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.
Sample: 55 AI answers · Window: Jul 5, 2026 – Aug 2, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (44 answers)
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.
| # | Product | Share | Trend | Engines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 54.1–78.2% 37 mentions · avg pos 3.6 first pick 45.9% | — | GROK 100%GEMINI 66.7%CHATGPT 100%CLAUDE 71.4%PERPLEXITY 57.1% | Claim |
| 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 48.6–73.5% 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 31.4–56.7% 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 24.9–49.6% 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 20.3–44% 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 20.3–44% 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 10.2–30.3% 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 10.2–30.3% 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 8.9–28.3% 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 8.9–28.3% 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 7.6–26.2% 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 7.6–26.2% 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 7.6–26.2% 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 6.3–24% 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 6.3–24% 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 5.1–21.8% 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 5.1–21.8% 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 3.9–19.6% 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 3.9–19.6% 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 3.9–19.6% 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 3.9–19.6% 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 3.9–19.6% 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 2.9–17.3% 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 2.9–17.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 2.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 19% | Claim |
| 25 | Kubernetes kubernetes.io | 7.3% 95% CI 2.9–17.3% 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 2.9–17.3% 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 2.9–17.3% 4 mentions · avg pos 17.8 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3%CHATGPT 25% | Claim |
| 28 | Turso turso.tech | 7.3% 95% CI 2.9–17.3% 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 1.9–14.9% 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 1.9–14.9% 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 1.9–14.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 9.3 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 32 | Redis redis.io | 5.5% 95% CI 1.9–14.9% 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 1.9–14.9% 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 1.9–14.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 14.3% | Claim |
| 35 | Upstash upstash.com | 5.5% 95% CI 1.9–14.9% 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 1.9–14.9% 3 mentions · avg pos 29.7 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 50% | Claim |
| 37 | Linode linode.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 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 1–12.3% 2 mentions · avg pos 8 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3%PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 39 | Beam beam.cloud | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 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 1–12.3% 2 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5% | Claim |
| 41 | Avassa Edge Platform avassa.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 2 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 9.5% | Claim |
| 42 | Railway railway.app | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 2 mentions · avg pos 27 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8%CHATGPT 25% | Claim |
| 43 | Neon neon.tech | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 2 mentions · avg pos 41.5 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 50% | Claim |
| 44 | Clerk clerk.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 2 mentions · avg pos 42 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 50% | Claim |
| 45 | Akamai Connected Cloud | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 2 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 46 | OVHcloud ovhcloud.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 2 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 47 | Vultr vultr.com | 3.6% 95% CI 1–12.3% 2 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 9.5% | Claim |
| 48 | Capital One capitalone.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | GROK 50% | Claim |
| 49 | Google App Engine appengine.google.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 4 first pick 0% | — | CLAUDE 14.3% | Claim |
| 50 | Firebase firebase.google.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 5 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 51 | Chalice | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 52 | Modal modal.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 9 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 53 | Blaxel | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 54 | Bunny Stream bunny.net | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 55 | Huawei Cloud FunctionGraph huaweicloud.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 56 | Podman | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 57 | Swarm | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 10 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 58 | Tencent Cloud CDN tencentcloud.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 11 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 59 | Datadog datadoghq.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 13 first pick 0% | — | GEMINI 4.8% | Claim |
| 60 | Render render.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 51 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 25% | Claim |
| 61 | Auth.js | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions · avg pos 78 first pick 0% | — | CHATGPT 25% | Claim |
| 62 | 3scale redhat.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 63 | Alibaba Cloud alibabacloud.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 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 0.3–9.6% 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 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 66 | Hetzner hetzner.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 67 | IONOS ionos.com | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 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 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 69 | SourceForge sourceforge.net | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 70 | StackShare stackshare.io | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 1 mentions first pick 0% | — | PERPLEXITY 4.8% | Claim |
| 71 | eesel AI eesel.ai | 1.8% 95% CI 0.3–9.6% 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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