Cloud hosting for small business buyers
Asked as “cloud hosting provider”, and as “infrastructure-as-a-service cloud”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 59 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
34%
Contested · Amazon Web Services 14%
34DigitalOcean Droplets14Amazon Web Services08Akamai Connected Cloud44others
34% of first choices, contested.
Since September 2026▼−8Since September 2026: 40% → 32%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.DigitalOcean Droplets held the lead, −8 points on 40%, 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →EnterpriseAmazon 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.This pageMid-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.Standing →EnterpriseAmazon 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 small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
01DigitalOcean Droplets34%2%60endorsed leader▼−8Since September 2026: 40% → 32%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.40% → 32%
DigitalOcean Droplets34%2%60endorsed leader▼−8Since September 2026: 40% → 32%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.40% → 32%02Amazon Web Services14%44%59criticized challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 11% → 14%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 14%
Amazon Web Services14%44%59criticized challenger▲+3Since September 2026: 11% → 14%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.11% → 14%03
Akamai Connected Cloud8%4%25accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 8%
Akamai Connected Cloud8%4%25accepted challenger▲+6Since September 2026: 2% → 8%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 8%04
Cloudways7%12%24accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 8%
Cloudways7%12%24accepted challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 4% → 8%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 8%05
Vultr5%4%27accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%
Vultr5%4%27accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 2%06
Hostinger5%13%23accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 9% → 6%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 6%
Hostinger5%13%23accepted challenger▼−3Since September 2026: 9% → 6%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.9% → 6%07
Microsoft Azure5%30%33criticized challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 6%
Microsoft Azure5%30%33criticized challenger▲+4Since September 2026: 2% → 6%, +4 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 6%08
Atlantic.Net3%0%14accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 4%
Atlantic.Net3%0%14accepted challenger▼−2Since September 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.6% → 4%09
Hetzner3%8%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 4%
Hetzner3%8%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 4% → 4%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.4% → 4%10
AWS Lightsail2%8%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%
AWS Lightsail2%8%13accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.2% → 2%11
Google Cloud Lab in the set2%37%46criticized 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%37%46criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%12
Bluehost2%50%12criticized challenger▲+2Since September 2026: 0% → 2%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 2%
Bluehost2%50%12criticized 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 two products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
14Azure0%50%20criticized challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
13
SiteGround0%0%11accepted challenger=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.0% → 0%
SiteGround0%0%11accepted 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 →
01020304050607080910111213A14
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01DigitalOcean Droplets34%
DigitalOcean Droplets34%02Amazon Web Services14%
Amazon Web Services14%03Akamai Connected Cloud8%
Akamai Connected Cloud8%04Cloudways7%
Cloudways7%05Vultr5%
Vultr5%06Hostinger5%
Hostinger5%07Microsoft Azure5%
Microsoft Azure5%08Atlantic.Net3%
Atlantic.Net3%09Hetzner3%
Hetzner3%10AWS Lightsail2%
AWS Lightsail2%11Google Cloud2%
Google Cloud2%12Bluehost2%
Bluehost2%13SiteGround0%
SiteGround0%14Azure0%
What they warned about
Four of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna 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.
Amazon Web Services44%
26 of 59 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“**Avoid AWS initially** unless you specifically need their advanced services” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Google Cloud37%
17 of 46 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“AWS Lightsail/Google ($3.50+ but complex billing/upgrades push costs up fast)” Grok 4.1 Fast, budget prompt
Azure
50%
10 of 20 labels negative · 7 of 14 models
“**Hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud):** While powerful, these platforms can be overly complex and expensive for small businesses with simple needs.” Mistral Small, negative prompt
Bluehost50%
6 of 12 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“"Bluehost's 6 hours 8 minutes of annual downtime (9 incidents) is acceptable for personal sites but insufficient for business websites."” Muse Glimmer 30B, 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
75 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. 987 links across 311 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.
vendor site · Atlantic.Net37 answers · 51 citations · 11 models
vendor site · DigitalOcean26 answers · 65 citations · 10 models
23 answers · 39 citations · 10 models
vendor site · ScalaHosting23 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Bluehost22 answers · 23 citations · 11 models
21 answers · 32 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Hostinger19 answers · 27 citations · 12 models
19 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
18 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 18 citations · 8 models
vendor site · G217 answers · 29 citations · 10 models
12 answers · 16 citations · 7 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.
