Cloud hosting
Asked as “cloud hosting provider”, and as “infrastructure-as-a-service cloud”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 50 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
32%
Contested · Microsoft Azure 20%
32Amazon Web Services20Microsoft Azure12DigitalOcean Droplets36others
32% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▲+1Since September 2026: 29% → 30%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Amazon Web Services held the lead, +1 point on 29%, inside the 11-point floor.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
DigitalOcean Droplets34%Contested▼−8Since September 2026: 40% → 32%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-market
Amazon Web Services32%Contested▲+1Since September 2026: 29% → 30%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseAmazon Web Services42%Clear leader▼−14Since September 2026: 57% → 43%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →
DigitalOcean Droplets34%Contested▼−8Since September 2026: 40% → 32%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →Mid-marketAmazon Web Services32%Contested▲+1Since September 2026: 29% → 30%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.This pageEnterpriseAmazon Web Services42%Clear leader▼−14Since September 2026: 57% → 43%, −14 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement. Read over the models both editions asked.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01Amazon Web Services32%20%59endorsed leader▲+1Since September 2026: 29% → 30%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.29% → 30%
Amazon Web Services32%20%59endorsed leader▲+1Since September 2026: 29% → 30%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.29% → 30%02
Microsoft Azure20%8%37accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 24% → 23%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.24% → 23%
Microsoft Azure20%8%37accepted challenger▼−1Since September 2026: 24% → 23%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.24% → 23%03DigitalOcean Droplets12%9%45accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 13% → 12%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.13% → 12%
DigitalOcean Droplets12%9%45accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 13% → 12%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.13% → 12%04
Hostinger10%6%16accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 7% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 9%
Hostinger10%6%16accepted challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 7% → 9%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.7% → 9%05
Vultr4%10%29accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%
Vultr4%10%29accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 2% → 5%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 5%06Azure4%29%21criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
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Google Cloud Lab in the set2%23%57accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Google Cloud Lab in the set2%23%57accepted challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%Show the five products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
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Bluehost0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Bluehost0%70%10criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%11
Cloudways0%25%12criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%
Cloudways0%25%12criticized challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 0%09
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%15%20accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%15%20accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%08
Akamai Connected Cloud0%12%26accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
Akamai Connected Cloud0%12%26accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%10
IBM0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
IBM0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Cloud is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other thirteen models one time of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Amazon Web Services vs VultrAmazon Web Services vs AzureAmazon Web Services vs Google CloudMicrosoft Azure vs DigitalOcean DropletsMicrosoft Azure vs HostingerMicrosoft Azure vs VultrMicrosoft Azure vs AzureMicrosoft Azure vs Google CloudDigitalOcean Droplets vs HostingerDigitalOcean Droplets vs VultrDigitalOcean Droplets vs AzureDigitalOcean Droplets vs Google CloudHostinger vs VultrHostinger vs AzureHostinger vs Google CloudVultr vs AzureVultr vs Google CloudAzure vs Google Cloud
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
0102030405A06
070809101112Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Amazon Web Services32%
Amazon Web Services32%02Microsoft Azure20%
Microsoft Azure20%03DigitalOcean Droplets12%
DigitalOcean Droplets12%04Hostinger10%
Hostinger10%05Vultr4%
Vultr4%06Azure4%
07Google Cloud2%
Google Cloud2%08Akamai Connected Cloud0%
Akamai Connected Cloud0%09Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure0%10IBM0%
IBM0%11Cloudways0%
Cloudways0%12Bluehost0%
Bluehost0%What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Google Cloud23%
13 of 57 labels negative · 10 of 14 models
“**Raw hyperscalers** like **AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure** ... **require more self-management**, and can become **expensive**” Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt
Amazon Web Services20%
12 of 59 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“**Avoid AWS and Azure** for limited budgets” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Bluehost70%
7 of 10 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Similar issues to Hostinger (poor support, upselling), owned by EIG which has a reputation for slow support and aggressive upselling practices” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
HostGator
86%
6 of 7 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“Complaints highlight long wait times for help and unreliable server speeds” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
73 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 933 links across 329 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 22 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
27 answers · 44 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Atlantic.Net26 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean24 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Bluehost16 answers · 16 citations · 9 models
15 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
14 answers · 18 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 8 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Hostinger12 answers · 14 citations · 7 models
vendor site · CloudZero11 answers · 12 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Guideflow11 answers · 11 citations · 9 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
13 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 7 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 8 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 7 models
