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Best Edge and serverless platforms

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

Updated 2026-08-02 · 55 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 weekly55 samples5 enginesmethodology

Sample: 55 AI answers · Window: Jul 5, 2026Aug 2, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (44 answers)

What is the best edge and serverless platforms?

Across 55 sampled AI answers from 5 engines, Cloudflare Workers is recommended most often — appearing in 67.3% of recommendations, followed by Vercel (61.8%) and Next.js (43.6%).

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

#ProductShareTrendEngines
1
Cloudflare Workers

cloudflare.com

Best for: AI recommends Cloudflare Workers most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (100% of those answers)

67.3%

95% CI 54.178.2%

37 mentions · avg pos 3.6

first pick 45.9%

GROK 100%GEMINI 66.7%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 57.1%
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2
Vercel

vercel.com

Best for: AI recommends Vercel most when buyers ask best serverless and edge computing platforms for modern web applications (100% of those answers)

61.8%

95% CI 48.673.5%

34 mentions · avg pos 4.7

first pick 5.9%

GROK 100%GEMINI 52.4%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 85.7%PERPLEXITY 52.4%
Claim
3
Next.js

nextjs.org

Best for: AI recommends Next.js most when buyers ask best serverless and edge computing platforms for modern web applications (80% of those answers)

43.6%

95% CI 31.456.7%

24 mentions · avg pos 5.6

first pick 4.2%

GROK 50%GEMINI 38.1%CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 33.3%
Claim
4
Netlify

netlify.com

Best for: AI recommends Netlify most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (90% of those answers)

36.4%

95% CI 24.949.6%

20 mentions · avg pos 7.9

first pick 5%

GROK 100%GEMINI 23.8%CHATGPT 75%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 38.1%
Claim
5
AWS

aws.amazon.com

Best for: AI recommends AWS most when buyers ask which serverless platform has the best cold start performance and pricing (50% of those answers)

30.9%

95% CI 20.344%

17 mentions · avg pos 2.5

first pick 35.3%

GROK 50%GEMINI 38.1%PERPLEXITY 38.1%
Claim
6
Fastly

fastly.com

Best for: AI recommends Fastly most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (88.9% of those answers)

30.9%

95% CI 20.344%

17 mentions · avg pos 6.9

first pick 5.9%

GROK 50%GEMINI 38.1%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 23.8%
Claim
7
Knative

Best for: AI recommends Knative most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (90% of those answers)

18.2%

95% CI 10.230.3%

10 mentions · avg pos 10.6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
8
Fly.io

fly.io

Best for: AI recommends Fly.io most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (66.7% of those answers)

18.2%

95% CI 10.230.3%

10 mentions · avg pos 17.4

first pick 0%

GROK 50%GEMINI 9.5%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
9
OpenFaaS

Best for: AI recommends OpenFaaS most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (100% of those answers)

16.4%

95% CI 8.928.3%

9 mentions · avg pos 8.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
10
Apache OpenWhisk

Best for: AI recommends Apache OpenWhisk most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (100% of those answers)

16.4%

95% CI 8.928.3%

9 mentions · avg pos 10.2

first pick 22.2%

GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
11
IBM Cloud

cloud.ibm.com

Best for: AI recommends IBM Cloud most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (90% of those answers)

14.5%

95% CI 7.626.2%

8 mentions · avg pos 8.2

first pick 12.5%

GEMINI 19%CHATGPT 25%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
12
Docker

docker.com

Best for: AI recommends Docker most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (40% of those answers)

14.5%

95% CI 7.626.2%

8 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 12.5%

GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
13
Serverless Framework

serverless.com

Best for: AI recommends Serverless Framework most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (50% of those answers)

14.5%

95% CI 7.626.2%

8 mentions · avg pos 10.6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 33.3%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
14
Fn Project

Best for: AI recommends Fn Project most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (80% of those answers)

12.7%

95% CI 6.324%

7 mentions · avg pos 10.2

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 25%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
15
Supabase

supabase.com

Best for: AI recommends Supabase most when buyers ask best serverless and edge computing platforms for modern web applications (30% of those answers)

12.7%

95% CI 6.324%

7 mentions · avg pos 22.1

first pick 0%

GROK 100%GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 25%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
16
DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Best for: AI recommends DigitalOcean most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (80% of those answers)

10.9%

95% CI 5.121.8%

6 mentions · avg pos 7.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 9.5%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
17
Oracle AI

oracle.com

Best for: AI recommends Oracle AI most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (90% of those answers)

10.9%

95% CI 5.121.8%

6 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
18
Dev.to

dev.to

Best for: AI recommends Dev.to most when buyers ask edge functions vs traditional serverless functions for latency-sensitive applications (40% of those answers)

9.1%

95% CI 3.919.6%

5 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

GROK 50%PERPLEXITY 19%
Claim
19
Akamai Cloud

akamai.com

Best for: AI recommends Akamai Cloud most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (33.3% of those answers)

9.1%

95% CI 3.919.6%

5 mentions · avg pos 4.3

first pick 20%

GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 14.3%
Claim
20
Terraform

terraform.io

Best for: AI recommends Terraform most when buyers ask how do I deploy a globally distributed serverless application on a tight budget (36.4% of those answers)

