The most used cloud and hosting providers
We track 41 cloud and hosting providers. The most used is Amazon Web Services, found at 143,231 companies as of October 2026, ahead of Google Cloud (73,956) and WP Engine (47,331).
Hosting is the layer everything else sits on. The big three public clouds (AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure) carry most corporate infrastructure, while platforms like Vercel, Netlify, Render and Fly.io have taken a large share of marketing sites and newer products because they remove most of the server work.
A company rarely runs on just one provider. The marketing site may sit on a frontend platform, the product on a public cloud and the help center on a vendor's own hosting, so the ranking below counts every company where we can see a provider, not only its main one.
Cloud and hosting providers ranked by companies using them
“Share” is each tool's part of all 573,075 matches in this category; a company that uses two tools counts for both.
| # | Tool | Companies | Share | Last 30 days | Most popular with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Amazon Web Services | 143,231 | 25% | +57−3 | 1,001–5,000 employees (1.8×) |
| 2 | 73,956 | 13% | +58−2 | Software (1.4×) | |
| 3 | 47,331 | 8.3% | +5−3 | Non-profit Organization Management (2.4×) | |
| 4 | 46,653 | 8.1% | +41 | Marketing and Advertising (1.6×) | |
| 5 | 44,714 | 7.8% | +139−2 | 1–10 employees (3.8×) | |
| 6 | 43,999 | 7.7% | +338−5 | Government Administration (4.1×) | |
| 7 | 26,480 | 4.6% | −1 | Government Administration (4.1×) | |
| 8 | 25,214 | 4.4% | +15 | Health, Wellness and Fitness (1.5×) | |
| 9 | 22,064 | 3.9% | +27 | Management Consulting (1.8×) | |
| 10 | 11,725 | 2.0% | – | Non-profit Organization Management (2.5×) | |
| 11 | 10,078 | 1.8% | +36−1 | Software (2.1×) | |
| 12 | 7,097 | 1.2% | +11−1 | Internet (1.9×) | |
| 13 | 6,737 | 1.2% | +3 | Electrical/electronic Manufacturing (6.3×) | |
| 14 | 6,685 | 1.2% | +3 | Automotive (2.2×) | |
| 15 | 4,972 | 0.87% | +1 | Management Consulting (1.8×) | |
| 16 | 4,637 | 0.81% | +1 | Non-profit Organization Management (2.8×) | |
| 17 | 4,531 | 0.79% | +10 | Restaurants (3.8×) | |
| 18 | 4,296 | 0.75% | – | Utilities (12×) | |
| 19 | 4,273 | 0.75% | +7 | Management Consulting (3.1×) | |
| 20 | 3,680 | 0.64% | +31−1 | Software (4.5×) | |
| 21 | 3,283 | 0.57% | +9 | – | |
| 22 | 3,218 | 0.56% | +3 | Construction (1.7×) | |
| 23 | 3,118 | 0.54% | +4 | Management Consulting (2.5×) | |
| 24 | 2,942 | 0.51% | +3 | Insurance (2.7×) | |
| 25 | 2,767 | 0.48% | +6−1 | Internet (2.9×) | |
| 26 | 2,097 | 0.37% | +25−1 | 1–10 employees (4.7×) | |
| 27 | 2,010 | 0.35% | +4−1 | Wholesale (4.6×) | |
| 28 | 1,803 | 0.31% | +33 | 1–10 employees (5.7×) | |
| 29 | 1,505 | 0.26% | +12 | Performing Arts (26×) | |
| 30 | 1,469 | 0.26% | +2 | Construction (3.3×) | |
| 31 | 1,463 | 0.26% | – | 10,000+ employees (14×) | |
| 32 | 1,246 | 0.22% | +1 | Newspapers (27×) | |
| 33 | 1,159 | 0.20% | +32−1 | Software (2.7×) | |
| 34 | 1,035 | 0.18% | +29 | 5,001–10,000 employees (10×) | |
| 35 | 740 | 0.13% | +23 | 5,001–10,000 employees (13×) | |
| 36 | 355 | <0.1% | +10 | Software (3.4×) | |
| 37 | 180 | <0.1% | – | 1,001–5,000 employees (4.6×) | |
| 38 | 158 | <0.1% | +1−1 | Software (6.9×) | |
| 39 | 92 | <0.1% | +1 | – | |
| 40 | 54 | <0.1% | – | – | |
| 41 | 28 | <0.1% | – | – |
“Most popular with” is the industry or company size where the tool is most over-represented compared with all companies we've scanned. Starts and stops compare two scans done the same way.
