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Leading Cloud Computing Brands in AI Search

The same monthly sample, re-ranked using only Perplexity answers.

October 2026 edition

Across the six months through October 2026, Google Cloud Platform leads AI search visibility in Cloud Computing on Perplexity with a Goodie visibility score of 78.7, ahead of Amazon Web Services (78.6) and Microsoft Azure (76.7). The median score across the 13 ranked brands is 74.3, and a score above 73.7 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is lafabriquedunet.fr at 5.4% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 32.9%.

35k prompts · 2.4m AI answers · 10.5m citations · Goodie AI Visibility Index

Industry Benchmarks

October 2026 · Cloud Computing · Perplexity
What good looks like in this category. Read a brand's own score against these before looking at who is winning.
Median visibility score
74.3
Half of the 13 ranked cloud computing brands score below this. The midpoint, not the average, so a few dominant brands do not distort it.
Score to enter the top 10
73.7
Clearing 73.7 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 0.6 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
5.6
A typical answer names six brands, so the consideration set is narrow and a mention is hard-won.
Citation mix
  • UGC 2%
  • Editorial 2%
  • Video 1%
  • Reference 7%
  • Retail 1%
  • Other 87%
Other leads the third-party sources grounding cloud computing answers. Brand-owned citations sit in the next cell and are not counted here. “Other” covers domains we have not classified into a type yet.
Brand-owned citation share
32.9%
Owned content is in line with the index-wide average here.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
54/100
Mean tone of mentions across the ranked brands that carry a measured value. Per-brand sentiment sits on each brand profile.
Prompts sampled
35k
Real buyer phrasing, 4 models
AI answers analysed
2.4m
315k in October · ▲ 7.1% vs September
Citations parsed
10.5m
985k in October · ▼ 2.3% vs September
Brands observed
517
13 ranked here · 504 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

Brand visibility leaderboard for Cloud Computing, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentMarketsTop cited source
01Google Cloud Platform
78.7
8.1%Perplexity▲ 5.44112/13cloudzero.com
02Amazon Web Services
78.6
8.1%Perplexity▼ 4.9585/13cloudzero.com
03Microsoft Azure
76.7
7.9%Perplexity▼ 0.93713/13digitalocean.com
04Google
75.6
7.8%Perplexity▼ 0.8466/13digitalocean.com
05Tresorit
74.6
7.7%Perplexity▲ 0.87712/13suitefiles.com
06Sync.com
74.6
7.7%Perplexity▲ 0.97613/13suitefiles.com
07Alibaba Cloud
74.3
7.6%Perplexity▼ 3.1458/13datamation.com
08AWS
74.2
7.6%Perplexity▼ 4.33810/13digitalocean.com
09Box
74.1
7.6%Perplexity▲ 0.9628/13suitefiles.com
10Proton Drive
73.7
7.6%Perplexity▲ 1.47310/13techradar.com
13 ranked · visibility is a six-month average · worldwide ranking requires presence in at least 5 of 13 marketsTop source = most frequent source in answers mentioning the brand · Δ compares Oct with Sep

Most-Cited Domains

The answer supply chain
Most-cited domains in AI answers for Cloud Computing
#DomainCitation shareΔ vs last month
01lafabriquedunet.fr
5.4%
▲ 2.0
02sina.com.cn
4.5%
▲ 2.0
03tencent.com
4.4%
▼ 1.6
04silicon.fr
4.2%
▼ 1.5
05cambridge.org
3.9%
—
06apple.com
3.6%
—
07vodafone.de
3.5%
—
08csdn.net
3.5%
—
09collinsdictionary.com
3.3%
—
10cloudwards.net
3.3%
▼ 0.4
Top 10 of 1k domains observedΔ compares Oct with Sep, in percentage points

Prompts, Topics & Movers

What's driving this month's answers

Sampled prompts

Prompts sampled for Cloud Computing, with distinct brands named and sources cited
#PromptBrandsSources
01Multi cloud strategies that reduce vendor lock in853
02AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud pros and cons in real use1051
03Cloud storage services businesses trust for sensitive data2446
04Are there affordable cloud platforms for growing businesses?2644
05Cloud providers commonly used by large regional organizations2837
5 of 35k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
▲ 5.4
DigitalOceanscore 71.2
▲ 1.5
Proton Drivescore 73.7
▲ 1.4
Falling
▼ 4.9
AWSscore 74.2
▼ 4.3
Alibaba Cloudscore 74.3
▼ 3.1
13 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±2.0/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
138,305 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Cloud Computing, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United Arab Emirates78K
02United States46K
03United Kingdom6K
04Germany4K
05Japan2K
06Australia721
07Canada622
08Egypt524
09Singapore193
10Italy114
11France90
12Saudi Arabia60
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Google Cloud Platform leads Cloud Computing this edition with a visibility score of 78.7, ahead of Amazon Web Services at 78.6.

lafabriquedunet.fr is the most-cited source grounding cloud computing answers, at roughly 5.4% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 32.9% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked cloud computing brands is 74.3, and a score above 73.7 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

Each tracked industry has a fixed set of prompts modelled on how people actually ask about it, so one month can be compared directly with the next.

Global Model Interrogation

We run each industry's prompts across the tracked models in each market we cover, so each market is scored on its own answers rather than on a global average applied everywhere.

Attribution Mapping

We analyze the generated answers to capture the "Kingmaker" domains: the specific sources models cite most often in the answers that name a brand, so you can see which sources the models lean on where you appear and where you do not.

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FAQ · Cloud Computing

Questions?
We Have
the Answers.

Google Cloud Platform currently leads AI search visibility in cloud computing with a Goodie visibility score of 78.7, measured across the tracked AI models.

lafabriquedunet.fr is the most-cited source in cloud computing AI answers, grounding roughly 5.4% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked cloud computing brands is 74.3. A score above 73.7 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.