AI Index / Cloud hosting platforms

Best Cloud hosting platforms

What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about cloud hosting platforms — measured weekly across 5 engines, published as open data.

Updated 2026-08-04 · 57 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology

Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.

Updated weekly57 samples5 enginesmethodology

Sample: 57 AI answers · Window: Jul 7, 2026Aug 4, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (44 answers)

What is the best cloud hosting platforms?

Across 57 sampled AI answers from 5 engines, AWS is recommended most often — appearing in 75.4% of recommendations, followed by DigitalOcean (68.4%) and Render (64.9%).

This is a measurement of share of voice across 5 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.

#ProductShareTrendEngines
1
AWS

aws.amazon.com

Best for: AI recommends AWS most when buyers ask best cloud hosting platforms for deploying web applications (100% of those answers)

75.4%

95% CI 62.984.8%

43 mentions · avg pos 6.1

first pick 16.3%

GROK 100%GEMINI 85.7%CHATGPT 80%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 61.9%
Claim
2
DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Best for: AI recommends DigitalOcean most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (100% of those answers)

68.4%

95% CI 55.579%

39 mentions · avg pos 6.3

first pick 23.1%

GROK 100%GEMINI 71.4%CHATGPT 60%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 61.9%
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3
Render

render.com

Best for: AI recommends Render most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (100% of those answers)

64.9%

95% CI 51.976%

37 mentions · avg pos 6.6

first pick 21.6%

GROK 100%GEMINI 66.7%CHATGPT 80%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 52.4%
Claim
4
Vercel

vercel.com

Best for: AI recommends Vercel most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (100% of those answers)

63.2%

95% CI 50.274.5%

36 mentions · avg pos 6.2

first pick 27.8%

GROK 100%GEMINI 57.1%CHATGPT 80%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 57.1%
Claim
5
Railway

railway.app

Best for: AI recommends Railway most when buyers ask best cloud hosting platforms for deploying web applications (80% of those answers)

59.6%

95% CI 46.771.4%

34 mentions · avg pos 6.6

first pick 14.7%

GROK 100%GEMINI 66.7%CHATGPT 80%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 38.1%
Claim
6
Next.js

nextjs.org

Best for: AI recommends Next.js most when buyers ask best cloud hosting platforms for deploying web applications (90% of those answers)

47.4%

95% CI 3560.1%

27 mentions · avg pos 8.6

first pick 25.9%

GROK 100%GEMINI 38.1%CHATGPT 60%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 42.9%
Claim
7
Fly.io

fly.io

Best for: AI recommends Fly.io most when buyers ask PaaS hosting platforms vs IaaS cloud providers for indie developers and small teams (70% of those answers)

43.9%

95% CI 31.856.7%

25 mentions · avg pos 10

first pick 8%

GROK 100%GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 33.3%
Claim
8
Netlify

netlify.com

Best for: AI recommends Netlify most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (77.8% of those answers)

42.1%

95% CI 30.255%

24 mentions · avg pos 9.7

first pick 12.5%

GROK 66.7%GEMINI 42.9%CHATGPT 60%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 28.6%
Claim
9
GCP

Best for: AI recommends GCP most when buyers ask best cloud hosting platforms for deploying web applications (90% of those answers)

36.8%

95% CI 25.549.8%

21 mentions · avg pos 5.9

first pick 9.5%

GROK 66.7%GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 38.1%
Claim
10
React

react.dev

Best for: AI recommends React most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (88.9% of those answers)

36.8%

95% CI 25.549.8%

21 mentions · avg pos 8.1

first pick 28.6%

GROK 66.7%GEMINI 38.1%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 33.3%
Claim
11
Azure

Best for: AI recommends Azure most when buyers ask best cloud hosting platforms for deploying web applications (100% of those answers)

36.8%

95% CI 25.549.8%

21 mentions · avg pos 9.1

first pick 4.8%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 47.6%CHATGPT 60%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 28.6%
Claim
12
Heroku

heroku.com

Best for: AI recommends Heroku most when buyers ask best managed cloud hosting for developers who want simplicity over configuration (63.6% of those answers)

35.1%

95% CI 2448.1%

20 mentions · avg pos 5.2

first pick 25%

GROK 100%GEMINI 42.9%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 57.1%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
13
Vultr

vultr.com

Best for: AI recommends Vultr most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (100% of those answers)

31.6%

95% CI 2144.5%

18 mentions · avg pos 5.4

first pick 16.7%

GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 33.3%
Claim
14
Docker

docker.com

Best for: AI recommends Docker most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (55.6% of those answers)

28.1%

95% CI 18.140.8%

16 mentions · avg pos 12.9

first pick 12.5%

GROK 100%GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 60%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
15
Northflank

northflank.com

Best for: AI recommends Northflank most when buyers ask best cloud hosting platforms for deploying web applications (70% of those answers)

