Colocation providers · RankedFlexential
Flexential is a colocation and cloud hosting provider that offers data center space and power across multiple markets · flexential.com ↗
Strongest at mid-market, contested with Equinix. Ranked 8 of 67 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
TierPoint is first at 13%.
Ranked first, contested: Equinix has 12%. 6 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Equinix is first at 66%.
Why models recommend it
“"Colocation built for the mid market: one relationship covering racks, cloud, and recovery. Best for: mid market hybrid IT" for Flexential.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Direct question · first choice
“Flexential is frequently ranked as the strongest fit for a mid-market B2B company among colocation providers.”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · first choice
“Flexential - Best for Mid-Market ... Specifically designed for mid-market companies with hybrid IT needs”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Start with Flexential for a balanced mid-market, managed colocation with national footprint”Muse Glimmer 30B · Paraphrase question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Slightly higher but can be cost-effective for specific metros with promotions”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Flexential, over the 74 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 28 | Compare → | |
| 58 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 51 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 50 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 42 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 28 | 0 | View → | |
| 24 | 1 | View → | |
| 23 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Flexential →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Flexential's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- businesses with evolving IT needs
- Hosting
- West, Central, Northeast, Southeast, Denver, CO, Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, Portland, OR
- Customers named
- Applied Digital, CoreWeave, Metropolitan Software, BRIDGE Healthcare Partners, asTech, Onyx CenterSource, Credit Union of Colorado, PassTime
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 68 of the 74 answers that named Flexential and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
234 of the 234 domain citations in answers naming Flexential came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 347 | undated | DCIM, DLP | ||
| News or press | 157 | undated | Colocation | ||
| Report or ebook | 75 | undated | Colocation | ||
| Case study | 46 | undated | |||
| Podcast or video | 32 | undated | |||
| Glossary or explainer | 13 | undated | Infra monitoring | ||
| Comparison | 7 | undated | |||
| Template or tool | 4 | undated | |||
| Webinar or virtual event | 3 | undated | |||
| Conference or event | 3 | undated |
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page flexential.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read October 5, 2026.