35 answers · 11 models
23 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 7 models
16 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 7 models
15 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean parent site DigitalOcean Droplets 34% | 34% | 105 | 74,000 | 942 | ||||
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon Web Services 14% | 14% | 164 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | 2 | |
| Akamai parent site Akamai Connected Cloud 8% | 8% | 56 | 27,100 | 1,614 | ||||
| Cloudways cloudways.com | 7% | 36 | 12,100 | 164 | 45,091 | $20 | 26 | 8 |
| Hostinger hostinger.com Hostinger 5%, Hostinger Cloud Startup 2% | 7% | 45 | 201,000 | 1,828 | 496,358 | $18,320 | 118 | 4 |
| Vultr vultr.com | 5% | 55 | 22,200 | 302 | 81,453 | 95 | ||
| Microsoft azure.microsoft.com Microsoft Azure 5% | 5% | 107 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | 1,848,766 | $6,123 | ||
| Atlantic.Net atlantic.net | 3% | 25 | 390 | 5 | 63,556 | $372 | 7 | |
| Hetzner hetzner.com | 3% | 29 | 33,100 | 391 | 70,486 | 1 | ||
| AWS parent site AWS Lightsail 2% | 2% | 17 | 368,000 | 114,001 |
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 small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which infrastructure-as-a-service cloud would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top cloud hosting providers for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best cloud hosting provider for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a cloud hosting provider. What should we look at?”Negative“Which cloud hosting providers should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Atlantic.NetDigitalOcean DropletsChangedDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, AzureAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Herokuno first choiceagainst: Bluehost, GoDaddy, HostGator, Network Solutions, OVHcloud
Three alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Liquid Web, ScalaHostingThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Azure, VultrFive alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Cloudways, Hetzner, ScalaHosting, VultrTwo alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google CloudGPT-5.4 miniAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldDigitalOcean DropletsAWS Lightsailno first choiceagainst: GoDaddy
Three alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudGemini 3.5 FlashCloudwaysagainst: Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets, Microsoft AzureChangedRailway, Renderagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google CloudCloudways, Hetzner, Hostingeragainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azureagainst: Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Bluehost, DigitalOcean Droplets, Domain.com, Google Cloud, Hetzner, HostGator, Microsoft Azure, Network Solutions, Newfold Digital, Register.com, Vultr, Web.com, iPage
Six alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Kinsta, Microsoft Azure, Railway, Render, SiteGroundOne alternative
Amazon Web ServicesFive alternatives
Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, Fly.io, ScalaHosting, VercelFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, ScalaHosting, VultrFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Fly.io, Heroku, Render, VultrPerplexity SonarAtlantic.NetAmazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureChangedHostingerIONOSno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
Five alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Bluehost, DigitalOcean Droplets, Hostinger, Liquid WebTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, IONOS CloudSix alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Atlantic.Net, Cloudways, DigitalOcean Droplets, SiteGround, UpCloudTwo alternatives
Hostinger, InMotion HostingGrok 4.1 FastDigitalOcean DropletsDigitalOcean DropletsHeldagainst: Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureHetzneragainst: AWS Lightsail, Cloudways, Contabo, Google Cloud, OVHAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Cloudways, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Rackspace
Six alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Akamai Connected Cloud, Cloudways, Google Cloud Run, Hostinger, VultrOne alternative
Microsoft AzureFive alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Akamai Connected Cloud, Cloudways, Hetzner, VultrThree alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Hostinger VPS, VultrThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Cloudways, Google CloudMistral SmallAmazon Web ServicesAmazon Web ServicesHeldCloudways, DigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Microsoft AzureDigitalOcean Droplets, Hostingeragainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud
Four alternatives
Bluehost, Google Cloud, Hostwinds, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Hetzner, HostingerDeepSeek V4 FlashCloudways, DigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureDigitalOcean DropletsChangedDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloudno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azureagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost's cheapest tiers, Cloudways, Google Cloud, Hostinger, OVHcloud, iPage
One alternative
Liquid WebFour alternatives
Akamai Cloud/Linode, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureSix alternatives
Cloudways, Google Cloud, Heroku, Microsoft Azure, Render, VercelThree alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Hetzner, VultrFive alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Atlantic.Net, DigitalOcean Droplets, Hostinger, VultrLlama 4 Maverickno first choiceno first choiceHeldno first choiceScalaHostingno first choicenothing named
Four alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, IT Vortex, RapidScale, Triton DataCenterTwo alternatives
Atlantic.Net, BluehostQwen 3.7 FlashMicrosoft AzureAmazon Web ServicesChangedDigitalOcean DropletsDigitalOcean Droplets, Kamateraagainst: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Vultragainst: Amazon Web Services, Bluehost, GoDaddy, Google Cloud, HostGator, Microsoft Azure, MyHosting.com, Rabhost, Web Hosting Hub, iPage
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, AWS, DigitalOcean Droplets, Google CloudTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Microsoft AzureFive alternatives
Cloudways, Railway, Render, SiteGround, VultrTwo alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, HostingerFour alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Azure, Heroku, RenderKimi K2Amazon Web ServicesGoogle CloudChangedagainst: Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean Droplets, VultrAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Dropletsagainst: Amazon Web Servicesno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCPagainst: Bluehost, GoDaddy, HostGator, IONOS
Three alternatives
Cloudways, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureTwo alternatives
DigitalOcean Droplets, Microsoft AzureFour alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
VultrGLM 4.7 FlashXCloudwaysagainst: Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean DropletsChangedAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean DropletsHostingerno first choiceagainst: Bluehost, CloudCone, Hosting.com, Hostinger, OVHcloud
Eight alternatives
Bluehost, DigitalOcean Droplets, Fly.io, Google Cloud, Hostinger, Microsoft Azure, Render, SiteGroundThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google CloudFour alternatives
Cloudways, Hetzner, SiteGround, VultrTwo alternatives
