Managed relational databases
Asked as “managed relational database service”, and as “hosted SQL database”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 54 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
35%
Contested · Amazon Aurora 11%
35Amazon RDS11Amazon Aurora11Google Cloud SQL43others
35% 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
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 SQL 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 eleven models six times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Amazon RDS vs NeonAmazon RDS vs Azure SQL DatabaseAmazon RDS vs SupabaseAmazon RDS vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLGoogle Cloud SQL vs Amazon AuroraGoogle Cloud SQL vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesGoogle Cloud SQL vs NeonGoogle Cloud SQL vs Azure SQL DatabaseGoogle Cloud SQL vs SupabaseGoogle Cloud SQL vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLAmazon Aurora vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesAmazon Aurora vs NeonAmazon Aurora vs Azure SQL DatabaseAmazon Aurora vs SupabaseAmazon Aurora vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs NeonDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs Azure SQL DatabaseDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs SupabaseDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLNeon vs Azure SQL DatabaseNeon vs SupabaseNeon vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLAzure SQL Database vs SupabaseAzure SQL Database vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLSupabase vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
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 →
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09Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Amazon RDS35%
Amazon RDS35%02Google Cloud SQL11%
Google Cloud SQL11%03Amazon Aurora11%
Amazon Aurora11%04DigitalOcean Managed Databases7%
DigitalOcean Managed Databases7%05Neon6%
Neon6%06Azure SQL Database4%
Azure SQL Database4%07Supabase4%
Supabase4%08AlloyDB for PostgreSQL2%
09PlanetScale2%
PlanetScale2%What they warned about
Four of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash 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 RDS22%
14 of 64 labels negative · 12 of 12 models
“Amazon has significantly less detailed documentation for AWS RDS limitations compared to Azure SQL. AWS RDS SQL Server lacks the native backup solution for restoring a database to point in time” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Google Cloud SQL15%
8 of 53 labels negative · 7 of 12 models
“it may not be suitable for applications that require globally distributed transactional writes across multiple regions with strong consistency” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Azure SQL Database15%
6 of 41 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid the DTU model for any growing or modern production workload.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt
Neon21%
5 of 24 labels negative · 5 of 12 models
“But for a mid-sized B2B company, I'd still usually choose a mainstream managed Postgres service first” GPT-5.4 mini, paraphrase 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
59 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. 872 links across 262 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Northflank25 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
21 answers · 21 citations · 9 models
20 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Amazon19 answers · 32 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Gitnux17 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Instaclustr17 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
15 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
13 answers · 20 citations · 5 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
vendor site · G212 answers · 22 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.
21 answers · 9 models
17 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 7 models
10 answers · 4 models
10 answers · 8 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 relational database service”, “managed relational database service”, “managed relational database services”. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon RDS 35%, Amazon Aurora 11%, Amazon Web Services 2% | 48% | 164 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | |
| Google Cloud cloud.google.com Google Cloud SQL 11% | 11% | 157 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 7,405,347 | ||
| DigitalOcean parent site DigitalOcean Managed Databases 7% | 7% | 42 | 74,000 | 942 | |||
| Neon neon.com | 6% | 47 | 135,000 | 66,147 | 73,379 | 1 | |
| Azure parent site Azure SQL Database 4%, Azure Database for PostgreSQL 0%, Azure Database 0% | 4% | 136 | 301,000 | 47,904 | |||
| Supabase supabase.com | 4% | 68 | 165,000 | 1,974 | 91,424 | 4 | |
| Railway railway.com | 4% | 31 | 49,500 | 38,891 | 60,702 | 0 | |
| AlloyDB for PostgreSQL | 2% | 50 | 8 | ||||
| Vultr vultr.com Vultr Managed Databases 2% | 2% | 9 | 22,200 | 302 | 81,453 company | 95 | |
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Cloud Spanner 2% | 2% | 23 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 17 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, reddit.com). The first result for “best managed relational database service” is trustradius.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 managed relational database service for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which hosted SQL database would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top managed relational database services and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed relational database service for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a managed relational database service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed relational database services should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLno first choiceChangedno first choiceAmazon Aurora Serverless, Amazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database
One alternative
Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQLFour alternatives
Azure Database for MySQL/PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, PlanetScaleGPT-5.4 miniAmazon RDSAmazon RDSHeldagainst: Neon, SupabaseAmazon RDSDigitalOcean Managed Databasesno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL, IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL
Two alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLFour alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft SQL ServerThree alternatives
Azure SQL Database/Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseOne alternative
Amazon RDSGemini 3.5 FlashAmazon Aurora, PlanetScaleAmazon AuroraChangedAmazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLNeon, Tursoagainst: Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, PlanetScaleno first choiceagainst: CockroachDB, Google Cloud Spanner, YugabyteDBagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Heroku Postgres, Hetzner, Linode Managed Databases, Oracle Autonomous Database
Three alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, NeonFive alternatives
Aiven for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Neon, SupabaseEight alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, CockroachDB, Google Cloud Spanner, Neon, PlanetScale, SupabaseThree alternatives
Coolify, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, SupabaseFive alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, SupabasePerplexity SonarAmazon RDSGoogle Cloud SQLChangedagainst: DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Neon, Supabaseno first choiceAmazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL
Two alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL DatabaseTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseFour alternatives
Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Linode Managed Databases, Vultr Managed DatabasesGrok 4.20Amazon RDSAmazon RDSHeldAmazon RDSDigitalOcean Managed Databasesagainst: Amazon RDS, Render PostgresAlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Spanneragainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, IBM Db2 on Cloud, Oracle Cloud Database@OCI
Two alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLFour alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQLFive alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Cloud Database servicesFour alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure, Neon, SupabaseOne alternative
