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Leading Cloud Computing Brands in AI Search in the United States

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 in United States with a Goodie visibility score of 78.8, ahead of Microsoft Azure (78.7) and Sync.com (76.3). The median score across the 10 ranked brands is 75.2, and a score above 69.9 reaches the top ten. The most-cited source grounding these answers is wikipedia.org at 5.5% of all citations, while brand-owned pages account for just 33.8%.

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
75.2
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 76.4
Score to enter the top 10
69.9
Clearing 69.9 puts a brand in the category top ten. The bar sits 5.2 points below the midpoint, so the leaderboard is closely contested.
Brands named per answer
4.9
A typical answer names five brands, so the consideration set is narrow and a mention is hard-won.
Index-wide average is 6.8
Citation mix
  • UGC 5%
  • Editorial 4%
  • Video 3%
  • Reference 13%
  • Retail 2%
  • Other 73%
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
33.8%
Owned content is unusually strong here, brand domains are a citation source in their own right rather than just the subject of third-party coverage.
Index-wide average is 26.8%
Industry sentiment
55/100
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
10 ranked here · 507 unranked

Brand Visibility Leaderboard

Brand visibility leaderboard for Cloud Computing, ranked by six-month average AI visibility score
#BrandVisibility scoreShare of voiceModelsΔ vs last monthSentimentTop cited source
01Google Cloud Platform
78.8
10.6%Perplexity—30fluence.network
02Microsoft Azure
78.7
10.6%Perplexity▼ 0.734datamation.com
03Sync.com
76.3
10.2%Perplexity▼ 3.778cloudwards.net
04Tresorit
75.6
10.2%Perplexity▼ 3.781cloudwards.net
05AWS
75.5
10.1%Perplexity▲ 2.145datacamp.com
06Oracle
74.8
10.0%Perplexity▼ 0.639datamation.com
07Vultr
73.7
9.9%Perplexity▼ 4.256bluehost.com
08Proton Drive
70.8
9.5%Perplexity▼ 7.180techradar.com
09Google
70.6
9.5%Perplexity▲ 4.750bmc.com
10Box
69.9
9.4%Perplexity▼ 8.655cloudwards.net
10 ranked · visibility is a six-month averageTop 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
01wikipedia.org
5.5%
—
02bluehost.com
3.6%
—
03cloudwards.net
3.5%
▲ 1.1
04fluence.network
3.4%
—
05buzzclan.com
3.0%
—
06youtube.com
3.0%
—
07accio.com
2.7%
—
08cambridge.org
2.7%
—
09drime.cloud
2.7%
—
10reddit.com
2.7%
—
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 in246
02Cloud storage services businesses trust for sensitive data2038
03Are there affordable cloud platforms for growing businesses?2937
04Cloud providers commonly used by large regional organizations2435
05AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud pros and cons in real use934
5 of 35k sampledDistinct brands named & sources cited

Biggest movers

Oct vs Sep
Rising
Googlescore 70.6
▲ 4.7
AWSscore 75.5
▲ 2.1
Falling
Boxscore 69.9
▼ 8.6
Proton Drivescore 70.8
▼ 7.1
Vultrscore 73.7
▼ 4.2
9 ranked brands scored in both Sep and OctIndustry avg ±4.0/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 78.8, ahead of Microsoft Azure at 78.7.

wikipedia.org is the most-cited source grounding cloud computing answers, at roughly 5.5% of citations. Brand-owned pages account for 33.8% — the rest of the answer supply chain runs through third-party sources.

The median visibility score across ranked cloud computing brands is 75.2, and a score above 69.9 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 run these prompts across the tracked models and across every 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 78.8, measured across the tracked AI models.

wikipedia.org is the most-cited source in cloud computing AI answers, grounding roughly 5.5% of citations in this industry.

The median score among ranked cloud computing brands is 75.2. A score above 69.9 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.