Subcategory · AI Citation Index
Cloud Platforms
americancloud.com leads shortlists at 82%, Azure trails at 76%, while AWS sits at 50% despite brand strength—model consensus fragments across 23 brands.
50 discovery queries · 99 head-to-heads · refreshed May 4, 2026
Discovery stage
The shortlist
Across 50 buyer-style "Cloud Platforms" queries
americancloud.com appears in 41 of 50 prompts (82% shortlist rate) with 75 mentions across 3 models, edging Azure Cloud Services (76%, 91 mentions) and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute (56%, 52 mentions). Amazon Web Services lands fourth at 50% despite name recognition, while Hetzner and Vultr tie at 26%. The 23-brand consensus and low prompt coverage signal a fragmented market with no dominant standard.
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Evaluation stage
Head-to-head
How brands fare on comparison queries · category median 55/100
Vercel tops evaluation scoring at 77 (4 comparisons), narrowly ahead of Azure Cloud Services at 76 (10 comparisons). Databricks and Snowflake both score 55 across 12 head-to-head queries, while Netlify sits at 53 over 11 comparisons. The median evaluation score of 55 and category average of 61.75 suggest modest overall satisfaction across the platform landscape.
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Each brand's evaluation score averages how AI responds to head-to-head comparison queries that mention them. Above-median brands win their comparisons more often than they lose; bubble size reflects how many head-to-heads they appear in.
Brands to know
In this category
Azure Cloud Services
Score 78 and 76% shortlist rate with 91 mentions make Azure the safe enterprise pick. Strong evaluation performance (76 across 10 queries) backs the visibility.
Read brand profile →IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
Score 72 and a 9-point April surge mark IBM as the momentum play. Legacy brand weight meets renewed AI-driven interest in hybrid infrastructure.
Read brand profile →Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute
Score 63, 56% shortlist rate, and 52 mentions position Oracle as the mid-market alternative. Database integration remains the wedge for workload consolidation.
Read brand profile →
Amazon Web Services
No unCited score yet 50% shortlist presence and 45 mentions reflect incumbent inertia. AWS appears by default but faces growing model indifference in recommendations.
Read brand profile →Hetzner
26% shortlist rate (13 prompts, 21 mentions) with no score data flags Hetzner as the European budget dark horse. Price-performance narrative cuts through in cost-sensitive queries.
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