Dataset size
The latest Cloud Web Hosting Platforms run found 21 recommended brands and 30 cited sources in AI answers.
Cloud Web Hosting Platforms
This weekly AI Brand Index shows how AI tools answer buyer questions in the Cloud Web Hosting Platforms category. SupaIntent asks each LLM the same question: which brands are the most visible, significant, and recommended in that niche. Each system returns its own top. We track what brands are recommended, which cited sources are used and how positions move week to week. Use it to see the freshest AI visibility data for this category.
Updated 9 August 2026
Brands
Category coverage
21
ranked across AI engines
Sources
Evidence base
30
domains cited in answers
Brand sites
Official share
46%
from brand-owned domains
AI model filter
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | 1 |
| Google Cloud Platform | 2 |
| Microsoft Azure | 3 |
| Vultr | 4 |
| DigitalOcean | 5 |
Amazon Web ServicesWhat AI tools say about Cloud Web Hosting Platforms
Movement
What changed this week?
Amazon Web Services overtook DigitalOcean this week to take the top position.
Sources
Which sources shape AI answers?
Answers in this category lean on vendor pages: Digitalocean, Microsoft and Google are the most cited brand-owned sources, and official domains account for 46% of all citations.
Engines
Do AI engines agree on the leader?
The engines disagree on the leader. ChatGPT names Hostinger, Google AI Mode and Gemini both name Amazon Web Services first, and Perplexity names Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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Key facts from this AI Brand Index report
Current leader
Amazon Web Services ranks #1 for Cloud Web Hosting Platforms in the latest SupaIntent AI Brand Index run.
Top brands
Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure lead Cloud Web Hosting Platforms across AI answers from ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.
Brand sites
Forbes, Digitalocean, and Servermania are the most cited brand sites in this category.
Weekly movement
Top 10 onlyEntered the index
New in the top 10
Oracle Cloud#8
AccuWeb Hosting#10
Biggest gains
Moved up this week
Kamatera5 to #6
Biggest losses
Moved down this week
Kinsta8 to #17
DigitalOcean4 to #5
Linode3 to #13
Rank history
Weekly rank changes for the current top 10
| Rank | Brand | Previous | Current | Change | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Amazon Web Services | #2 | #1 | 1 | #1 |
| #2 | #4 | #2 | 2 | #2 | |
| #3 | #3 | #3 | 0 | #3 | |
| #4 | #6 | #4 | 2 | #4 | |
| #5 | #1 | #5 | 4 | #1 | |
| #6 | #11 | #6 | 5 | #6 | |
| #7 | #5 | #7 | 2 | #1 | |
| #8 | New | #8 | New | #8 | |
| #9 | #7 | #9 | 2 | #2 | |
| #10 | New | #10 | New | #10 |
Current brand snapshot
21 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand |  ChatGPT |  Google AI Mode |  Gemini |  Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1 | - | #1 | #1 | #1 | | |
| 2 | +2 | - | #2 | #2 | #4 | | |
| 3 | 0 | - | #3 | #3 | #3 | | |
| 4 | +2 | #4 | #8 | #6 | #8 | | |
| 5 | -4 | - | #4 | #4 | #7 | | |
| 6 | +5 | #3 | #6 | #10 | - | | |
| 7 | -2 | #10 | #5 | #5 | - | | |
| 8 | New | - | - | #8 | #2 | | |
| 9 | -2 | #1 | - | - | - | | |
| 10 | New | #2 | - | - | - | | |
| 11 | +1 | - | - | - | #5 | | |
| 12 | +8 | #5 | - | - | - | | |
| 13 | -3 | - | #7 | - | #9 | | |
| 14 | 0 | - | - | - | #6 | | |
| 15 | +6 | #6 | - | - | - | | |
| 16 | +6 | #7 | - | - | - | | |
| 17 | -8 | - | - | #7 | - | | |
| 18 | -2 | - | #10 | #9 | - | | |
| 19 | New | #8 | - | - | - | | |
| 20 | New | #9 | - | - | - | | |
| 21 | -6 | - | #9 | - | - | |
Current source snapshot
30 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | | |
| 2 | DigitaloceanOfficial | 9 | |
| 3 | 4 | | |
| 4 | 4 | | |
| 5 | MicrosoftOfficial | 2 | |
| 6 | GoogleOfficial | 2 | |
| 7 | VultrOfficial | 2 | |
| 8 | 2 | | |
| 9 | 2 | | |
| 10 | OracleOfficial | 2 | |
| 11 | 1 | | |
| 12 | AlibabacloudOfficial | 1 | |
| 13 | AmazonOfficial | 1 | |
| 14 | 1 | | |
| 15 | 1 | | |
| 16 | CloudwaysOfficial | 1 | |
| 17 | 1 | | |
| 18 | DreamhostOfficial | 1 | |
| 19 | 1 | | |
| 20 | HostcolorOfficial | 1 | |
| 21 | HostingerOfficial | 1 | |
| 22 | IbmOfficial | 1 | |
| 23 | IonosOfficial | 1 | |
| 24 | KamateraOfficial | 1 | |
| 25 | LinodeOfficial | 1 | |
| 26 | OvhcloudOfficial | 1 | |
| 27 | 1 | | |
| 28 | 1 | | |
| 29 | 1 | | |
| 30 | 1 | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Hostinger | 1 |
| AccuWeb Hosting | 2 |
| Kamatera | 3 |
| Vultr | 4 |
| 20i | 5 |
Current brand snapshot
10 brands
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | 1 |
| Google Cloud Platform | 2 |
| Microsoft Azure | 3 |
| DigitalOcean | 4 |
