Buyer prompt · published evidence

What cloud platform should a startup evaluate for predictable costs, simple deployment, developer support, and room to scale?

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
recommendation
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.

#BrandCategoryProvidersMentionsOwned citationsProvider evidence
01Amazon Web Servicesaws.amazon.comCloud3120Openai · Anthropic · Gemini
02Google Cloudcloud.google.comCloud380Openai · Anthropic · Gemini
03Microsoft Azureazure.microsoft.comCloud360Openai · Anthropic · Gemini
04DigitalOceandigitalocean.comCloud2113Openai · Anthropic
Model comparison

Answer matrix

One row per configured provider and category snapshot. Hashes prove answer identity without publishing stored answer text.

ProviderModel versionCategoryBrands surfacedCitationsUnique domainsAnswer hash
Openaiopenai/gpt-4o-miniCloudAmazon Web Services · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud · DigitalOcean7519ab68a4…0a3c4
Anthropicanthropic/claude-haiku-4-5CloudAmazon Web Services · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud · DigitalOcean4481e021f5…36a0d
Geminigoogle/gemini-2.5-flashCloudAmazon Web Services · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud66d4e3cd6f…e395d
URL-derived citations

Sources cited

Hostnames are derived from the returned public URLs. Best position is the smallest citation position observed.

DomainCited pageBest positionProvidersObservationsCategories
aws.plainenglish.iohttps://aws.plainenglish.io/aws-vs-google-cloud-vs-azure-vs-digitalocean-ultimate-comparison-guide-for-2024-4b88ed99d2c21Anthropic1Cloud
digitalocean.comhttps://digitalocean.com/community/questions/what-are-the-main-benefits-of-using-digitalocean-for-web-application-hosting1Openai1Cloud
northflank.comhttps://northflank.com/blog/best-cloud-app-deployment-platforms1Gemini1Cloud
cloudzero.comhttps://cloudzero.com/blog/digitalocean-vs-aws/2Anthropic1Cloud
medium.comhttps://medium.com/@InTheRiot/digitalocean-simple-and-affordable-cloud-solutions-for-developers-05dca9cf71542Openai1Cloud
medium.comhttps://medium.com/@philip.mutua/ranking-cloud-providers-from-cheapest-to-most-expensive-a-developers-perspective-2fa8ed49b5382Gemini1Cloud
buildmvpfast.comhttps://buildmvpfast.com/blog/best-cloud-services-mvp-hosting-20263Gemini1Cloud
digitalocean.comhttps://digitalocean.com/startups3Openai1Cloud
medium.comhttps://medium.com/@davidevnco/exploring-digital-ocean-benefits-and-how-it-stacks-up-against-aws-gcp-and-azure-1ed9c22cc38c3Anthropic1Cloud
digitalocean.comhttps://digitalocean.com/products/app-platform4Openai1Cloud
linkedin.comhttps://linkedin.com/pulse/best-cloud-hosting-startups-akshay-verma-7whwc4Gemini1Cloud
scorpion.amhttps://scorpion.am/ru/blogs/cloud-deployment-made-simple-aws-azure-google-cloud-or-digitalocean4Anthropic1Cloud
metacto.comhttps://metacto.com/blogs/what-is-digitalocean-a-deep-dive-for-app-developers5Openai1Cloud
sotatek.comhttps://sotatek.com/blogs/cloud-services/top-cloud-services-for-startups/5Gemini1Cloud
reddit.comhttps://reddit.com/r/digital_ocean/comments/mt4o7t/how_good_is_do_for_startups/6Openai1Cloud
usage.aihttps://usage.ai/blogs/finops/tools/best-cloud-cost-optimization-tools-startups/6Gemini1Cloud
linkedin.comhttps://linkedin.com/pulse/what-digitalocean-complete-guide-cloud-hosting-products-pricing-esduc7Openai1Cloud
Snapshot IDs7ff3ac47-7436-4ba2-8cfb-8a3eecb28295
Corpus versionscloud-platforms-2026-07-27
Benchmark versions4-cloud-platforms-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583

Coverage: Cloud. Full answers stored: no · Full answers published: no · Tenant data included: no.