Two categories · what the models named insteadAlternatives to IBM, as AI models named them
In the October 2026 Edition, 481 of the 504 answers collected in the two categories where IBM holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.
Enterprise storage systems
Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name IBM; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, forty-seven products in all, the eight most named:
Seventy-nine of the eighty-four answers did not name IBM; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-nine answers, thirty-seven products in all, the eight most named:
Eighty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name IBM; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-one answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:
Cloud hosting
Eighty-four of the eighty-four answers did not name IBM; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-four answers, twenty-one products in all, the eight most named:
Eighty-one of the eighty-four answers did not name IBM; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those eighty-one answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:
Seventy-two of the eighty-four answers did not name IBM; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, ten products in all, the eight most named:
How to read this
A category is asked six ways of each of fourteen models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is eighty-four answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled IBM neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named IBM only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from IBM's side.
Every answer and every label behind these figures is in the record, sent on request. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of IBM was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.