| Cloudways | 5 |
Amazon Web ServicesCurrent brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +2 | - | #1 | - | - | | |
| 2 | +3 | - | #2 | - | - | | |
| 3 | +1 | - | #3 | - | - | | |
| 4 | -2 | - | #4 | - | - | | |
| 5 | -4 | - | #5 | - | - | | |
| 6 | New | - | #6 | - | - | | |
| 7 | New | - | #7 | - | - | | |
| 8 | +1 | - | #8 | - | - | | |
| 9 | -3 | - | #9 | - | - | | |
| 10 | New | - | #10 | - | - | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | 1 |
| Google Cloud Platform | 2 |
| Microsoft Azure | 3 |
| DigitalOcean | 4 |
| Cloudways | 5 |
Amazon Web ServicesCurrent brand snapshot
10 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | - | - | #1 | - | | |
| 2 | +1 | - | - | #2 | - | | |
| 3 | -1 | - | - | #3 | - | | |
| 4 | 0 | - | - | #4 | - | | |
| 5 | New | - | - | #5 | - | | |
| 6 | -1 | - | - | #6 | - | | |
| 7 | +3 | - | - | #7 | - | | |
| 8 | New | - | - | #8 | - | | |
| 9 | -2 | - | - | #9 | - | | |
| 10 | -1 | - | - | #10 | - | |
Current source snapshot
4 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DigitaloceanOfficial | 7 | |
| 2 | 4 | | |
| 3 | 4 | | |
| 4 | 1 | |
Position history
Position history chart for the top brands in this AI Brand Index category. Lower rank numbers mean stronger visibility.
| Brand | Latest rank |
|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services (AWS) | 1 |
| Oracle Cloud | 2 |
| Microsoft Azure | 3 |
| Google Cloud Platform | 4 |
| IBM Cloud | 5 |
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Current brand snapshot
9 brands
| # | Pos. | Brand | ChatGPT | Google AI Mode | Gemini | Perplexity | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | - | - | - | #1 | | |
| 2 | New | - | - | - | #2 | | |
| 3 | -1 | - | - | - | #3 | | |
| 4 | -1 | - | - | - | #4 | | |
| 5 | -1 | - | - | - | #5 | | |
| 6 | 0 | - | - | - | #6 | | |
| 7 | 0 | - | - | - | #7 | | |
| 8 | +1 | - | - | - | #8 | | |
| 9 | -1 | - | - | - | #9 | |
Current source snapshot
17 sources
| # | Source | Ment.Mentions | LLMs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | | |
| 2 | 2 | | |
| 3 | OracleOfficial | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | | |
| 5 | AlibabacloudOfficial | 1 | |
| 6 | MicrosoftOfficial | 1 | |
| 7 | 1 | | |
| 8 | 1 | | |
| 9 | GoogleOfficial | 1 | |
| 10 | 1 | | |
| 11 | DigitaloceanOfficial | 1 | |
| 12 | 1 | | |
| 13 | IbmOfficial | 1 | |
| 14 | LinodeOfficial | 1 | |
| 15 | 1 | | |
| 16 | 1 | | |
| 17 | VultrOfficial | 1 | |
Common AI search questions about Cloud Web Hosting Platforms
Q1
Who leads Cloud Web Hosting Platforms in AI answers?
Amazon Web Services is the most recommended cloud web hosting platforms brand in the latest AI Brand Index run. The next highest-ranked brands are Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure. The engines disagree on the leader. ChatGPT names Hostinger, Google AI Mode and Gemini both name Amazon Web Services first, and Perplexity names Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Q2
Which cited sources are used for Cloud Web Hosting Platforms?
The most cited sources for cloud web hosting platforms recommendations are Forbes, Digitalocean and Servermania, out of 30 tracked sources. Answers in this category lean on vendor pages: Digitalocean, Microsoft and Google are the most cited brand-owned sources, and official domains account for 46% of all citations. The main independent sources are Forbes, Servermania and Elementor.
Q3
How fresh is this Cloud Web Hosting Platforms ranking?
The AI Brand Index updates every Sunday. In the latest run, Oracle Cloud and AccuWeb Hosting entered the top 10 and Kinsta, Kamatera, DigitalOcean and Linode moved three or more positions in the cloud web hosting platforms index.
How to cite this report
Cite the canonical SupaIntent report page when referencing this AI visibility ranking.
SupaIntent AI Brand Index: Cloud Web Hosting Platforms. https://supaintent.com/ai-brand-index/hosting-web-hosting-platforms-cloud-web-hosting-platforms
Report data
Download the same ranking data used by the chart, tables and Dataset schema.
AI Brand Index methodology
Rankings use collected AI answers, cited sources, brand-site matching, and provider-level position history.
- SupaIntent measures buying-intent AI answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.
- This report uses the latest observed AI answers for Cloud Web Hosting Platforms, including 21 recommended brands and 30 cited sources.
- Brand sites are identified from official domains and subdomains, then separated from review, community and publisher sources.
- Weekly movement compares the latest rank with the previous collected position for each brand.
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