11 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 6 models
10 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best cloud hosting provider”, “cloud hosting provider”, “cloud hosting providers”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon Web Services 32% | 32% | 164 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 2 | |
| Microsoft azure.microsoft.com Microsoft Azure 20% | 20% | 107 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| DigitalOcean parent site DigitalOcean Droplets 12% | 12% | 105 | 74,000 | 942 | ||||
| Hostinger hostinger.com | 10% | 45 | 201,000 | 1,828 | 496,358 | $18,320 | 118 | 4 |
| Vultr vultr.com | 4% | 55 | 22,200 | 302 | 81,453 | 95 | ||
| Azure | 4% | 301,000 | 47,904 | |||||
| Hetzner hetzner.com | 4% | 29 | 33,100 | 391 | 70,486 | 1 | ||
| Google Cloud google.com | 2% | 226 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 1,800,358,416 | $465,944 | 5 | 1 |
| Kamatera kamatera.com | 2% | 12 | 4,400 | 43 | 11,619 | $108 | 48 | |
| Atlantic.Net atlantic.net | 2% | 25 | 390 | 5 | 63,556 | $372 | 7 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 14 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (digitalocean.com, hostinger.com). The first result for “best cloud hosting provider” is wp101.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best cloud hosting provider for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which infrastructure-as-a-service cloud would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top cloud hosting providers and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best cloud hosting provider for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a cloud hosting provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which cloud hosting providers should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Hyve Managed Hostingagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesChangedAmazon Web ServicesKamaterano first choiceagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, Bluehost, FatCow, GoDaddy, Heroku, HostGator, Network Solutions, Newfold Digital, iPage
Two alternatives
Atlantic.Net, KamateraTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureFive alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Hostinger, Microsoft Azure, VultrFive alternatives
Cloudways, Contabo, HostArmada, Hostinger, IONOSGPT-5.4 miniAmazon Web Servicesagainst: Oracle Cloud InfrastructureAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureFive alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, VultrGemini 3.5 FlashAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureChangedagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web ServicesHetzneragainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructureno first choiceagainst: Bluehost, Contabo, Crazy Domains, GoDaddy, HostGator, IONOS, Network Solutions, OVHcloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Register.com, SSDNodes, Web.com, iPage
Six alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, RenderTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudEight alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Hostinger, Kinsta, Microsoft Azure, VultrSeven alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, Hostinger, Railway, Render, VultrPerplexity SonarAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft AzureChangedagainst: Google Cloudno first choiceIONOSno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, OVHcloud, Vultr
Three alternatives
Atlantic.Net, Google Cloud, HostingerOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesTwo alternatives
Atlantic.Net, InMotion HostingGrok 4.1 FastAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean DropletsAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureHetznerno first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, Bluehost, Cloudflare, Domain.com, FatCow, Google Cloud, HostGator, HostMonster, Microsoft Azure, iPage
Two alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureFive alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Hostinger, VultrMistral SmallAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesHostingerno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud
Two alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudFour alternatives
Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
InterServer, VerpexDeepSeek V4 FlashMicrosoft AzureMicrosoft AzureHeldagainst: DigitalOcean Droplets, Hetzner, VultrAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets, Vultrno first choiceagainst: CloudCone, GoDaddy, OVHcloud, Play2Go.cloud
Four alternatives
Amazon Web Services, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Liquid WebTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudSix alternatives
Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Hostinger, Microsoft Azure, VultrThree alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Hostinger, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceHostingerno first choiceagainst: EdgeVirt, OVHcloud
Four alternatives
Bluehost, Cloudways, Kamatera, VultrQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesChangedAmazon Web ServicesHostingeragainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Creeper Cloud, EdgeVirt, HostingMella, OVHcloud
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
DigitalOcean DropletsKimi K2DigitalOcean Droplets, VultrMicrosoft AzureChangedAmazon Web Servicesagainst: IBMDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azureno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, CentrioHost, Domain.com, GeekStorage, Google Cloud, HostGator, HostMonster, IDCloudHost, Just Host, Network Solutions, Newfold Digital, Site5, iPage
Four alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Atlantic.Net, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudThree alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureThree alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Google Cloud, VultrTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureGLM 4.7 FlashXMicrosoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesChangedno first choiceDreamHost, Hostingeragainst: Cloudwaysno first choiceagainst: Bluehost, CloudCone, Hostinger, Vultr
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Azure, Google CloudFive alternatives
AWS Activate, Google Cloud for Startups, Hetzner, InstaWP, Scaleway StardustMiniMax M2.5Amazon Web Services, AzureAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets, InterServerno first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, Arvixe, BigRock, Bluehost, Cloudways, Constant Contact, Domain.com, FatCow, HostGator, HostMonster, IDCloudHost, Just Host, iPage
One alternative
Google CloudTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Hostwinds, IONOS, VerpexGPT-6 LunaAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldAmazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud
Two alternatives
Azure, Google CloudTwo alternatives
Azure, Google CloudFour alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
