--- title: "Amazon Web Services vs Fly.io: Which is searched more in New Zealand?" description: "Is Amazon Web Services or Fly.io more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Developer hosting platforms set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time." canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/amazon-web-services-vs-fly-io" publisher: "Brandwave" --- # Amazon Web Services vs Fly.io: Which is searched more in New Zealand? Is Amazon Web Services or Fly.io more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Developer hosting platforms set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time. ## Key facts - **Compared**: Amazon Web Services and Fly.io - **Competitive set**: Developer hosting platforms - **Market**: New Zealand - **Month measured**: Sep 2026 - **Amazon Web Services Share of Search**: 36.8% - **Fly.io Share of Search**: 0.36% ## Is Amazon Web Services or Fly.io more popular in search? - In September 2026, Amazon Web Services had more branded searches than Fly.io among developer hosting platforms in New Zealand. Amazon Web Services had about 6,140 branded searches, while Fly.io had 60. Amazon Web Services made up 36.8% of all developer hosting platform searches we track, and Fly.io accounted for 0.36%. - Amazon Web Services was ahead of Fly.io in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Amazon Web Services’ share of searches among developer hosting platforms in New Zealand moved from 77.6% to 36.8%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 19.4K to 6.1K. - Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Fly.io’s share of searches among developer hosting platforms in New Zealand moved from 0.4% to 0.36%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 100 to 60. ## Top developer hosting platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Amazon Web Services and Fly.io were each mentioned in two out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in one of the two Google AI Overviews. Fly.io was listed before Amazon Web Services in two out of three answers that named either. Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options. | Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Vercel | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Render | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 | | Railway | 3rd | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 | | Fly.io | 4th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Netlify | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | | Amazon Web Services | 6th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 | | Heroku | 7th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 | ## Every AI answer about developer hosting platforms - Asked ChatGPT "Which developer hosting platform should I use in New Zealand?": 1. Vercel, 2. Fly.io, 3. Railway, 4. Render - Asked ChatGPT "What are the best developer hosting platforms in New Zealand?": 1. Vercel, 2. Render - Asked ChatGPT "What's the best developer hosting platform in New Zealand for a web app?": 1. Vercel, 2. Render, 3. Railway, 4. Amazon Web Services - Searched Google, AI Overview "best app hosting platform": 1. Vercel, 2. Render, 3. Railway, 4. Fly.io, 5. Amazon Web Services, 6. Heroku - Searched Google, AI Overview "frontend hosting platform": 1. Vercel, 2. Netlify, 3. Render Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026. ## How did search popularity change for New Zealand developer hosting platforms in September 2026? - In September 2026, Amazon Web Services gained share of searches among developer hosting platforms in New Zealand, from 34.2% to 36.8%. - Estimated monthly branded searches for Fly.io in New Zealand fell 40% over 12 measured months, from 100 to 60 in September 2026. ## Month by month | Month | Amazon Web Services estimated searches | Amazon Web Services Share of Search | Amazon Web Services rank | Fly.io estimated searches | Fly.io Share of Search | Fly.io rank | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Oct 2025 | 19.4K | 77.6% | 1 | 100 | 0.4% | 5 | | Nov 2025 | 6.6K | 56.9% | 1 | 100 | 0.86% | 5 | | Dec 2025 | 4.5K | 49.4% | 1 | 60 | 0.66% | 6 | | Jan 2026 | 5.2K | 48.6% | 1 | 70 | 0.66% | 6 | | Feb 2026 | 5.1K | 42.5% | 1 | 70 | 0.59% | 6 | | Mar 2026 | 6.2K | 38.3% | 1 | 120 | 0.74% | 6 | | Apr 2026 | 5.1K | 32.4% | 2 | 100 | 0.64% | 6 | | May 2026 | 5.1K | 30.1% | 3 | 130 | 0.77% | 6 | | Jun 2026 | 5K | 27.9% | 3 | 110 | 0.62% | 6 | | Jul 2026 | 5K | 30.1% | 3 | 90 | 0.54% | 6 | | Aug 2026 | 6.1K | 34.2% | 1 | 120 | 0.67% | 6 | | Sep 2026 | 6.1K | 36.8% | 1 | 60 | 0.36% | 6 | ## How each brand is measured Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Amazon Web Services’ and Fly.io’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading. - **Amazon Web Services**: Measured on the search terms “aws”, “aws certified”, “aws glue”, “aws lambda”, “aws rds”, “aws reinvent” and “aws services”, summed into one figure. - **Fly.io**: Measured on the search terms “fly io”, “fly io deploy”, “fly io hosting”, “fly io serverless” and “flyio”, summed into one figure. - [Amazon Web Services profile](/demand/nz/brands/amazon-web-services) - [Fly.io profile](/demand/nz/brands/fly-io) - [All developer hosting platforms in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-developer-hosting-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands. ## Methodology - [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused. ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Amazon Web Services or Fly.io more popular in search? In September 2026, Amazon Web Services had more branded searches than Fly.io among developer hosting platforms in New Zealand. Amazon Web Services had about 6,140 branded searches, while Fly.io had 60. Amazon Web Services made up 36.8% of all developer hosting platform searches we track, and Fly.io accounted for 0.36%. ## Cite this page Brandwave. "Amazon Web Services vs Fly.io: Which is searched more in New Zealand?". https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/amazon-web-services-vs-fly-io This page is also available as HTML at https://gobrandwave.com/demand/nz/compare/amazon-web-services-vs-fly-io. Brandwave publishes an index of its Markdown pages at https://gobrandwave.com/llms.txt.