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

Which brands each model API named when asked this question, and which pages it cited. Answer text is not published.
Snapshot Sep 21, 2026. Each category is re-run in rotation, every few weeks.

Recommendation

Kind of question

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Model APIs

4

Brands named

16

Pages cited

Brands

Brands the answers named

Ordered by how many model APIs named the brand, then by mentions. A mention is not an endorsement or a position.
Rank#BrandModel APIsMentionsOwn-site citationsNamed by
1DigitalOceandigitalocean.com3154OpenAI · Anthropic · Google
2Amazon Web Servicesaws.amazon.com3100OpenAI · Anthropic · Google
3Google Cloudcloud.google.com370OpenAI · Anthropic · Google
4Microsoft Azureazure.microsoft.com110Google

Model APIs

What each model API returned

One row per model API. The hash identifies the exact answer without publishing it.
Model APIModelBrands namedCitationsDomainsAnswer hash
OpenAIopenai/gpt-4o-miniAmazon Web Services · Google Cloud · DigitalOcean7661bcd629…3744b
Anthropicanthropic/claude-haiku-4-5Amazon Web Services · Google Cloud · DigitalOcean766c12a15f…cd557
Googlegoogle/gemini-2.5-flashAmazon Web Services · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud · DigitalOcean55b1d66666…42ae7

Sources

Pages the answers cited

Hostnames come from the URLs the answers returned. Best position is the earliest place a page was cited in an answer.
DomainCited pageBest positionCited byCitations
xraise.aihttps://xraise.ai/blog/digital-ocean-for-startups-is-it-the-right-choice/1OpenAI · Anthropic2
digitalocean.comhttps://digitalocean.com/pricing/app-platform1OpenAI1
sotatek.comhttps://sotatek.com/blogs/cloud-services/top-cloud-services-for-startups/1Google1
northflank.comhttps://northflank.com/blog/digitalocean-vs-aws2OpenAI · Anthropic2
devcentrehouse.euhttps://devcentrehouse.eu/blogs/platforms-solution-application/2Google1
usereviews.iohttps://usereviews.io/tools/digitalocean3OpenAI · Anthropic2
github.comhttps://github.com/onrbck/digitalocean-startups-credits3Anthropic1
medium.comhttps://medium.com/@philip.mutua/ranking-cloud-providers-from-cheapest-to-most-expensive-a-developers-perspective-2fa8ed49b5383Google1
aws.plainenglish.iohttps://aws.plainenglish.io/digitalocean-explained-affordable-cloud-solutions-for-developers-and-startups-fd808ef163c44OpenAI1
digitalocean.comhttps://digitalocean.com/products/app-platform4Anthropic1
northflank.comhttps://northflank.com/blog/best-cloud-app-deployment-platforms4Google1
digitalocean.comhttps://digitalocean.com/community/questions/what-are-the-main-benefits-of-using-digitalocean-for-web-application-hosting5OpenAI1
reddit.comhttps://reddit.com/r/node/comments/1akkf6l/looking_for_startupfriendly_cloud_options_need/5Google1
checkthat.aihttps://checkthat.ai/brands/digitalocean/pricing6Anthropic1
digitalocean.comhttps://digitalocean.com/solutions/startups7Anthropic1
metacto.comhttps://metacto.com/blogs/what-is-digitalocean-a-deep-dive-for-app-developers7OpenAI1
Snapshots
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Question set
cloud-platforms-2026-07-27
Benchmark version
4-cloud-platforms-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583
What is kept
Measured in Cloud. Full answers are not stored or published, and no customer data is included.

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