Azure SQL DatabaseMistral SmallAmazon RDSGoogle Cloud SQLChangedAmazon RDSNeon, Railwayno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Neon, Railway, Render Postgres, Supabase
Three alternatives
Google Cloud SQL, Kyndryl, Rackspace TechnologyTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQLThree alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, NorthflankFour alternatives
DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Linode Managed Databases, MySQL, Vultr Managed DatabasesDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSagainst: OracleGoogle Cloud SQLChangedAmazon RDSDigitalOcean Managed Databases, Linode Managed Databases, Vultr Managed Databasesagainst: Amazon RDS, Supabaseno first choiceagainst: Microsoft SQL Server, Oracleagainst: Amazon DocumentDB, Amazon RDS, Heroku Postgres, Oracle Autonomous Database, PlanetScale, Render Postgres, Supabase
Three alternatives
Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Crunchy Bridge, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL DatabaseThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Neon, Render PostgresLlama 4 MaverickAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, PostgreSQLGoogle Cloud SQLChangedno first choiceRailwayno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL
Two alternatives
Ntirety, Rackspace TechnologyTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure DatabaseThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Linode Managed Databases, Vultr Managed DatabasesQwen 3.7 FlashAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSAmazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseChangedAmazon RDSSupabaseagainst: Amazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure Cosmos DBagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database
Two alternatives
DigitalOcean Managed Databases, SupabaseThree alternatives
Google Cloud SQL, PlanetScale, SupabaseThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Managed Databases, NeonKimi K2Amazon RDSAmazon RDSHeldAmazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLNeon, Supabaseagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure, Google Cloud SQLno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Firebase Realtime Database, Google Cloud SQL, Heroku Postgres, Neon, PlanetScale
Two alternatives
Azure Database, Google Cloud SQLFour alternatives
Azure SQL Database or Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQL, Neon, SupabaseThree alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Managed InstanceTwo alternatives
Railway, Render PostgresFive alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure Database for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLGLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon RDSagainst: DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Neon, PlanetScale, Ploi, Selfhost.dev, SupabaseAmazon RDSHeldno first choiceAmazon Web Services, Oracle Cloud Free Tierno first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL
Three alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, ScalewayFour alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Heroku Postgres, SupabaseSeven alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud SpannerEight alternatives
DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud, Hetzner Managed Databases, Linode Managed Databases, Neon, Railway, Render Postgres, Vultr Managed DatabasesMiniMax M2.5Amazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseAmazon AuroraChangedAmazon RDSDigitalOcean Managed Databasesno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Database
Three alternatives
Google Cloud SQL, Ntirety, Rackspace TechnologyThree alternatives
Azure SQL Database, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLOne alternative
Amazon RDSBold 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:43 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 13 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:36 | 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 07:34 | yes | 40 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 15 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:26 | no | 0 | 43 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 10 | 55 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 15 | 151 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 5 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:34 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:48 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 12 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 20 | 6 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 07:31 | yes | 44 | 17 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 07:34 | yes | 10 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 19 | 87 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:37 | yes | 15 | 73 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:38 | no | 0 | 12 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:22 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:48 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 20 | 7 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 07:43 | yes | 13 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 12 | 11 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 8 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 5 | 41 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:31 | yes | 9 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 25 | 64 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:21 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:48 | no | 0 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 13 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:43 | 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 07:30 | yes | 50 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 6 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:44 | no | 0 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 9 | 37 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 19 | 92 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 15 | 102 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:31 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:29 | no | 0 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:21 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 20 | 10 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 07:29 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:43 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:42 | no | 0 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 15 | 69 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:24 | yes | 15 | 44 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 5 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:49 | yes | 18 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 7 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:49 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 20 | 5 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 07:29 | yes | 41 | 21 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 07:39 | yes | 29 | 42 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 8 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 10 | 71 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 30 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:49 | yes | 26 | 88 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 25 | 66 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 RDS / Aurora read as Amazon RDS
AWS RDS/Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Aiven read as Aiven for PostgreSQL
Aiven (for PostgreSQL) read as Aiven for PostgreSQL
AlloyDB read as AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Azure SQL read as Azure SQL Database
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Heroku read as Heroku Postgres
Linode read as Linode Managed Databases
Linode/Akamai read as Linode Managed Databases
Render read as Render Postgres
Render (Postgres) read as Render Postgres
Vultr read as Vultr Managed Databases
Unresolved, counted raw
Azure SQL Database or Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Hetzner Managed Databases
IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL
MariaDB on DigitalOcean
OCI (Oracle Cloud) MySQL HeatWave
Oracle Cloud Database services
Oracle Cloud Database@OCI
Ploi
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.