Colocation providers · RankedTierPoint
TierPoint provides backup and disaster recovery services, managed colocation and data center networking · tierpoint.com ↗
Strongest at small business, contested with InterServer. Ranked 6 of 67 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Tied for first with InterServer.
Flexential is first at 18%. 6 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Equinix is first at 66%.
Why models recommend it
“### 1. TierPoint ⭐ 8.5/10 - Best for: Hybrid IT and cloud-forward platforms”GLM 4.7 FlashX · Direct question · first choice
“The best colocation provider for a mid-market B2B company is TierPoint”Llama 4 Maverick · Direct question · first choice
“TierPoint covers the regional markets the national providers skip”Muse Glimmer 30B · Direct question · first choice
“TierPoint edges ahead if you need broad regional coverage”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · first choice
What gives them pause
“mentioned in a contested category, with some models warning about its suitability for certain business sizes or needs”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as TierPoint, over the 70 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 24 | Compare → | |
| 51 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 50 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 49 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 37 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 25 | 2 | View → | |
| 19 | 0 | View → | |
| 16 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 11 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of TierPoint →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on TierPoint's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- transformational IT leaders
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, EU-US DPF, PCI DSS, SOC 1 Type II, CCPA
- Hosting
- Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri
- Customers named
- Groq, JW Software, RAPA, State of Maryland’s IT infrastructure, Maryland DoIT, Boost Run, LAZ Parking
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 66 of the 70 answers that named TierPoint and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
229 of the 245 domain citations in answers naming TierPoint came from a third party's page. Sixteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 242 | 11 | 2026-09-01 | Firewalls, Colocation | |
| News or press | 110 | 2 | 2026-08-12 | DDoS, Firewalls | |
| Glossary or explainer | 64 | 2 | 2026-08-01 | XDR, MDR | |
| Podcast or video | 51 | 5 | 2026-09-09 | IaC | |
| Case study | 49 | 3 | 2026-10-02 | ||
| Comparison | 26 | 0 | 2026-01-21 | EDR, XDR | |
| Report or ebook | 14 | 0 | 2026-01-14 | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 12 | undated | XDR | ||
| Template or tool | 9 | 0 | 2026-06-11 | ||
| Conference or event | 3 | 0 | 2018-09-13 |
Most recent
- 2026-10-02Latro case study
- 2026-09-09Ep 55 ai hype versus real value with artur kiulian podcast or video
- 2026-09-09Ep 51 building smarter logistics with ai with gary dowdy podcast or video
- 2026-09-01Neocloud blog
- 2026-08-26Ai cyber attacks blog
- 2026-08-26Cloud finops blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page tierpoint.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. Of its titles that name a category, most name XDR (20); 1 name the category the models place it in. 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.