# DigitalOcean Droplets alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 151 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where DigitalOcean Droplets 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/digitalocean-droplets/alternatives

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

- Amazon Web Services: 52
- Microsoft Azure: 36
- Google Cloud: 7
- Azure: 4
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: 4
- Atlantic.Net: 3

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 26 of 84 answers did not name DigitalOcean Droplets (DigitalOcean Droplets is #1 of 14 at 55%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 2 of those 26
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 2 of those 26
- Cloudways: first choice in 1 of those 26
- Google Cloud Run: first choice in 1 of those 26
- Kinsta: first choice in 1 of those 26
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 1 of those 26
- WP Engine: first choice in 1 of those 26

**Mid-market**: 43 of 84 answers did not name DigitalOcean Droplets (DigitalOcean Droplets is #3 of 14 at 24%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 11 of those 43
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 8 of those 43
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Amazon Web Services, AWS: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 1 of those 43
- DreamHost: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Hostwinds: first choice in 1 of those 43
- Vultr: first choice in 1 of those 43

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name DigitalOcean Droplets (DigitalOcean Droplets is #4 of 8 at 2%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 39 of those 82
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 27 of those 82
- Google Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Azure: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 4 of those 82
- GCP: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Microsoft Windows 365: first choice in 1 of those 82

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