Cloud migration consulting firms: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank cloud migration consulting firms by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Cloud migration consulting firms that move workloads to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud while handling architecture, modernization, and operating model change. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Accenture and Deloitte jointly lead the cloud migration consulting category, each holding 25% visibility and a composite score of 17.5. The gap between these two and every other tracked brand is total: ranks 3 through 10 all sit at 0% visibility and a composite score of 0.0. With a category average visibility of just 2.5%, the concentration at the top means two brands account for all measurable AI presence, leaving 18 others effectively invisible in Google AI Mode responses.
A critical divergence exists between being named and being cited. Accenture and Deloitte are the only brands with any visibility, yet both carry a 0% citation rate. The category average citation rate is also 0.0%, meaning no tracked brand earns a source link from Google AI Mode. This confirms that AI Mode is mentioning these firms by name within generated responses but is not anchoring those mentions to their owned domains as verifiable sources.
The top cited sources in this category are third-party and niche outlets: youtube.com, adastracorp.com, datacentremagazine.com, and keyholesoftware.com among others. None of these are domains belonging to the top 10 ranked brands. Google AI Mode is drawing on external editorial and video content rather than consulting firm websites to support its responses, which explains why even the two visible leaders, Accenture and Deloitte, receive zero citation credit.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility fallers
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Rackspace 12% → 0% · rank #3 → #3-12pp
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Capgemini 12% → 0% · rank #4 → #4-12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
accenture.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Accenture holds 25% visibility, ten times the 2.5% category average, yet earns a 0% citation rate, meaning it is named but never sourced by Google AI Mode. |
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| 2 |
deloitte.com
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Deloitte matches Accenture exactly at 25% visibility and a 17.5 composite score, with an identical 0% citation rate, placing both firms in a shared but uncited leading position. |
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| 3 |
rackspace.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Rackspace fell from 12.5% to 0% visibility this period, a drop of 12.5 points, while its citation rate held at 0%, making it the steepest faller in the category. |
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| 4 |
capgemini.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Capgemini also lost 12.5 percentage points of visibility this period, dropping to 0%, matching Rackspace as the joint biggest faller despite holding its rank-4 position. |
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| 5 |
pwc.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
PwC sits at rank 5 with 0% visibility and a 0.0 composite score, indistinguishable in AI Mode performance from ranks 6 through 10 in this audit period. |
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| 6 |
slalom.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
cognizant.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
infosys.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
tcs.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
wipro.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
hcltech.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
nttdata.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
kyndryl.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
epam.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
thoughtworks.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
softchoice.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
presidio.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
cdw.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
missioncloud.com
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
atos.net
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on cloud migration consulting firms, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about cloud migration consulting firms AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility in cloud migration consulting firms?
Accenture and Deloitte jointly lead with 25% visibility each and a composite score of 17.5. Every other tracked brand in the category currently registers 0% visibility.
What is the average AI visibility for cloud migration consulting firms?
The category average visibility is 2.5%, with an average citation rate of 0.0% across all 20 tracked brands.
Which brands lost the most AI visibility in this category recently?
Rackspace and Capgemini each fell by 12.5 percentage points, dropping from 12.5% to 0% visibility, making them the joint biggest fallers in the latest audit period.
What sources does Google AI Mode cite most for cloud migration consulting research?
The top cited sources include youtube.com, adastracorp.com, datacentremagazine.com, and keyholesoftware.com. None of these belong to any of the top 10 ranked consulting brands.
Do any cloud migration consulting brands earn citation links from Google AI Mode?
No. Every tracked brand in this category has a 0% citation rate, meaning Google AI Mode names firms in responses but does not link back to their owned domains as sources.
Is there a gap between brand name recognition and citation trust in this category?
Yes. Accenture and Deloitte are named in 25% of AI responses each but hold 0% citation rates, while third-party sites like adastracorp.com and datacentremagazine.com receive the actual source citations.