26.3%

95% CI 16.639%

15 mentions · avg pos 11.6

first pick 0%

GROK 66.7%GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 20%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
16
Cloudways

Best for: AI recommends Cloudways most when buyers ask best managed cloud hosting for developers who want simplicity over configuration (72.7% of those answers)

24.6%

95% CI 15.237.1%

14 mentions · avg pos 7.3

first pick 14.3%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 33.3%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 23.8%
Claim
17
Kubernetes

kubernetes.io

Best for: AI recommends Kubernetes most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (60% of those answers)

24.6%

95% CI 15.237.1%

14 mentions · avg pos 14.8

first pick 14.3%

GROK 66.7%GEMINI 28.6%CHATGPT 80%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
18
Hetzner

hetzner.com

Best for: AI recommends Hetzner most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (90% of those answers)

22.8%

95% CI 13.835.2%

13 mentions · avg pos 7.6

first pick 7.7%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 23.8%
Claim
19
Cloudflare Pages

Best for: AI recommends Cloudflare Pages most when buyers ask best cloud hosting platforms for deploying web applications (50% of those answers)

22.8%

95% CI 13.835.2%

13 mentions · avg pos 12.4

first pick 7.7%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 20%PERPLEXITY 28.6%
Claim
20
Hostinger

hostinger.com

Best for: AI recommends Hostinger most when buyers ask what should I use to host my web app without needing DevOps expertise (54.5% of those answers)

21.1%

95% CI 12.533.3%

12 mentions · avg pos 5.6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 33.3%PERPLEXITY 23.8%
Claim
21
Linode

linode.com

Best for: AI recommends Linode most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (100% of those answers)

19.3%

95% CI 11.131.3%

11 mentions · avg pos 7.5

first pick 36.4%

GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
22
WordPress

wordpress.com

Best for: AI recommends WordPress most when buyers ask best managed cloud hosting for developers who want simplicity over configuration (45.5% of those answers)

17.5%

95% CI 9.829.4%

10 mentions · avg pos 3.9

first pick 20%

GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 38.1%
Claim
23
PostgreSQL

postgresql.org

Best for: AI recommends PostgreSQL most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (66.7% of those answers)

17.5%

95% CI 9.829.4%

10 mentions · avg pos 15.4

first pick 20%

GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 60%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
24
Akamai

Best for: AI recommends Akamai most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (70% of those answers)

15.8%

95% CI 8.527.4%

9 mentions · avg pos 9.9

first pick 33.3%

GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
25
Cloudflare Workers

cloudflare.com

Best for: AI recommends Cloudflare Workers most when buyers ask which cloud hosting platform is best for globally distributed apps with low latency (50% of those answers)

14%

95% CI 7.325.3%

8 mentions · avg pos 5.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 20%CLAUDE 42.9%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
26
Google App Engine

appengine.google.com

14%

95% CI 7.325.3%

8 mentions · avg pos 7.9

first pick 0%

GEMINI 33.3%CHATGPT 20%
Claim
27
Express

Best for: AI recommends Express most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (66.7% of those answers)

14%

95% CI 7.325.3%

8 mentions · avg pos 11.5

first pick 0%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 20%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
28
MySQL

mysql.com

Best for: AI recommends MySQL most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (44.4% of those answers)

14%

95% CI 7.325.3%

8 mentions · avg pos 16.1

first pick 0%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
29
Akamai Cloud

akamai.com

Best for: AI recommends Akamai Cloud most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (40% of those answers)

12.3%

95% CI 6.123.2%

7 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 28.6%

GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
30
Lambda

Best for: AI recommends Lambda most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (66.7% of those answers)

12.3%

95% CI 6.123.2%

7 mentions · avg pos 11.6

first pick 14.3%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 19%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
31
Kinsta

8.8%

95% CI 3.818.9%

5 mentions · avg pos 5.8

first pick 0%

GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
32
Django

djangoproject.com

Best for: AI recommends Django most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (33.3% of those answers)

8.8%

95% CI 3.818.9%

5 mentions · avg pos 9.7

first pick 0%

GROK 33.3%CHATGPT 20%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
33
OVHcloud

ovhcloud.com

Best for: AI recommends OVHcloud most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (60% of those answers)

8.8%

95% CI 3.818.9%

5 mentions · avg pos 10.8

first pick 20%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 20%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
34
PlanetScale

planetscale.com

Best for: AI recommends PlanetScale most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (33.3% of those answers)

8.8%

95% CI 3.818.9%

5 mentions · avg pos 22.8

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 20%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
35
Supabase

supabase.com

Best for: AI recommends Supabase most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (33.3% of those answers)

8.8%

95% CI 3.818.9%

5 mentions · avg pos 28.3

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
36
Neon

neon.tech

8.8%

95% CI 3.818.9%

5 mentions · avg pos 37.8

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 60%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
37
Scaleway

scaleway.com

Best for: AI recommends Scaleway most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (60% of those answers)

