# The most used cloud and hosting providers

As of October 2026, the most used of the 41 cloud and hosting providers runsonwhat tracks is Amazon Web Services, found at 143,976 companies, ahead of Google Cloud (74,420) and WP Engine (49,214).

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

| # | Tool | Companies | Share of category | Last 30 days | Most popular with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Amazon Web Services](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/aws) | 143,976 | 25% | +73 −5 | 1,001–5,000 employees (1.8×) |
| 2 | [Google Cloud](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/gcp) | 74,420 | 13% | +74 −5 | Software (1.4×) |
| 3 | [WP Engine](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/wpengine) | 49,214 | 8.5% | +6 −4 | Non-profit Organization Management (2.3×) |
| 4 | [Hostinger](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/hostinger) | 46,733 | 8.1% | +75 −4 | Education Management (1.6×) |
| 5 | [Vercel](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/vercel) | 45,551 | 7.8% | +214 −4 | 1–10 employees (3.8×) |
| 6 | [Microsoft Azure](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/azure) | 44,450 | 7.7% | +448 −13 | Government Administration (4.1×) |
| 7 | [OVHcloud](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/ovh) | 26,534 | 4.6% | −1 | Government Administration (4.1×) |
| 8 | [HostGator](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/hostgator) | 25,296 | 4.4% | +41 −3 | Health, Wellness and Fitness (1.5×) |
| 9 | [IONOS](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/ionos) | 22,236 | 3.8% | +165 | Management Consulting (1.8×) |
| 10 | [Kinsta](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/kinsta) | 12,306 | 2.1% | – | Non-profit Organization Management (2.4×) |
| 11 | [Netlify](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/netlify) | 10,641 | 1.8% | +47 −2 | Software (2.1×) |
| 12 | [DigitalOcean](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/digitalocean) | 7,118 | 1.2% | +13 −2 | Internet (1.8×) |
| 13 | [Alibaba Cloud](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/alibaba-cloud) | 6,758 | 1.2% | +18 −1 | Electrical/electronic Manufacturing (6.3×) |
| 14 | [Aruba.it](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/aruba) | 6,720 | 1.2% | +32 | Automotive (2.2×) |
| 15 | [Hetzner](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/hetzner) | 4,991 | 0.86% | +2 | Management Consulting (1.8×) |
| 16 | [Cloudways](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/cloudways) | 4,640 | 0.80% | +1 | Non-profit Organization Management (2.8×) |
| 17 | [DreamHost](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/dreamhost) | 4,544 | 0.78% | +21 | Restaurants (3.8×) |
| 18 | [STRATO](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/strato) | 4,322 | 0.74% | +54 | Management Consulting (2.8×) |
| 19 | [Pantheon](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/pantheon) | 4,298 | 0.74% | −1 | Utilities (12×) |
| 20 | [GitHub Pages](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/github-pages) | 3,730 | 0.64% | +40 −1 | Software (4.4×) |
| 21 | [Fly.io](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/fly) | 3,444 | 0.59% | +5 −1 | Insurance (3.2×) |
| 22 | [Infomaniak](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/infomaniak) | 3,309 | 0.57% | +33 | Government Administration (3.7×) |
| 23 | [one.com](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/one-com) | 3,226 | 0.56% | +10 | Construction (1.7×) |
| 24 | [ALL-INKL.COM](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/all-inkl) | 3,152 | 0.54% | +36 | Management Consulting (2.5×) |
| 25 | [Heroku](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/heroku) | 2,785 | 0.48% | +8 −3 | Internet (2.8×) |
| 26 | [Render](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/render) | 2,188 | 0.38% | +36 −2 | 1–10 employees (4.4×) |
| 27 | [Platform.sh](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/platformsh) | 2,016 | 0.35% | +5 −1 | Wholesale (4.6×) |
| 28 | [Railway](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/railway) | 1,927 | 0.33% | +51 −1 | 1–10 employees (5.7×) |
| 29 | [Oracle Cloud](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/oracle-cloud) | 1,592 | 0.27% | +94 | Performing Arts (26×) |
| 30 | [Hostpoint](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/hostpoint) | 1,493 | 0.26% | +24 | Construction (3.3×) |
| 31 | [Acquia](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/acquia) | 1,463 | 0.25% | – | 10,000+ employees (14×) |
| 32 | [WordPress VIP](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/wpvip) | 1,281 | 0.22% | +1 | Newspapers (26×) |
| 33 | [Cloudflare Pages](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/cloudflare-pages) | 1,184 | 0.20% | +42 −2 | Software (2.7×) |
| 34 | [HPE GreenLake](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/hpe-greenlake) | 1,184 | 0.20% | +175 | 10,000+ employees (17×) |
| 35 | [IBM Cloud](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/ibm-cloud) | 917 | 0.16% | +198 | 10,000+ employees (19×) |
| 36 | [Scaleway](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/scaleway) | 369 | <0.1% | +23 | Software (3.5×) |
| 37 | [Pressable](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/pressable) | 181 | <0.1% | – | 1,001–5,000 employees (4.6×) |
| 38 | [Aptible](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/aptible) | 159 | <0.1% | +1 −1 | Software (7.0×) |
| 39 | [amazee.io](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/amazee) | 92 | <0.1% | +1 | – |
| 40 | [maxcluster](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/maxcluster) | 55 | <0.1% | – | – |
| 41 | [Northflank](https://www.runsonwhat.com/reverse/northflank) | 29 | <0.1% | – | – |

Share is each tool's part of all 580,524 matches in this category; a company using two tools counts for both.

## 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 runsonwhat finds 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.

## 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 (143,976 companies), Google Cloud (74,420 companies) and WP Engine (49,214 companies), according to runsonwhat. Amazon Web Services alone accounts for 25% of the 580,524 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: 143,976 companies show public evidence of Amazon Web Services, against 74,420 for Google Cloud (1.9× as many), according to runsonwhat (October 2026). WP Engine is third with 49,214.

### 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 (58,761 companies), Google Cloud (43,317 companies) and Hostinger (28,388 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 (8,889 companies), Microsoft Azure (5,236 companies) and Google Cloud (2,097 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 (49,242 companies), WP Engine (35,448 companies) and Google Cloud (29,487 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 (14,255 companies), Amazon Web Services (5,493 companies) and Google Cloud (4,372 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 (6,497 companies), Google Cloud (6,177 companies) and Hostinger (6,064 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 (448 companies), Vercel (214 companies) and IBM Cloud (198 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.

### What is Amazon Web Services' market share among cloud and hosting providers?

Amazon Web Services has 25% of the Hosting & Cloud matches runsonwhat has found (143,976 companies of 580,524), as of October 2026; Google Cloud has 13%. This is share of companies with public evidence of each tool, not share of revenue or seats, and a company that runs two tools counts for both.

### 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.

## Related categories

- [CDN & Edge](https://www.runsonwhat.com/tools/cdn.md)
- [DNS](https://www.runsonwhat.com/tools/dns-providers.md)

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Source: runsonwhat, https://www.runsonwhat.com/tools/cloud-hosting (updated October 2026). Counts are companies with direct public evidence of the tool (DNS records, certificates, website code, a real-browser crawl, subprocessor lists), so they are lower bounds. Methodology: https://www.runsonwhat.com/methodology.