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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 230 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Cloudways 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/cloudways/alternatives

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

- Amazon Web Services: 72
- Microsoft Azure: 48
- DigitalOcean Droplets: 45
- Google Cloud: 9
- Atlantic.Net: 4
- Azure: 4

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 71 of 84 answers did not name Cloudways (Cloudways is #8 of 14 at 2%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 32 of those 71
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 5 of those 71
- Render: first choice in 4 of those 71
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Hetzner: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 3 of those 71
- Vercel: first choice in 2 of those 71
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 71

**Mid-market**: 75 of 84 answers did not name Cloudways (Cloudways is #7 of 14 at 2%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 26 of those 75
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 18 of those 75
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 12 of those 75
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Google Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 75
- Amazon Web Services, AWS: first choice in 1 of those 75
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 1 of those 75

**Enterprise**: 84 of 84 answers did not name Cloudways.

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 41 of those 84
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 27 of those 84
- Google Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 84
- Azure: first choice in 4 of those 84
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 4 of those 84
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 1 of those 84
- GCP: first choice in 1 of those 84
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 84

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