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Leading Cloud Computing Brands in AI Search

Benchmarks, the brands AI recommends, and the sources grounding those answers across 4 AI models.

August 2026 edition

Across the six months through August 2026, Microsoft Azure leads AI search visibility in Cloud Computing with a Goodie visibility score of 78.9, ahead of Tresorit (76.6) and Google Cloud Platform (76.5). The median score across the 19 ranked brands is 35.9, and a score above 35.9 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is linkedin.com at 6.1% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 27.6%.

5k prompts · 1.5m AI answers · 7m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

August 2026 · Cloud Computing
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Median visibility score
35.9
Half of the 19 ranked cloud computing brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Index-wide median is 71.9
Score to enter the top 10
35.9
Clearing 35.9 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 0.0 points above the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
7.8
A typical answer names eight brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 8.8
Citation mix
  • UGC 4%
  • Editorial 7%
  • Video 2%
  • Reference 6%
  • Retail 2%
  • Other 79%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding cloud computing answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here.
Brand-owned citation share
27.6%
Owned content is unusually strong here — brand domains are a citation source in their own right, not just the subject of third-party coverage.
Index-wide average is 24.2%
Industry sentiment
63/100
Mean tone of mentions across all ranked brands. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
5k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
1.5m
192k in August · ▼ 4.0% vs July
Citations parsed
7m
1m in August · ▲ 0.3% vs July
Brands observed
390
19 ranked here · 371 unranked
Brand visibility leaderboard for Cloud Computing, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01Microsoft Azure
78.9
10.3%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity·84youtube.com
02Tresorit
76.6
10.0%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 1.783suitefiles.com
03Google Cloud Platform
76.5
10.0%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 3.483youtube.com
04Sync.com
76.1
10.0%AI ModeChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▼ 2.283techradar.com
05Terraform
60.1
7.9%AI ModeChatGPTCopilot▲ 1.875allstarsit.com
06Amazon Web Services
58.9
7.7%AI ModeChatGPTPerplexity▼ 1.574holori.com
07DigitalOcean
55.7
7.3%ChatGPTCopilotPerplexity▲ 0.973fluence.network
08Kubernetes
39.4
5.2%AI ModeCopilot65allstarsit.com
09Proton Drive
37.9
5.0%AI ModePerplexity▼ 4.864suitefiles.com
10Vultr
35.9
4.7%ChatGPTPerplexity63hostingadvice.com
19 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Aug with Jul

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Cloud Computing
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01linkedin.com
6.1%
·
0201net.com
5.5%
03youtube.com
5.4%
▼ 1.8
04amazon.com
5.0%
▲ 2.7
05pcmag.com
4.8%
06medium.com
4.1%
▼ 1.8
07techradar.com
4.0%
▼ 6.4
08n2ws.com
3.6%
09bluehost.com
3.6%
10reddit.com
3.5%
▼ 5.5
Top 10 of 942 domains observedΔ compares Aug with Jul, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Top prompts

Top prompts sampled for Cloud Computing, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Multi cloud strategies that reduce vendor lock in44208
02Cloud providers commonly used by large regional organizations45204
03AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud pros and cons in real use6204
04Are there affordable cloud platforms for growing businesses?55189
05Cloud storage services businesses trust for sensitive data36144
Top 5 of 5k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Aug vs Jul
Rising
Terraformscore 60.1
▲ 1.8
DigitalOceanscore 55.7
▲ 0.9
pCloudscore 19.6
▲ 0.8
Falling
Proton Drivescore 37.9
▼ 4.8
▼ 3.4
Alibaba Cloudscore 17.8
▼ 3.1
15 ranked brands scored in both Jul and AugIndustry avg ±1.8/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
19,487,003 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Cloud Computing, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United Arab Emirates13M
02United States4M
03Germany694K
04United Kingdom677K
05Japan292K
06Canada210K
07Australia206K
08Egypt142K
09France75K
10Italy59K
11Singapore51K
12Saudi Arabia26K
12 tracked markets

How the Models Differ

Same industry, 4 verdicts
AI Mode
66 of 123 brands visible
01 Tresorit79.0
02 Terraform78.8
03 Kubernetes78.3
04 Amazon Web Services77.8
05 Proton Drive76.5
ChatGPT
55 of 123 brands visible
01 Terraform81.6
02 Amazon Web Services80.8
03 Microsoft Azure80.1
04 Google Cloud Platform77.0
05 Tresorit73.9
Copilot
49 of 123 brands visible
01 Pulumi82.8
02 DigitalOcean82.3
03 Sync.com81.1
04 Microsoft Azure81.1
05 Google Cloud Platform81.0
Perplexity
57 of 123 brands visible
01 Microsoft Azure77.9
02 Amazon Web Services77.0
03 Tresorit75.8
04 Google Cloud Platform75.1
05 Proton Drive74.9
This edition

What Changed This Month

Microsoft Azure leads Cloud Computing this edition with a visibility score of 78.9, ahead of Tresorit at 76.6.

linkedin.com is the most-cited source grounding cloud computing answers, at roughly 6.1% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 27.6% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked cloud computing brands is 35.9, and a score above 35.9 reaches the industry top ten.

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Our Methodology

Our Approach to Gathering AI Visibility Data

We process millions of real prompts across AI Mode, ChatGPT, Copilot and Perplexity, then track which brands, products, and domains show up in the answers. That's the raw data behind every score in the Index.

Real Intent Capture

This data results from processing millions of real user prompts. We use advanced semantic and agentic processing to categorize them and define intent, filtering out noise to focus on high-value queries.

Global Model Interrogation

We execute these prompts across different models, including GPT, Perplexity, AI Mode, and more, and across different regions. This allows us to map model understand exactly "how they think" in each market.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains; the specific sources the models cite giving you a causal link between source authority and brand visibility.

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FAQ · Cloud Computing

Questions?
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the Answers.

Microsoft Azure currently leads AI search visibility in cloud computing with a Goodie visibility score of 78.9, measured across the tracked AI models.

linkedin.com is the most-cited source in cloud computing AI answers, grounding roughly 6.1% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked cloud computing brands is 35.9. A score above 35.9 places a brand in the industry top ten.

Each edition samples the same tracked prompt set across the models Goodie follows, then ranks brands by how often they are named in those answers.

Monthly. Each edition re-samples the tracked prompt set so month-over-month figures are directly comparable.