Cloud hosting platforms — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for cloud hosting platforms, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲Railway moved #5 → #3
  • ▼DigitalOcean moved #3 → #5
  • ▲Render moved #2 → #1
  • ▼AWS moved #1 → #2
  • ▲Fly.io moved #8 → #7
  • ▼Next.js moved #7 → #8
  • ▲Fly.io +5.8pp (37.1% → 42.9%)
  • ▲Heroku +5.2pp (32.9% → 38.1%)
  • ▲Railway +4.2pp (51.4% → 55.6%)
  • ▲Render +3.3pp (58.6% → 61.9%)
  • ▼DigitalOcean -3.1pp (57.1% → 54%)
  • ▼AWS -2.4pp (64.3% → 61.9%)
  • ▲Netlify +2pp (32.9% → 34.9%)
  • ▼Azure -1.4pp (44.3% → 42.9%)
Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026
  • ▲ INHeroku entered the top 10 (#13 → #9)
  • ▲ INNetlify entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTGCP left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
  • ▼ OUTReact left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲Heroku moved #13 → #9
  • ▼GCP moved #9 → #12
  • ▼Azure moved #4 → #6
  • ▲Netlify moved #12 → #10
  • ▲Render moved #3 → #2
  • ▼DigitalOcean moved #2 → #3
  • ▲Vercel moved #5 → #4
  • ▲Railway moved #6 → #5
  • ▼React moved #10 → #11
  • ▲Vercel +11.4pp (42.9% → 54.3%)
  • ▲Render +11pp (47.6% → 58.6%)
  • ▲Railway +10.9pp (40.5% → 51.4%)
  • ▼AWS -7.1pp (71.4% → 64.3%)
  • ▲Heroku +6.7pp (26.2% → 32.9%)
  • ▲Netlify +6.7pp (26.2% → 32.9%)
  • ▲Next.js +4.3pp (35.7% → 40%)
  • ▲Fly.io +3.8pp (33.3% → 37.1%)
  • ▲DigitalOcean +2.3pp (54.8% → 57.1%)
  • ▼GCP -1.5pp (28.6% → 27.1%)
  • ▲React +1.4pp (28.6% → 30%)
Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026
  • ▲ INReact entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTVultr left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲Azure moved #5 → #4
  • ▼Vercel moved #4 → #5
  • ▲Next.js moved #8 → #7
  • ▼Fly.io moved #7 → #8
  • ▲React moved #11 → #10
  • ▼Vultr moved #10 → #11
  • ▼Fly.io -7.1pp (40.4% → 33.3%)
  • ▼Railway -4.2pp (44.7% → 40.5%)
  • ▼Vercel -3.9pp (46.8% → 42.9%)
  • ▼Render -3.5pp (51.1% → 47.6%)
  • ▼Next.js -2.6pp (38.3% → 35.7%)
  • ▼Azure -1.6pp (46.8% → 45.2%)
  • ▼GCP -1.2pp (29.8% → 28.6%)
  • ▼React -1.2pp (29.8% → 28.6%)
  • ▼Vultr -1.2pp (29.8% → 28.6%)
Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026
  • ▲ INGCP entered the top 10 (#13 → #9)
  • ▲ INVultr entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTNetlify left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
  • ▼ OUTHeroku left the top 10 (#10 → #13)
  • ▲GCP moved #13 → #9
  • ▼Netlify moved #9 → #12
  • ▼Heroku moved #10 → #13
  • ▲Azure moved #7 → #5
  • ▼Next.js moved #6 → #8
  • ▼Railway moved #5 → #6
  • ▲Fly.io moved #8 → #7
  • ▲Vultr moved #11 → #10
  • ▲Azure +7.1pp (39.7% → 46.8%)
  • ▼Vercel -4.7pp (51.5% → 46.8%)
  • ▼Heroku -4.7pp (32.4% → 27.7%)
  • ▼Netlify -4pp (33.8% → 29.8%)
  • ▼Railway -3.8pp (48.5% → 44.7%)
  • ▼Render -3.3pp (54.4% → 51.1%)
  • ▼Next.js -2.9pp (41.2% → 38.3%)
  • ▲GCP +1.9pp (27.9% → 29.8%)
  • ▲AWS +1.7pp (70.6% → 72.3%)
Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026
  • ▲ INHeroku entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTVultr left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▼Fly.io moved #6 → #8
  • ▲Next.js moved #7 → #6
  • ▲Azure moved #8 → #7
  • ▲Heroku moved #11 → #10
  • ▼Vultr moved #10 → #11
  • ▲Heroku +2.9pp (29.5% → 32.4%)
  • ▲Azure +2pp (37.7% → 39.7%)
  • ▲Next.js +1.9pp (39.3% → 41.2%)
  • ▼DigitalOcean -1.5pp (57.4% → 55.9%)
  • ▲Railway +1pp (47.5% → 48.5%)
  • ▲Netlify +1pp (32.8% → 33.8%)
Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INAzure entered the top 10 (#12 → #8)
  • ▲ INVultr entered the top 10 (#11 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTHeroku left the top 10 (#9 → #11)
  • ▼ OUTReact left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
  • ▲Azure moved #12 → #8
  • ▼Heroku moved #9 → #11
  • ▼React moved #10 → #12
  • ▲Render moved #4 → #3
  • ▼Vercel moved #3 → #4
  • ▲Fly.io moved #7 → #6
  • ▼Next.js moved #6 → #7
  • ▼Netlify moved #8 → #9
  • ▲Vultr moved #11 → #10
  • ▼Vercel -9.2pp (60% → 50.8%)
  • ▼Railway -7.5pp (55% → 47.5%)
  • ▼Netlify -7.2pp (40% → 32.8%)
  • ▼React -7.1pp (35% → 27.9%)
  • ▼Render -5.9pp (60% → 54.1%)
