“cheapest cloud platform for a small business”
When we asked, 3 of 3 engines named a DevOps & infrastructure vendor. 9 distinct firms were named in total, never the same across every engine — see the breakdown below.
Who does ChatGPT name?
Named, in the order the answer mentioned them: AWS · DigitalOcean
Sources cited: aws.amazon.com, digitalocean.com
Who does Gemini name?
Named, in the order the answer mentioned them: AWS · Google Cloud · Microsoft Azure · Vercel · Cloudflare · GitHub · Fly.io · Render · DigitalOcean
Who does Perplexity name?
Named, in the order the answer mentioned them: Google Cloud
Sources cited: designerly.com, thesmbguide.com, accio.com, spendark.com, aminibot.com, instawp.com, cybernews.com, hostingadvice.com, +9 more
How was this measured?
We put this exact question to ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity as part of the DevOps & Infrastructure Vendors in AI Answers — a directional read study, once per engine, and recorded every firm each answer named and every source it cited. Each engine is reported on its own — never averaged — because engines name different firms for the same question. Only firms tracked in the study are matched, so a firm missing here may still have been mentioned.
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