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Colocation providers · October 2026 Edition

CoreSite vs Digital Realty

One of fourteen models named CoreSite first on the direct prompt; one named Digital Realty. CoreSite was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Digital Realty by thirteen and CoreSite carries 33 labels and Digital Realty 32, so the shares are not directly comparable.

CoreSite

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

Digital Realty

accepted challenger

Named in one category this edition.

First-choice share5%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels3332A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, CoreSite reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.TierPoint was named alongside these two in eight of the fourteen direct answers. TierPoint vs CoreSite · TierPoint vs Digital Realty · Flexential vs CoreSite

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; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the colocation providers page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
CoreSiteFirst choices, of fourteen modelsDigital Realty
Direct112 against Digital Realty
Paraphrase10
Comparative03
Budget-constrained001 against Digital Realty
Scale-constrained00
Negative011 against Digital Realty
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, CoreSite and Digital Realty were named in the same answer sixty-three times, of the 94 answers naming CoreSite and the 107 naming Digital Realty. In those answers Digital Realty took the first choice thirteen times and CoreSite two.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where CoreSite and Digital Realty stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
CoreSite Digital Realty first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, CoreSite on the left and Digital Realty on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where CoreSite and Digital Realty stood in it.

CoreSite first, Digital Realty not the choice

1 of 14 modelsDigital Realty was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Perplexity SonarCoreSite alternatives: Iron Mountain Data Centers, NTT Global Data Centers

Digital Realty first, CoreSite not the choice

1 of 14 modelsCoreSite was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Qwen 3.7 FlashDataBank, Digital Realty alternatives: Equinix, NTT Global Data Centers

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniEquinix alternatives: CoreSite, Flexential, TierPoint
Gemini 3.5 FlashFlexential alternatives: Centersquare, CoreSite, Iron Mountain Data Centers, TierPoint
GLM 4.7 FlashXFlexential, TierPoint alternatives: CoreSite, CyrusOne, DataBank, Iron Mountain Data Centers, QTS
GPT-6 LunaFlexential alternatives: CoreSite, Equinix, TierPoint
Muse Glimmer 30BTierPoint alternatives: CoreSite, CyrusOne, Cyxtera, DataBank, Equinix, Flexential, NTT

Neither was named

7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Grok 4.1 FastDataBank, TierPoint alternatives: Equinix
Mistral SmallDataBank, Equinix
DeepSeek V4 FlashFlexential alternatives: DataBank, TierPoint
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2TierPoint alternatives: Cologix, DataBank
MiniMax M2.5no first choice

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Level: the same share of first choices.
CoreSite0%#7 of 8
Digital Realty0%#8 of 8
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
CoreSite leads by two points.
CoreSite5%#5 of 9
Digital Realty2%#6 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
The order flips: Digital Realty leads at enterprise.
Digital Realty24%#2 of 9
CoreSite11%#3 of 9
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about CoreSite

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Three of four in this category shown.

“CoreSite: Best Overall for High Support & Cloud Connectivity (US-focused)” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“the best colocation provider is usually CoreSite” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“CoreSite is often a strong option when you want carrier-neutral colocation with excellent connectivity in key markets.” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · alternative

What the models said about Digital Realty

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Avoid hyperscale giants (Equinix, Digital Realty): ... will likely be overkill and overpriced for a mid-market B2B firm.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · direct prompt · hard negative
“you should generally avoid Tier-1 premium global giants like Equinix, Digital Realty, or CyrusOne” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“That does not mean you must avoid Equinix or Digital Realty, but it underscores the importance of reading the actual SLA” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“Equinix, Digital Realty, DataBank, CoreSite, and Cologix are among the more established providers” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · first choice
“place Equinix and Digital Realty as the two largest global colocation players by revenue” GPT-5.4 mini · comparative prompt · first choice
“Start with DataBank or Digital Realty for a balance of price, performance, and reliability.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.