11 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean28 answers · 56 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 27 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 18 citations · 5 models
vendor site · Portainer15 answers · 20 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Sedai14 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
vendor site · OneUptime12 answers · 12 citations · 6 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
41 answers · 11 models
39 answers · 11 models
30 answers · 10 models
25 answers · 10 models
24 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 8 models
20 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 5 models
16 answers · 9 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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| DigitalOcean parent site DigitalOcean Kubernetes 39% | 39% | 93 | 74,000 | 942 | ||||
| Google Kubernetes Engine cloud.google.com | 27% | 191 | 2,400 | 15 | 7,405,347 | 4 | ||
| Civo Kubernetes civo.com | 11% | 25 | 20 | 1 | 4,772 | |||
| Linode linode.com Linode Kubernetes Engine 5% | 5% | 45 | 30 | 1 | 15,263 company | 76 | ||
| Azure azure.microsoft.com Azure Kubernetes Service 5% | 5% | 165 | 301,000 | 47,904 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| Amazon parent site Amazon EKS 5% | 5% | 186 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | ||||
| Scaleway scaleway.com Scaleway Kapsule 2% | 2% | 12 | 10 | 0 | 13,420 company | |||
| Render render.com | 2% | 27 | 90,500 | 20,866 | 84,662 | 19 | ||
| Fly.io fly.io | 2% | 17 | 2,900 | 207 | 18,149 | $251 | 49 | |
| Hetzner hetzner.com | 2% | 62 | 33,100 | 391 | 70,486 | 1 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 19 sites; 5 of them are among the sites the models cited here (digitalocean.com, medium.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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which hosted Kubernetes service would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top managed Kubernetes platforms for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed Kubernetes platform for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a managed Kubernetes platform. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed Kubernetes platforms should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes EngineAmazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineChangedDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKSDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engine
One alternative
Azure Kubernetes ServiceTwo alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, NorthflankOne alternative
Vultr Kubernetes EngineGPT-5.4 miniGoogle Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes EngineHeldDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean Kubernetesno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineGemini 3.5 FlashGoogle Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes EngineHeldDigitalOcean KubernetesCivo Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engine, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, Rancher, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu, k3s
Two alternatives
Amazon EKS, DigitalOcean KubernetesThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean KubernetesFive alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Northflank, RenderTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
AWS EKS with Fargate / EKS Auto, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean KubernetesPerplexity SonarDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceDigitalOcean KubernetesHeldDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Rancher, Red Hat OpenShiftDigitalOcean Kubernetesno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu
One alternative
Linode Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Northflank, QoveryThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes EngineGrok 4.20DigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Rackspace SpotDigitalOcean KubernetesHeldagainst: Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKSDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes, Scaleway Kapsule
Three alternatives
Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Vultr Kubernetes EngineOne alternative
Linode Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Vultr Kubernetes EngineFive alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Rackspace SpotMistral SmallCivo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean KubernetesChangedCivo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKSCivo Kubernetesno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine
Three alternatives
Rackspace Spot, Scaleway Kapsule, UpCloud Managed KubernetesTwo alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Rackspace SpotThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Rackspace SpotTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Scaleway KapsuleDeepSeek V4 FlashCivo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKSDigitalOcean KubernetesChangedCivo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes
Two alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineOne alternative
Google Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, Vultr Kubernetes EngineTwo alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes ServiceLlama 4 MaverickLinode Kubernetes Engineno first choiceChangedCivo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean KubernetesCivo Kubernetes, Hetzner, Scaleway Kapsuleno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, GCloud, Linode Kubernetes Engine
Six alternatives
Azure, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes, Scaleway Kapsule, UpCloud Managed KubernetesTwo alternatives
Scaleway Kapsule, UpCloud Managed KubernetesOne alternative
Rackspace SpotQwen 3.7 FlashGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSAzure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean KubernetesChangedagainst: Amazon EKSDigitalOcean KubernetesDigitalOcean KubernetesFly.io, Renderagainst: DigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, VMware Tanzu
One alternative
DigitalOcean KubernetesTwo alternatives
Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes EngineSeven alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Northflank, RailwayTwo alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, Vultr Kubernetes EngineFour alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Elastic Beanstalk, Google Kubernetes EngineKimi K2Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSGoogle Kubernetes EngineChangedagainst: Amazon EKSDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSCivo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineGoogle Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine
One alternative
Azure Kubernetes ServiceFour alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Scaleway KapsuleTwo alternatives
Linode Kubernetes Engine, Vultr Kubernetes EngineFour alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean KubernetesGLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean KubernetesChangedDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes EngineDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engineno first choiceagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes Engine, Red Hat OpenShift, Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Six alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Portainer, Rackspace Spot, Rancher, Vultr Kubernetes EngineFour alternatives
Google Kubernetes Engine, Rackspace Spot, Red Hat OpenShift, Vultr Kubernetes EngineFour alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, NorthflankThree alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, Scaleway Kapsule, Vultr Kubernetes EngineMiniMax M2.5no first choiceDigitalOcean KubernetesChangedDigitalOcean Kubernetes, Linode Kubernetes Engineagainst: Amazon EKSDigitalOcean Kubernetesagainst: Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes EngineAmazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engineagainst: Rancheragainst: Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service, Mirantis Kubernetes Engine, Nutanix Kubernetes Platform, Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift
Five alternatives
Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service, DigitalOcean Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, Linode Kubernetes EngineThree alternatives
Azure Kubernetes Service, Google Kubernetes Engine, RailwayTwo alternatives
Civo Kubernetes, Scaleway KapsuleBold 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 07:44 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:31 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 19 | 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 07:29 | yes | 35 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:38 | no | 0 | 39 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 10 | 51 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 27 | 43 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:48 | no | 0 | 69 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:33 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 2 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 17 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:38 | 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 07:26 | yes | 19 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 19 | 16 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 07:44 | yes | 9 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 25 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 15 | 60 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 19 | 8 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 | 22 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 8 | 10 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 18 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 10 | 50 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:54 | yes | 16 | 59 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 12 | 46 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 7 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 16 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:38 | 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 07:31 | yes | 37 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 5 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 12 | 49 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:41 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:43 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:34 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 20 | 8 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 07:25 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:46 | no | 0 | 13 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:41 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:31 | no | 0 | 45 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 14 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 9 | 81 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 24 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:30 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:25 | 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 07:31 | yes | 21 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 27 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 8 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 10 | 51 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:48 | yes | 18 | 45 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 20 | 59 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 5 | 63 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
AWS (EKS) read as Amazon EKS
Civo read as Civo Kubernetes
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Kubernetes
DigitalOcean (DOKS) read as DigitalOcean Kubernetes
Linode read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Linode (Akamai) read as Linode Kubernetes Engine
Linode (LKE) 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 read as Oracle Container Engine for Kubernetes
Scaleway read as Scaleway Kapsule
UpCloud read as UpCloud Managed Kubernetes
Vultr read as Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Vultr Kubernetes read as Vultr Kubernetes Engine
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS ECS with Fargate
AWS EKS with Fargate / EKS Auto
Alibaba Cloud Kubernetes (ACK)
Elastic Beanstalk
GCloud
Infomaniak K8s
MicroK8s
OVHcloud Managed Rancher
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.