Does AI recommend Cloudways?
cloudways.com in web hosting: how often Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT name it next to Hostinger, its top competitor, which sites the answers cite, and whether AI crawlers can read the site.
17%
of AI answers name Cloudways
Hostinger: 46%. Rank 7 of 51 brands tracked.
Cloudways vs Hostinger, engine by engine
Named most by Google AI Overviews (19%), least by ChatGPT (16%). The grey tick is the typical (median) brand of the category.
Questions where Hostinger is named and Cloudways is not
- “Can you recommend web hosting for a small business website with email?”
- “Looking for recommendations on web hosting providers for a local service business”
82 more questions like these in this check. The snapshot finds them all for Cloudways against up to 5 competitors, on 50 buyer questions asked 3 times in each engine, with the sites to get listed on and 5 fixes.
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Is Cloudways named, and where?
- Yes. Cloudways is named in 17% of the answers across Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT.
- It ranks 7 of 51 brands we track in web hosting.
- In list answers it shows up at position 2.8 on average in Google AI Overviews (1 = first).
The category baseline
From the AI Citation Index (51 brands tracked in web hosting, Week 41).
3%
The typical brand
46%
The category leader
17%
Cloudways, above typical
The sites the answers cite
The sites cited most in AI answers about web hosting, all engines. Being listed, reviewed or discussed on these is the shortest path into the answers.
- youtube.com6.7% of citations
- reddit.com4.3% of citations
- cybernews.com2.9% of citations
- cnet.com2.4% of citations
- hostinger.com2.2% of citations
- hostingadvice.com1.7% of citations
Can AI crawlers read cloudways.com?
Mostly. One setting is worth a look. Checked Nov 3, 2026.
| Crawler | What it feeds | robots.txt |
|---|---|---|
| OAI-SearchBot | ChatGPT search, the pages it cites | Allowed |
| GPTBot | OpenAI model training only | Allowed |
| Googlebot | Google Search and Google AI Overviews | Allowed |
| Google-Extended | Gemini answers and training | Allowed |
| ClaudeBot | Claude | Allowed |
| Firewall | Cloudflare in front of the site | Blocked our test |
| Text without JavaScript | 0 words in the raw homepage HTML | Could not test |
The site has no robots.txt, so every crawler is allowed.
- Cloudflare blocked our test requestYour homepage turned away our request from a data center even with a normal browser user agent, so we could not test the AI crawlers themselves. AI crawlers also come from data centers: check that your bot protection lets the verified AI crawlers you want through.
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