Cloudways, DigitalOcean DropletsMiniMax M2.5Bluehost, HostwindsDigitalOcean DropletsChangedDigitalOcean DropletsHostinger Cloud Startupno first choiceagainst: A Small Orange, ChemiCloud, CloudCone, IO Zoom, OVHcloud
Two alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Microsoft AzureThree alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Compute Engine, Microsoft AzureSix alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Hostinger, InstaWP, Microsoft Azure, VultrTwo alternatives
Akamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean DropletsGPT-6 LunaRenderAmazon Web ServicesChangedDigitalOcean Droplets, RenderDigitalOcean Dropletsno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Free Tier
Three alternatives
Amazon Web Services, Azure, Google Cloud RunOne alternative
AzureFive alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Google Cloud Run, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
AWS LightsailMuse Glimmer 30BAkamai Connected Cloud, DigitalOcean Droplets, Vultragainst: Amazon Web ServicesDigitalOcean DropletsChangedAWS Lightsail, DigitalOcean DropletsDigitalOcean Droplets, Vultrno first choiceagainst: Amazon Web Services, Azure, Bluehost, CloudCone, Google Cloud, HostGator, Hostinger
One alternative
Atlantic.NetOne alternative
AWS LightsailTwo alternatives
Linode, now Akamai Linode, VultrThree alternatives
AWS Lightsail, Liquid Web Cloud VPS, ScalaHosting Managed Cloud VPSBold 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 11:28 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:30 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 12:54 | yes | 17 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:41 | yes | 18 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:14 | yes | 20 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 08:07 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 13:14 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:19 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:44 | no | 0 | 38 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 12:15 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 11:54 | yes | 20 | 49 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 07:52 | yes | 5 | 12 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:38 | yes | 3 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:53 | yes | 14 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:04 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 09:27 | yes | 2 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 11 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:31 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 12:28 | yes | 13 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:57 | yes | 23 | 33 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:07 | yes | 5 | 1 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:52 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 07:49 | yes | 14 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:02 | yes | 14 | 70 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 12:19 | yes | 10 | 74 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:11 | yes | 2 | 11 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 11:18 | yes | 22 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 09:56 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:46 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 11:14 | yes | 6 | 22 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 12:30 | yes | 18 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:44 | yes | 25 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 10:24 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:41 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 12:46 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 11:33 | yes | 8 | 44 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:13 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 12:07 | yes | 25 | 28 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 10:22 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 11:57 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 12:20 | yes | 23 | 42 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 12:31 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 13:05 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:55 | yes | 10 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 11:20 | yes | 20 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 10:55 | yes | 19 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 11:37 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 11:06 | yes | 22 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 09:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 07:43 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:27 | yes | 10 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:26 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:58 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 13:39 | yes | 2 | 13 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:17 | yes | 11 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:59 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 10:56 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 08:05 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 08:07 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 09:11 | yes | 15 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 07:28 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 12:33 | yes | 15 | 31 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 11:56 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 08:15 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 13:11 | yes | 20 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 09:20 | yes | 12 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 09:10 | yes | 5 | 28 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 12:27 | yes | 3 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 08:07 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-01 11:32 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-01 08:49 | yes | 6 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-01 09:44 | yes | 11 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-01 13:52 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-01 12:21 | yes | 24 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-01 13:43 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-01 09:15 | yes | 10 | 40 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-01 08:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-01 09:24 | yes | 20 | 62 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-01 11:27 | yes | 25 | 32 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-01 10:09 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-01 11:41 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-01 09:35 | yes | 2 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-01 10:29 | yes | 22 | 25 s |
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AWS read as Amazon Web Services
AWS (Amazon Web Services) read as Amazon Web Services
AWS (Lightsail/EC2) read as Amazon Web Services
AWS (via Lightsail) read as Amazon Web Services
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 Connected Cloud) 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 Cloud (Free Tier) read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle Cloud (OCI) read as Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Akamai Cloud/Linode
Amazon AWS
Bluehost's cheapest tiers
ChemiCloud
EC2
Flywheel
Hosting.com
Hostinger Cloud Startup
Hostinger VPS
IO Zoom
IONOS Cloud
IT Vortex
Linode, now Akamai Linode
Liquid Web Cloud VPS
MyHosting.com
Nexcess
Rabhost
Triton DataCenter
Web Hosting Hub
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.