7%

95% CI 2.816.7%

4 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 25%

CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
38
Contabo

contabo.com

Best for: AI recommends Contabo most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (40% of those answers)

7%

95% CI 2.816.7%

4 mentions · avg pos 3.7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
39
Firebase

firebase.google.com

7%

95% CI 2.816.7%

4 mentions · avg pos 6.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 20%
Claim
40
Wasabi

wasabi.com

Best for: AI recommends Wasabi most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (40% of those answers)

7%

95% CI 2.816.7%

4 mentions · avg pos 7.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
41
Backblaze B2

backblaze.com

Best for: AI recommends Backblaze B2 most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (40% of those answers)

7%

95% CI 2.816.7%

4 mentions · avg pos 30.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 20%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
42
Elementor

elementor.com

Best for: AI recommends Elementor most when buyers ask which cloud hosting platform is best for globally distributed apps with low latency (40% of those answers)

7%

95% CI 2.816.7%

4 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
43
Bluehost

bluehost.com

Best for: AI recommends Bluehost most when buyers ask what should I use to host my web app without needing DevOps expertise (36.4% of those answers)

5.3%

95% CI 1.814.4%

3 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
44
SiteGround

siteground.com

5.3%

95% CI 1.814.4%

3 mentions · avg pos 7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
45
Kamatera

kamatera.com

5.3%

95% CI 1.814.4%

3 mentions · avg pos 7.7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%
Claim
46
GitLab

gitlab.com

5.3%

95% CI 1.814.4%

3 mentions · avg pos 8.5

first pick 0%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 20%
Claim
47
Apigee

cloud.google.com

5.3%

95% CI 1.814.4%

3 mentions · avg pos 13

first pick 0%

GROK 33.3%CHATGPT 20%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
48
Coolify

coolify.io

5.3%

95% CI 1.814.4%

3 mentions · avg pos 17.7

first pick 0%

GROK 33.3%GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
49
Clerk

clerk.com

5.3%

95% CI 1.814.4%

3 mentions · avg pos 36.7

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 40%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
50
Dev.to

dev.to

Best for: AI recommends Dev.to most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (33.3% of those answers)

5.3%

95% CI 1.814.4%

3 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
51
Alibaba Cloud

alibabacloud.com

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions · avg pos 3.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
52
DreamHost

dreamhost.com

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
53
OpenMetal

openmetal.io

Best for: AI recommends OpenMetal most when buyers ask simpler and more affordable alternatives to the major cloud infrastructure providers (30% of those answers)

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
54
GitHub Pages

pages.github.com

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions · avg pos 7.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 9.5%
Claim
55
Back4App

back4app.com

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 0%

GEMINI 9.5%
Claim
56
CapRover

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions · avg pos 13

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
57
Rails

rubyonrails.org

Best for: AI recommends Rails most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (33.3% of those answers)

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions · avg pos 17

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 20%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
58
Oracle AI

oracle.com

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions · avg pos 24.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 20%
Claim
59
CNET

cnet.com

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
60
Laravel

laravel.com

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 20%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
61
PCMag

pcmag.com

3.5%

95% CI 111.9%

2 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
62
MongoDB

mongodb.com

Best for: AI recommends MongoDB most when buyers ask how do I deploy a full-stack web app with minimal infrastructure management (33.3% of those answers)

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 1

first pick 100%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
63
Shopify

shopify.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 1

first pick 100%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
64
Squarespace

squarespace.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 1

first pick 100%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
65
Wix

wix.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 1

first pick 100%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
66
Akamai Connected Cloud

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
67
Azure API Management

azure.microsoft.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 20%
Claim
68
ScalaHosting

scalahosting.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
69
Kuberns

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
70
MindStudio

mindstudio.ai

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

GROK 33.3%
Claim
71
Rackspace Spot

spot.rackspace.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
72
Ubicloud

ubicloud.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
73
Dokku

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
74
CockroachDB

cockroachlabs.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 18

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 20%
Claim
75
YugabyteDB

yugabyte.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 18

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 20%
Claim
76
SQLite

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions · avg pos 80

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 20%
Claim
77
Code Capsules

codecapsules.io

Best for: AI recommends Code Capsules most when buyers ask PaaS hosting platforms vs IaaS cloud providers for indie developers and small teams (50% of those answers)

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
78
Flask

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

GROK 33.3%
Claim
79
Fluence Virtual Servers

fluence.network

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
80
IONOS

ionos.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
81
OVH

ovh.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
82
RunPod

runpod.io

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
83
SourceForge

sourceforge.net

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
84
Stackify

stackify.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
85
Strapi

strapi.io

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
86
UpCloud

upcloud.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.3%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim

Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 57 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.

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