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Rapid.Space.

A look at how Rapid.Space is described, positioned, and quoted inside Google's AI Overviews, the AI answer box at the top of search results, and where the brand shows up versus goes missing.

Siterapid.space
Where we lookedGoogle AI Overviews, US
Questions tested39 brand, category, and competitor queries
PreparedSeptember 10, 2026  ·  by AUQ
AI Visibility Score
13
out of 100. Absent band. Rapid.Space is cited in 4 of 38 AI answers. It shows up on Rapid.Space. It is absent on Bare Metal Hosting, Open Cloud Infrastructure, Edge Computing.
Verified AI Overview citations
4
Rapid.Space's brand is cited in 4 of the 38 AI-answer queries we tested.
AI answer trigger rate
97%
Google's AI answer box fires on 38 of 39 tracked queries.
Citation rate when AI answers
11%
Share of AI-answer queries where the brand is actually quoted.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Rapid.Space scores 13 of 100 for AI Overview visibility. The work is closing the citation and identity gaps.

Rapid.Space is cited in 4 of 38 AI answers. It shows up on Rapid.Space. It is absent on Bare Metal Hosting, Open Cloud Infrastructure, Edge Computing.

AI answers fire on 97% of tracked queries, yet Rapid.Space is quoted in only 11% of them. When it does appear, it sits as a listed provider, rarely the lead source.

AI Visibility Score
13
Absent band
BarelyLowCompetitiveDominant
What's in the score
  • How often AI answers appear97 / 100
  • Inclusion in category answers11 / 100
  • Quality of placement when cited50 / 100
  • How AI describes the brand17 / 100
  • Topic coverage breadth17 / 100
  • Your pages being quoted11 / 100
IDENTITY IN AI OVERVIEWS

How the brand describes itself, and how Google's AI describes it.

What the brand says about itself

Bare Metal Hosting

Rapid.Space - Home fr en zh ja Rapid.Space 2.0 Login Docs Blog Pricing Status Languages Page Content We are building a Fully Open 5G Edge Cloud Open Source Open Hardware Open Process ? Order an ORS (88€/month excl. tax) What is Rapid.Srapid.space, 2026

Differentiators it leads with: Bare Metal Hosting, Open Cloud Infrastructure, Edge Computing, Private 5G.

What Google's AI says

Recognized in AI answers for Rapid.Space

Cited as a provider on Rapid.Space queries.
Appears alongside youtube.com, YouTube, reddit.com.
The core gap
Rapid.Space presents as bare metal hosting, open cloud infrastructure, edge computing, private 5G, open compute hardware. AI Overviews cite it on Rapid.Space and it is absent on Bare Metal Hosting, Open Cloud Infrastructure, Edge Computing.
Words AI uses for the brand
Rapid.Space
The brand's own pillars that AI omits
Bare Metal HostingOpen Cloud InfrastructureEdge ComputingCited source on vendor and comparison queries
CONTENT AND ENTITY COVERAGE

The topics that matter to the brand, and where it shows up in AI answers today.

See the full query-by-query breakdown →

TopicPresence in AI answersBuyer intent
Rapid.SpaceOwnedcomparison
Bare Metal HostingInvisiblepositioning
Open Cloud InfrastructureInvisiblepositioning
Edge ComputingInvisiblepositioning
Private 5gInvisiblepositioning
Open Compute HardwareInvisiblepositioning
Buyer-journey coverage

Problem Aware. overview queries: Rapid.Space appears on 1 of 6 themes.

Solution Aware. Owned on Rapid.Space; absent on Bare Metal Hosting, Open Cloud Infrastructure, Edge Computing.

Alternatives. 0 themes name the brand without citing it; 34 queries answer without it at all.

AI OVERVIEW PERFORMANCE

Where the brand shows up in Google's AI, and the high-value queries it is missing.

See all queries we tested →

Tracked keywords
39
Brand, category, and comparison queries analyzed.
AI answers fired
38
97% of tracked queries trigger an AI Overview.
Times brand cited
4
11% citation rate when AI answers.
Total brand mentions
4
Across all observed AI responses.
QUERIES WE TESTED

Every query we ran against Google's AI Overview, and what we found.

39 queries across branded, positioning, and comparison intent. "Cited" means Rapid.Space's own domain is a source in the AI answer. "Named, not cited" means the brand is mentioned but is not the source. "Absent" means the AI answered without it.