  • ▼Next.js -5.7pp (45% → 39.3%)
  • ▼Heroku -5.5pp (35% → 29.5%)
  • ▲Azure +5.2pp (32.5% → 37.7%)
  • ▼Fly.io -3.2pp (42.5% → 39.3%)
  • ▼Vultr -3pp (32.5% → 29.5%)
  • ▼DigitalOcean -2.6pp (60% → 57.4%)
Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Sep 7, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Sep 6, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Sep 5, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Sep 4, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Sep 3, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Sep 2, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Sep 1, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Aug 31, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Aug 30, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Aug 29, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Aug 28, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Aug 27, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Aug 26, 202663 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v7
  • #1Render61.9%
  • #2AWS61.9%
  • #3Railway55.6%
  • #4Vercel54%
  • #5DigitalOcean54%
  • #6Azure42.9%
  • #7Fly.io42.9%
  • #8Next.js39.7%
  • #9Heroku38.1%
  • #10Netlify34.9%
Aug 25, 202670 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7
  • #1AWS64.3%
  • #2Render58.6%
  • #3DigitalOcean57.1%
  • #4Vercel54.3%
  • #5Railway51.4%
  • #6Azure44.3%
  • #7Next.js40%
  • #8Fly.io37.1%
  • #9Heroku32.9%
  • #10Netlify32.9%
Aug 24, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7
  • #1AWS71.4%
  • #2DigitalOcean54.8%
  • #3Render47.6%
  • #4Azure45.2%
  • #5Vercel42.9%
  • #6Railway40.5%
  • #7Next.js35.7%
  • #8Fly.io33.3%
  • #9GCP28.6%
  • #10React28.6%
Aug 23, 202642 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7
  • #1AWS71.4%
  • #2DigitalOcean54.8%
  • #3Render47.6%
  • #4Azure45.2%
  • #5Vercel42.9%
  • #6Railway40.5%
  • #7Next.js35.7%
  • #8Fly.io33.3%
  • #9GCP28.6%
  • #10React28.6%
Aug 22, 202647 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7
  • #1AWS72.3%
  • #2DigitalOcean55.3%
  • #3Render51.1%
  • #4Vercel46.8%
  • #5Azure46.8%
  • #6Railway44.7%
  • #7Fly.io40.4%
  • #8Next.js38.3%
  • #9GCP29.8%
  • #10Vultr29.8%
Aug 21, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7
  • #1AWS70.6%
  • #2DigitalOcean55.9%
  • #3Render54.4%
  • #4Vercel51.5%
  • #5Railway48.5%
  • #6Next.js41.2%
  • #7Azure39.7%
  • #8Fly.io39.7%
  • #9Netlify33.8%
  • #10Heroku32.4%
Aug 20, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7
  • #1AWS70.6%
  • #2DigitalOcean55.9%
  • #3Render54.4%
  • #4Vercel51.5%
  • #5Railway48.5%
  • #6Next.js41.2%
  • #7Azure39.7%
  • #8Fly.io39.7%
  • #9Netlify33.8%
  • #10Heroku32.4%
Aug 19, 202661 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7
  • #1AWS70.5%
  • #2DigitalOcean57.4%
  • #3Render54.1%
  • #4Vercel50.8%
  • #5Railway47.5%
  • #6Fly.io39.3%
  • #7Next.js39.3%
  • #8Azure37.7%
  • #9Netlify32.8%
  • #10Vultr29.5%
Aug 18, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4
  • #1AWS70%
  • #2DigitalOcean60%
  • #3Vercel60%
  • #4Render60%
  • #5Railway55%
  • #6Next.js45%
  • #7Fly.io42.5%
  • #8Netlify40%
  • #9Heroku35%
  • #10React35%
Aug 17, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4
  • #1AWS70%
  • #2DigitalOcean60%
  • #3Vercel60%
  • #4Render60%
  • #5Railway55%
  • #6Next.js45%
  • #7Fly.io42.5%
  • #8Netlify40%
  • #9Heroku35%
  • #10React35%
Aug 16, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4
  • #1AWS70%
  • #2DigitalOcean60%
  • #3Vercel60%
  • #4Render60%
  • #5Railway55%
  • #6Next.js45%
  • #7Fly.io42.5%
  • #8Netlify40%
  • #9Heroku35%
  • #10React35%
Aug 15, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4
  • #1AWS70%
  • #2DigitalOcean60%
  • #3Vercel60%
  • #4Render60%
  • #5Railway55%
  • #6Next.js45%
  • #7Fly.io42.5%
  • #8Netlify40%
  • #9Heroku35%
  • #10React35%
Aug 14, 202640 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4
  • #1AWS70%
  • #2DigitalOcean60%
  • #3Vercel60%
  • #4Render60%
  • #5Railway55%
  • #6Next.js45%
  • #7Fly.io42.5%
  • #8Netlify40%
  • #9Heroku35%
  • #10React35%

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