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

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 150 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Microsoft 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/microsoft-azure/alternatives

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

- DigitalOcean Droplets: 44
- Amazon Web Services: 14
- Atlantic.Net: 5
- Hetzner: 5
- Azure: 4
- Vultr: 4

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 69 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Azure is #4 of 14 at 6%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 31 of those 69
- Hetzner: first choice in 4 of those 69
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Cloudways: first choice in 3 of those 69
- Render: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Vercel: first choice in 2 of those 69
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 69

**Mid-market**: 47 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Azure is #1 of 14 at 29%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 13 of those 47
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 4 of those 47
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 47
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 2 of those 47
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 47
- DreamHost: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Google Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 47
- Hetzner: first choice in 1 of those 47

**Enterprise**: 34 of 84 answers did not name Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Azure is #2 of 8 at 41%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 7 of those 34
- Azure: first choice in 4 of those 34
- Google Cloud: first choice in 2 of those 34
- GCP: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 34
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 1 of those 34

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.