QueryTypeRapid.Space in the AI answerTop sources cited
best bare metal hostingPositioningAbsentus.ovhcloud.com, vultr.com, servers.com
bare metal hosting vendorsPositioningAbsentrackspace.com, openmetal.io, us.ovhcloud.com
bare metal hosting solutionsPositioningAbsentus.ovhcloud.com, servers.com, ovhcloud.com
bare metal hosting softwarePositioningAbsentinmotionhosting.com, en.wikipedia.org, github.com
bare metal hosting platformPositioningAbsentus.ovhcloud.com, openmetal.io, ibm.com
top bare metal hosting providersPositioningAbsentrackspace.com, us.ovhcloud.com, techradar.com
bare metal hosting comparisonPositioningAbsentreddit.com, youtube.com, techradar.com
best open cloud infrastructurePositioningAbsentreddit.com, openstack.org, opennebula.io
open cloud infrastructure vendorsPositioningAbsentreddit.com, openstack.org, opennebula.io
open cloud infrastructure solutionsPositioningAbsentopenstack.org, opennebula.io, sc23.supercomputing.org
open cloud infrastructure softwarePositioningAbsentopenstack.org, opennebula.io, cloudstack.apache.org
open cloud infrastructure platformPositioningAbsentreddit.com, openstack.org, opennebula.io
top open cloud infrastructure providersPositioningAbsentamazee.io, openstack.org, ubicloud.com
open cloud infrastructure comparisonPositioningAbsentreddit.com, amazee.io, ussignal.com
best edge computingPositioningAbsentstlpartners.com, medium.com, fool.com
edge computing vendorsPositioningAbsentfool.com, digi.com, hpe.com
edge computing solutionsPositioningAbsentcisco.com, scalecomputing.com, intel.com
edge computing softwarePositioningAbsentazure.microsoft.com, inductiveautomation.com, stlpartners.com
edge computing platformPositioningAbsentstlpartners.com, scalecomputing.com, gartner.com
top edge computing providersPositioningAbsentdatacentremagazine.com, fool.com, mordorintelligence.com
edge computing comparisonPositioningAbsentarm.com, firecell.io, fastly.com
best private 5gPositioningAbsentreddit.com, cisco.com, gartner.com
private 5g vendorsPositioningAbsentomdia.tech.informa.com, techtarget.com, ericsson.com
private 5g solutionsPositioningAbsenthpe.com, nttdata.com, cisco.com
private 5g softwarePositioningAbsentsrs.io, 5gsoftware.com, cumucore.com
private 5g platformPositioningAbsentcisco.com, hpe.com, verizon.com
top private 5g providersPositioningAbsenttelcomagazine.com, gartner.com, verizon.com
private 5g comparisonPositioningAbsentredhat.com, cisco.com, youtube.com
best open compute hardwarePositioningAbsentopencompute.org, en.wikipedia.org, infohub.delltechnologies.com
open compute hardware vendorsPositioningAbsentopencompute.org, supermicro.com, en.wikipedia.org
open compute hardware solutionsPositioningAbsentopencompute.org, supermicro.com, en.wikipedia.org
open compute hardware softwarePositioningAbsentopencompute.org, youtube.com, en.wikipedia.org
open compute hardware platformPositioningAbsentopencompute.org, tech.facebook.com, youtube.com
top open compute hardware providersPositioningNo AI answer
open compute hardware comparisonPositioningAbsentopencompute.org, supermicro.com, techtarget.com
alternatives to Rapid.SpaceComparisonCitedcbinsights.com, namla.cloud, edgeir.com
Rapid.Space vs OVHcloudComparisonCitedrapid.space, ovhcloud.com, youtube.com
Rapid.Space vs HetznerComparisonCitedyoutube.com, serverspace.io, slapos.nexedi.com
Rapid.Space vs ScalewayComparisonCitedrapid.space, scaleway.com, youtube.com
THREE FINDINGS THAT MATTER
01

The brand is missing from 89% of AI-answer queries

Rapid.Space is cited in 4 of the 38 AI answers we triggered.

02

AI misreads the category

Rapid.Space presents as bare metal hosting, open cloud infrastructure, edge computing, private 5G, open compute hardware. AI Overviews cite it on Rapid.Space and it is absent on Bare Metal Hosting, Open Cloud Infrastructure, Edge Computing.

TOP THREE MOVES
01

Win presence on Bare Metal Hosting

Impact high · effort medium · 30 to 60 days

02

Convert named-not-cited queries into citations

Impact medium · effort low · 0 to 30 days

03

Earn placement in the third-party listicles AI cites

Impact high · effort medium · 30 to 90 days

WHERE GOOGLE'S AI GETS ITS ANSWERS

The sources Google's AI cites in this category, and what it tells you about earning citations.

Domain AI citesPagesContext
youtube.com27Cited on 27 of the queries we tested.
YouTube27Cited on 27 of the queries we tested.
reddit.com12Cited on 12 of the queries we tested.
Reddit12Cited on 12 of the queries we tested.
openmetal.io8Cited on 8 of the queries we tested.
OpenMetal8Cited on 8 of the queries we tested.
firecell.io8Cited on 8 of the queries we tested.
ibm.com7Cited on 7 of the queries we tested.
IBM7Cited on 7 of the queries we tested.
gartner.com7Cited on 7 of the queries we tested.
Reading
Independent listicles, communities, and rival explainers win the citations Rapid.Space is missing. Earning AI citation on the invisible themes means placement on those third-party pages, not only owning its own glossary.
AI-REVEALED PEERS

The competitive set drawn by Google's AI itself. Observed, not chosen.

See which queries each peer won →

Brands and domains Google's AI cites in place of Rapid.Space on the queries where it is absent. Observed, not chosen.

PeerHow AI frames it
youtube.comCited on 27 of the tested queries.
YouTubeCited on 27 of the tested queries.
reddit.comCited on 12 of the tested queries.
RedditCited on 12 of the tested queries.
openmetal.ioCited on 8 of the tested queries.
OpenMetalCited on 8 of the tested queries.
firecell.ioCited on 8 of the tested queries.
ibm.comCited on 7 of the tested queries.
Key observation
youtube.com is the most-cited source across the queries Rapid.Space is missing.
90-DAY ROADMAP

Three sprints from first wins to compounding category presence.

Month 1  ·  Days 1 to 30
  • Publish solution and comparison pages for Bare Metal Hosting, Open Cloud Infrastructure, Edge Computing.
  • Build linkable comparison assets so AI Overviews can cite the brand's own domain.
Month 2  ·  Days 31 to 60
  • Earn placement in third-party best-of listicles and review sites the AI cites.
  • Seed community and review presence where AI Overviews pull trust signals.
Month 3  ·  Days 61 to 90
  • Expand owned comparison content across decision-stage queries.
  • Re-audit to confirm invisible themes move to cited and track citation share.