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Vantage research · November 2026 · Developer tools

What AI cites for “best cloud provider for startups”

ChatGPT cited 7 sites, Gemini cited 8 sites, Perplexity cited 8 sites. 1 site was cited by all three.

Updated monthlyNext edition 1 December 2026

ChatGPTGeminiPerplexity dots beside a site: the other engines that cite it too

ChatGPT

7 sites · opens with a sentence · has a table · opening 7 words

  1. aws.amazon.com
  2. cloud.google.com
  3. microsoft.com
  4. digitalocean.com
  5. cloudflare.com
  6. learn.microsoft.com
  7. stackcredits.com

Brands namedAmazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, AWS, AI

Gemini

8 sites · opens with a sentence · has a table · opening 40 words

  1. thundercompute.com
  2. instawp.com
  3. cortavo.com
  4. fin.ai
  5. spendark.com
  6. digitalocean.com
  7. reddit.comcommunity
  8. svitla.com

Brands namedMicrosoft Azure, DigitalOcean, Render, AI, Bootstrapped

Perplexity

8 sites · opens with a sentence · has a table · opening 36 words

  1. thectoclub.com
  2. techvendorindex.com
  3. whatisbest.com
  4. topbusinesssoftware.com
  5. hostinger.com
  6. digitalocean.com
  7. kuberns.com
  8. zdnet.com

Brands namedDigitalOcean, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Cloudflare, Prototype/MVP

Cited by more than one engine

  • digitalocean.com

Is your site one of them?

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Each engine was asked once, in English, as from the United States, on 2026-11-01. Answers change from run to run, so read this as a snapshot. Download the data.