# Google Cloud alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 153 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Google Cloud 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/google-cloud/alternatives

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

- DigitalOcean Droplets: 41
- Amazon Web Services: 13
- Microsoft Azure: 9
- Atlantic.Net: 5
- Hetzner: 5
- Cloudways: 3

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 68 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud (Google Cloud is #13 of 14 at 0%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 29 of those 68
- Hetzner: first choice in 4 of those 68
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Cloudways: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Vultr: first choice in 3 of those 68
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 2 of those 68
- Render: first choice in 2 of those 68
- Vercel: first choice in 2 of those 68

**Mid-market**: 45 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud (Google Cloud is #9 of 14 at 0%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 12 of those 45
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 5 of those 45
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 2 of those 45
- Amazon Web Services, AWS: first choice in 1 of those 45
- DreamHost: first choice in 1 of those 45
- Hetzner: first choice in 1 of those 45

**Enterprise**: 40 of 84 answers did not name Google Cloud (Google Cloud is #5 of 8 at 0%).

- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 7 of those 40
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 6 of those 40
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 3 of those 40
- Azure: first choice in 1 of those 40
- GCP: first choice in 1 of those 40
- Microsoft Windows 365: first choice in 1 of those 40

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