Buyer prompt · published evidence
How should a buyer compare cloud pricing, discounts, support plans, network egress, and total operating cost?
An exact prompt-level view of which reviewed brands surfaced and which public URLs the configured AI models cited. No answer text or tenant data is published.
- Intent
- commercial
- Model providers
- 3
- Categories
- 1
- Last observed
- Aug 13, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
Competitive outcome
Brands surfaced
Ordered by provider breadth, then total mentions and owned-domain citations. A mention is not an endorsement or a position claim.
| # | Brand | Category | Providers | Mentions | Owned citations | Provider evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Amazon Web Servicesaws.amazon.com ↗ | Cloud | 2 | 3 | 0 | Openai · Gemini |
| 02 | Microsoft Azureazure.microsoft.com ↗ | Cloud | 1 | 2 | 0 | Openai |
| 03 | Google Cloudcloud.google.com ↗ | Cloud | 1 | 1 | 0 | Gemini |
Model comparison
Answer matrix
One row per configured provider and category snapshot. Hashes prove answer identity without publishing stored answer text.
| Provider | Model version | Category | Brands surfaced | Citations | Unique domains | Answer hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openai | openai/gpt-4o-mini | Cloud | Amazon Web Services · Microsoft Azure | 6 | 6 | c64c5088…a8a24 |
| Anthropic | anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5 | Cloud | None observed | 0 | 0 | 50506d0d…eddf9 |
| Gemini | google/gemini-2.5-flash | Cloud | Amazon Web Services · Google Cloud | 0 | 0 | 2e423e32…b487b |
URL-derived citations
Sources cited
Hostnames are derived from the returned public URLs. Best position is the smallest citation position observed.
| Domain | Cited page | Best position | Providers | Observations | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cloudzero.com | https://cloudzero.com/blog/cloud-pricing-comparison/ ↗ | 1 | Openai | 1 | Cloud |
| ussignal.com | https://ussignal.com/cloud/cloud-cost-comparison-calculator/ ↗ | 2 | Openai | 1 | Cloud |
| usage.ai | https://usage.ai/blogs/finops/multi-cloud/cloud-pricing-comparison/ ↗ | 3 | Openai | 1 | Cloud |
| cast.ai | https://cast.ai/blog/cloud-pricing-comparison/ ↗ | 4 | Openai | 1 | Cloud |
| holori.com | https://holori.com/cloud-calculator/ ↗ | 5 | Openai | 1 | Cloud |
| reddit.com | https://reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1aketpm/i_made_a_huge_comparison_table_to_help_you_find/ ↗ | 6 | Openai | 1 | Cloud |