# Azure alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 234 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Azure holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon Web Services: 65
- DigitalOcean Droplets: 50
- Microsoft Azure: 48
- Google Cloud: 7
- Atlantic.Net: 6
- Vultr: 5

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 76 of 84 answers did not name Azure (Azure is #12 of 14 at 0%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 34 of those 76
- Hetzner: first choice in 4 of those 76
- Render: first choice in 4 of those 76
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Cloudways: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 3 of those 76
- Vultr: first choice in 3 of those 76

**Mid-market**: 80 of 84 answers did not name Azure (Azure is #14 of 14 at 0%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 26 of those 80
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 18 of those 80
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 15 of those 80
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 80
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 80
- Google Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 80
- Amazon Web Services, AWS: first choice in 1 of those 80

**Enterprise**: 78 of 84 answers did not name Azure (Azure is #7 of 8 at 0%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 36 of those 78
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 27 of those 78
- Google Cloud: first choice in 5 of those 78
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 3 of those 78
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 78
- Microsoft Windows 365: first choice in 1 of those 78

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