Who's gaining and losing customers
- Microsoft Azure: 338 started, 5 stopped in the last 30 days
- Vercel: 139 started, 2 stopped in the last 30 days
- Google Cloud: 58 started, 2 stopped in the last 30 days
- Amazon Web Services: 57 started, 3 stopped in the last 30 days
- Hostinger: 41 started in the last 30 days
- Netlify: 36 started, 1 stopped in the last 30 days
How to compare cloud and hosting providers
- Managed platform or raw cloud: platforms trade control for speed; the public clouds give you every building block and the bill that comes with it.
- Regions and data residency, if customers or regulators care where data lives.
- Pricing model: bandwidth and build minutes on platforms, compute and egress on clouds.
- What your team already knows. Migration cost usually outweighs list-price differences.
How we find cloud and hosting providers
We see hosting in DNS: A records that resolve into a provider's IP ranges, CNAMEs that point at a platform hostname (cname.vercel-dns.com, *.herokuapp.com), and the response headers a platform adds to every page.
Every company on a tool's page links to the record behind the match. DNS is rechecked weekly and websites monthly, so tools a company stops using drop off the list.
Hosting & Cloud FAQ
What are the most popular cloud and hosting providers?
As of October 2026, the most popular cloud and hosting providers by number of companies using them are Amazon Web Services (143,231 companies), Google Cloud (73,956 companies) and WP Engine (47,331 companies), according to runsonwhat. Amazon Web Services alone accounts for 25% of the 573,075 Hosting & Cloud matches runsonwhat has, and the top three together for 46%. 41 cloud and hosting providers have at least one confirmed customer.
Amazon Web Services vs Google Cloud: which is more popular?
Amazon Web Services is more popular: 143,231 companies show public evidence of Amazon Web Services, against 73,956 for Google Cloud (1.9× as many), according to runsonwhat (October 2026). WP Engine is third with 47,331.
Which cloud and hosting providers do small businesses use most?
Among companies with up to 50 employees, the most used cloud and hosting providers are Amazon Web Services (57,858 companies), Google Cloud (42,942 companies) and Hostinger (28,347 companies), according to runsonwhat (October 2026). The counts cover companies with a known headcount; see each tool's page for the full size breakdown.
Which cloud and hosting providers do large companies use most?
Among companies with more than 1,000 employees, the most used cloud and hosting providers are Amazon Web Services (8,887 companies), Microsoft Azure (5,216 companies) and Google Cloud (2,094 companies), according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Large companies often run more than one tool in a category, so the same company can count for several.
Which cloud and hosting providers are most popular in the United States?
In the United States, the most used cloud and hosting providers are Amazon Web Services (48,747 companies), WP Engine (33,952 companies) and Google Cloud (29,346 companies), based on companies runsonwhat has located there (October 2026). Amazon Web Services has 27% of the Hosting & Cloud matches among companies based in the United States.
Which cloud and hosting providers are most popular in India?
In India, the most used cloud and hosting providers are Hostinger (14,242 companies), Amazon Web Services (5,456 companies) and Google Cloud (4,338 companies), based on companies runsonwhat has located there (October 2026). Hostinger has 41% of the Hosting & Cloud matches among companies based in India.
Which cloud and hosting providers do IT services companies use?
IT services is the industry with the most Hosting & Cloud matches, and its companies use Amazon Web Services (6,344 companies), Google Cloud (6,088 companies) and Hostinger (6,056 companies) most, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each tool's page breaks its customers down by industry, so you can check where a tool over-indexes.
Which cloud and hosting providers are companies adopting right now?
In the 30 days to October 2026, the most new adoptions runsonwhat recorded were for Microsoft Azure (338 companies), Vercel (139 companies) and Google Cloud (58 companies). A start is counted when a recheck finds a tool that the previous check of the same company, done the same way, did not.
How does runsonwhat rank cloud and hosting providers?
runsonwhat counts the companies where a public record shows each tool in use and ranks by that count. We see hosting in DNS: A records that resolve into a provider's IP ranges, CNAMEs that point at a platform hostname (cname.vercel-dns.com, *.herokuapp.com), and the response headers a platform adds to every page. A company counts only when a direct record backs it up. The full method is at https://www.runsonwhat.com/methodology.