AWS Lightsail, HetznerMuse Glimmer 30BAmazon Web ServicesAzureChangedagainst: Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services, AWSAtlantic.Net, Hostingerno first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, Arvixe, BigRock, Bluehost, Cloudways, Constant Contact, CrazyDomains, Domain.com, FatCow, Google Cloud, HostGator, HostMonster, Just Host, Markmonitor, Network Solutions, Newfold Digital, Register.com, ResellerClub, Site5, SiteBuilder, Web.com, World Host Group, cloudserver.net, iPage
Six alternatives
Azure, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, InMotion Hosting, Kamatera, Liquid WebOne alternative
Google CloudSeven alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud Platform, GCP, IBM, Kamatera, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, VultrFive alternatives
Cloudways, HostArmada, Kamatera, ScalaHosting Managed Cloud VPS, VultrBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:07 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 11:41 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:44 | yes | 12 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:23 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:07 | yes | 25 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:01 | yes | 13 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:29 | yes | 24 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 6 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:26 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 08:19 | yes | 19 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 13:29 | yes | 15 | 87 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:45 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:40 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:05 | yes | 14 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:45 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 12:18 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:06 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:49 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:05 | yes | 24 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:14 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:18 | yes | 25 | 34 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:56 | no | 0 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:03 | yes | 15 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:56 | yes | 15 | 53 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:20 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:14 | yes | 14 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:13 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:58 | yes | 7 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:54 | yes | 7 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 07:57 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:12 | yes | 23 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:57 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 08:10 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:19 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 13:20 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:06 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:52 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:44 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 10:20 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:28 | yes | 15 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:11 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:22 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 13:25 | yes | 10 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:58 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:52 | yes | 24 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:30 | yes | 9 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:42 | yes | 16 | 25 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 10:35 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:31 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 10:20 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:56 | yes | 15 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:16 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:26 | yes | 4 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:40 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 08:50 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:25 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:01 | yes | 12 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 10:16 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 17 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:36 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:19 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:45 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:08 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 09:42 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 08:16 | yes | 15 | 121 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 08:20 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 08:31 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 10:06 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 10:01 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 08:13 | yes | 25 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:49 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 10:17 | yes | 25 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:49 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 10:26 | yes | 10 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:39 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:35 | yes | 13 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:34 | yes | 2 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 07:59 | yes | 23 | 35 s |
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AWS read as Amazon Web Services
AWS (Amazon Web Services) read as Amazon Web Services
Akamai read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Akamai Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Droplets
InMotion read as InMotion Hosting
Linode read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (Akamai) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (now Akamai Connected Cloud) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode (now Akamai) read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Linode/Akamai read as Akamai Connected Cloud
Oracle read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Cloud read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Cloud (Always Free Tier) read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Cloud (OCI) read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, OCI read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Activate
AccuWeb
CentrioHost
Crazy Domains
CrazyDomains
Creeper Cloud
GeekStorage
Google Cloud Infrastructure
Google Cloud Platform, GCP
Google Cloud for Startups
HostingMella
Hyve Managed Hosting
Markmonitor
Play2Go.cloud
ResellerClub
SSDNodes
Scaleway Stardust
SiteBuilder
World Host Group
cloudserver.net
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.