9.1%

95% CI 3.919.6%

5 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 20%

GROK 50%GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
21
Portainer

portainer.io

Best for: AI recommends Portainer most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (44.4% of those answers)

9.1%

95% CI 3.919.6%

5 mentions · avg pos 9.4

first pick 0%

GEMINI 23.8%
Claim
22
Fission

Best for: AI recommends Fission most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (50% of those answers)

9.1%

95% CI 3.919.6%

5 mentions · avg pos 13.2

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 25%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
23
Deno Deploy

deno.com

7.3%

95% CI 2.917.3%

4 mentions · avg pos 2

first pick 25%

CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 28.6%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
24
Apigee

cloud.google.com

7.3%

95% CI 2.917.3%

4 mentions · avg pos 2.7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 19%
Claim
25
Kubernetes

kubernetes.io

7.3%

95% CI 2.917.3%

4 mentions · avg pos 8

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
26
Heroku

heroku.com

Best for: AI recommends Heroku most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (40% of those answers)

7.3%

95% CI 2.917.3%

4 mentions · avg pos 9.3

first pick 25%

GEMINI 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
27
Kubeless

kubeless.io

Best for: AI recommends Kubeless most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (40% of those answers)

7.3%

95% CI 2.917.3%

4 mentions · avg pos 17.8

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 25%
Claim
28
Turso

turso.tech

7.3%

95% CI 2.917.3%

4 mentions · avg pos 27.3

first pick 0%

GROK 50%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
29
Azure API Management

azure.microsoft.com

5.5%

95% CI 1.914.9%

3 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%
Claim
30
ZEDEDA

zededa.com

Best for: AI recommends ZEDEDA most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (33.3% of those answers)

5.5%

95% CI 1.914.9%

3 mentions · avg pos 8.7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%
Claim
31
Avassa

avassa.io

Best for: AI recommends Avassa most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (55.6% of those answers)

5.5%

95% CI 1.914.9%

3 mentions · avg pos 9.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
32
Redis

redis.io

5.5%

95% CI 1.914.9%

3 mentions · avg pos 10.5

first pick 33.3%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 25%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
33
Nuclio

Best for: AI recommends Nuclio most when buyers ask alternatives to the major hyperscaler serverless computing services (40% of those answers)

5.5%

95% CI 1.914.9%

3 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%
Claim
34
SUSE Edge

suse.com

Best for: AI recommends SUSE Edge most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (33.3% of those answers)

5.5%

95% CI 1.914.9%

3 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 0%

GEMINI 14.3%
Claim
35
Upstash

upstash.com

5.5%

95% CI 1.914.9%

3 mentions · avg pos 13

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 25%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
36
PlanetScale

planetscale.com

5.5%

95% CI 1.914.9%

3 mentions · avg pos 29.7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 50%
Claim
37
Linode

linode.com

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
38
Northflank

northflank.com

Best for: AI recommends Northflank most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (55.6% of those answers)

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions · avg pos 8

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
39
Beam

beam.cloud

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions · avg pos 8.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
40
AWS Lambda Power Tuning

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 0%

GEMINI 9.5%
Claim
41
Avassa Edge Platform

avassa.com

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 0%

GEMINI 9.5%
Claim
42
Railway

railway.app

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions · avg pos 27

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 25%
Claim
43
Neon

neon.tech

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions · avg pos 41.5

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 50%
Claim
44
Clerk

clerk.com

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions · avg pos 42

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 50%
Claim
45
Akamai Connected Cloud

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
46
OVHcloud

ovhcloud.com

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
47
Vultr

vultr.com

3.6%

95% CI 112.3%

2 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 9.5%
Claim
48
Capital One

capitalone.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

GROK 50%
Claim
49
Google App Engine

appengine.google.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 14.3%
Claim
50
Firebase

firebase.google.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
51
Chalice

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
52
Modal

modal.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
53
Blaxel

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 10

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
54
Bunny Stream

bunny.net

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 10

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
55
Huawei Cloud FunctionGraph

huaweicloud.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 10

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
56
Podman

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 10

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
57
Swarm

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 10

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
58
Tencent Cloud CDN

tencentcloud.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
59
Datadog

datadoghq.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 13

first pick 0%

GEMINI 4.8%
Claim
60
Render

render.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 51

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 25%
Claim
61
Auth.js

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions · avg pos 78

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 25%
Claim
62
3scale

redhat.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
63
Alibaba Cloud

alibabacloud.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
64
DeployApps

deployapps.dev

Best for: AI recommends DeployApps most when buyers ask best serverless and edge computing platforms for modern web applications (30% of those answers)

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
65
F6S

f6s.com

Best for: AI recommends F6S most when buyers ask best edge deployment platforms for fast global application delivery (33.3% of those answers)

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
66
Hetzner

hetzner.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
67
IONOS

ionos.com

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
68
Milvus

milvus.io

Best for: AI recommends Milvus most when buyers ask what should I use to run serverless functions at the edge for low latency (33.3% of those answers)

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
69
SourceForge

sourceforge.net

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
70
StackShare

stackshare.io

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim
71
eesel AI

eesel.ai

1.8%

95% CI 0.39.6%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 4.8%
Claim

Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 55 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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