DigitalOcean

How often 10 AI models recommend DigitalOcean, what they say about it, and who they recommend instead, on the 1 buying question where it came up.

Mention rate

95%of all answers on this question

Best standing

#3of 27 on Best cloud platforms for startups

Buying questions

1where any model named it

Never named it

0of 10 models

Which models recommend it

Share of each model's answers that named it, at any position · The black tick marks the panel average

1. Claude Haiku 5.5100%
2. GPT-6 Luna100%
3. Gemini 4 Argon100%
4. GLM-5.3100%
5. Kimi K3100%
6. MiniMax M3100%
7. Mistral Large 4100%
8. DeepSeek V4 Pro92%
9. Nemotron 3 Ultra92%
10. Qwen 3.8 Flash67%

Tracked since October 25, 2026. Each time the panel answers these questions again, the change shows here.

What the models say

Each model's one-line reason for recommending it, from its first answer

Best cloud platforms for startups 10

• Claude Haiku 5.5Simple pricing and fast setup, ideal for small teams shipping quickly.
• GPT-6 LunaSimple pricing and approachable infrastructure make it especially practical for lean teams.
• Gemini 4 ArgonSimple, developer-friendly cloud infrastructure with transparent, low-cost pricing ideal for bootstrapped startups.
• Qwen 3.8 FlashTransparent pricing, great docs, very startup-friendly.
• DeepSeek V4 ProSimple, predictable pricing with excellent developer docs; ideal for lean teams.
• GLM-5.3Predictable low pricing, droplets and managed databases that startups understand.
• Kimi K3Simple pricing, clean UX, and predictable infrastructure for lean engineering teams.
• MiniMax M3Simple, affordable, and developer-friendly hosting for small teams.
• Mistral Large 4Predictable pricing and simplicity perfect for cost-conscious startups.
• Nemotron 3 UltraSimple pricing, developer-friendly, fast setup

Against the competition

Each question's products ranked by the share of all answers that named them, DigitalOcean highlighted.

Best cloud platforms for startups

27 products named in 120 answers across 4 wordings

In nearly every answer

RenderAWSDigitalOceanVercelGoogle Cloud

Contested

1. 6Microsoft Azure88%
2. 7Fly.io86%
3. 8Railway76%
4. 9Heroku70%
5. 10Cloudflare43%

Mention rate by model and question

Share of each model's answers on the question that named it · Hover a cell for the count

Question	Claude Haiku 5.5	GPT-6 Luna	Gemini 4 Argon	Qwen 3.8 Flash	DeepSeek V4 Pro	GLM-5.3	Kimi K3	MiniMax M3	Mistral Large 4	Nemotron 3 Ultra
Best cloud platforms for startups	100	100	100	67	92	100	100	100	100	92

Does the wording matter?

Share of answers that named it under each way of asking the question · Hover a cell for the exact wording

Question	List request	Buyer asking for advice	Search query	Worth paying for?
Best cloud platforms for startups	97	93	100	90

Head to head

Against the products named most often on the same questions

DigitalOcean vs RenderDigitalOcean vs AWSDigitalOcean vs VercelDigitalOcean vs Google CloudDigitalOcean vs Microsoft AzureDigitalOcean vs Fly.io

Compare with another product

Other DigitalOcean products: DigitalOcean App Platform

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