# Amazon Web Services alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 137 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Amazon Web Services holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/amazon-web-services/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- DigitalOcean Droplets: 25
- Hostinger: 9
- Cloudways: 5
- Hetzner: 4
- Akamai Connected Cloud: 3
- AWS Lightsail: 2

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 58 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Web Services (Amazon Web Services is #2 of 14 at 14%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 19 of those 58
- Cloudways: first choice in 5 of those 58
- Hostinger: first choice in 4 of those 58
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 58
- AWS Lightsail: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Hetzner: first choice in 2 of those 58
- SiteGround: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 58

**Mid-market**: 48 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Web Services (Amazon Web Services is #1 of 12 at 32%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 5 of those 48
- Hostinger: first choice in 5 of those 48
- Hetzner: first choice in 2 of those 48
- Amazon Web Services, AWS: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Azure: first choice in 1 of those 48
- DreamHost: first choice in 1 of those 48
- Hyve Managed Hosting: first choice in 1 of those 48

**Enterprise**: 31 of 84 answers did not name Amazon Web Services (Amazon Web Services is #1 of 8 at 42%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 1 of those 31
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 1 of those 31
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 31
- Microsoft Windows 365: first choice in 1 of those 31
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 1 of those 31

Published under CC BY 4.0. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.