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Leading Cloud Computing Brands in AI Search

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

August 2026 edition

Across the six months through August 2026, Microsoft Azure leads AI search visibility in Cloud Computing on Perplexity with a Goodie visibility score of 77.9, ahead of Amazon Web Services (77.0) and Tresorit (75.8). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 74.8. The most-cited source grounding these answers is fluence.network at 3.9% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 34.9%.

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Industry Benchmarks

August 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
74.8
Half of the 10 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 74.5
Score to enter the top 10
—
Fewer than ten brands are ranked in this category, so there is no top-ten bar to report yet.
Brands named per answer
6.3
A typical answer names six brands, so the consideration set is wide and a mention is comparatively easy to earn.
Index-wide average is 7.7
Citation mix
  • UGC 5%
  • Editorial 4%
  • Video 3%
  • Reference 8%
  • Retail 2%
  • Other 78%
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
34.9%
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
82/100
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
10 ranked here · 380 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

All models AI Mode ChatGPT Copilot Perplexity
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
77.9
10.5%Perplexity▼ 5.184fluence.network
02Amazon Web Services
77.0
10.4%Perplexity—83fluence.network
03Tresorit
75.8
10.3%Perplexity▲ 0.283suitefiles.com
04Google Cloud Platform
75.1
10.2%Perplexity—83fluence.network
05Proton Drive
74.9
10.1%Perplexity▼ 7.282suitefiles.com
06Sync.com
74.6
10.1%Perplexity▼ 2.882techradar.com
07Vultr
73.0
9.9%Perplexity—82accio.com
08Alibaba Cloud
71.1
9.6%Perplexity▼ 12.381github.com
09Oracle
71.1
9.6%Perplexity—81github.com
10DigitalOcean
68.5
9.3%Perplexity—79accio.com
10 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
01fluence.network
3.9%
—
02bluehost.com
3.6%
—
03drime.cloud
3.6%
—
04linkedin.com
3.0%
—
05accio.com
3.0%
▲ 2.7
06youtube.com
2.9%
—
07holori.com
2.8%
—
08bmc.com
2.7%
▲ 1.8
09cloudwards.net
2.7%
▲ 1.8
10buzzclan.com
2.7%
▲ 0.9
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
01Cloud providers commonly used by large regional organizations2054
02Are there affordable cloud platforms for growing businesses?2249
03Cloud storage services businesses trust for sensitive data2239
04Multi cloud strategies that reduce vendor lock in1138
05AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud pros and cons in real use530
Top 5 of 5k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Aug vs Jul
Rising
Tresoritscore 75.8
▲ 0.2
Falling
Alibaba Cloudscore 71.1
▼ 12.3
Proton Drivescore 74.9
▼ 7.2
Microsoft Azurescore 77.9
▼ 5.1
5 ranked brands scored in both Jul and AugIndustry avg ±5.5/mo

Global Search Demand

Where this industry's questions originate
254,771 searches sampled
Tracked markets for Cloud Computing, by sampled search volume
#CountrySearch volume
01United Arab Emirates132K
02United States92K
03United Kingdom13K
04Germany7K
05Japan3K
06Australia2K
07Canada1K
08Egypt1K
09France677
10Italy601
11Singapore482
12Saudi Arabia246
12 tracked markets
This edition

What Changed This Month

Microsoft Azure leads Cloud Computing this edition with a visibility score of 77.9, ahead of Amazon Web Services at 77.0.

fluence.network is the most-cited source grounding cloud computing answers, at roughly 3.9% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 34.9% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked cloud computing brands is 74.8, and a score above 48.5 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

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Microsoft Azure currently leads AI search visibility in cloud computing with a Goodie visibility score of 77.9, measured across the tracked AI models.

fluence.network is the most-cited source in cloud computing AI answers, grounding roughly 3.9% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked cloud computing brands is 74.8. A score above 48.5 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.