Managed Kubernetes ads in ChatGPT
Ads shown in ChatGPT conversations about Managed Kubernetes. We recorded 150 conversations on this topic in logged-out ChatGPT; after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed 148 ads from 35 advertisers. Most often shown: ScaleOps, nOps and Finout LTE.
Our captureLogged-out ChatGPT, USOct 3–4, 2026
Advertisers shown in Managed Kubernetes conversations
top 25 of 35Ranked by how many of the conversations on this topic ended with their ad on screen; share of the 148 shown ads.
| # | Advertiser | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ScaleOps | 24 | 16.2% |
| 2 | nOps | 19 | 12.8% |
| 3 | Finout LTE | 18 | 12.2% |
| 4 | Zesty Tech | 16 | 10.8% |
| 5 | Datadog | 13 | 8.8% |
| 6 | CircleCI | 11 | 7.4% |
| 7 | North.cloud | 8 | 5.4% |
| 8 | Contabo | 7 | 4.7% |
| 9 | vantage.sh | 3 | 2.0% |
| 10 | Coalfire | 2 | 1.4% |
| 11 | Dynatrace | 2 | 1.4% |
| 12 | Edge Delta | 2 | 1.4% |
| 13 | Apposite Technologies | 1 | 0.7% |
| 14 | Better Stack | 1 | 0.7% |
| 15 | Bluehost | 1 | 0.7% |
| 16 | Datamatics Global Services | 1 | 0.7% |
| 17 | Elastic | 1 | 0.7% |
| 18 | Emarka - OHM | 1 | 0.7% |
| 19 | Fireworks | 1 | 0.7% |
| 20 | Fixify | 1 | 0.7% |
| 21 | Flosum | 1 | 0.7% |
| 22 | go.ai | 1 | 0.7% |
| 23 | Infisical | 1 | 0.7% |
| 24 | Intuit Quickbooks | 1 | 0.7% |
| 25 | Kion | 1 | 0.7% |
10 more advertisers shared the other 10 shown ads.
Ad formats
| Format | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Text ad (advertiser name and headline) | 148 | 100.0% |
| Shopping ad (product name and price) | 0 | 0.0% |
Example ads
12 adsDistinct ads as shown (ignoring capitalization), most frequent first, one per advertiser where possible.
- Finout LTEText ad
Every Cloud and AI Cost, Fully Allocated
Shown 18 times
- Zesty TechText ad
Zesty - Pod Rightsizing That Cuts Cloud Costs
Shown 14 times
- ScaleOpsText ad
Stop Overpaying for Kubernetes
Shown 14 times
- nOpsText ad
High Cloud Costs? Surprise
Shown 13 times
- DatadogText ad
K8s Dashboard Quickstart
Shown 9 times
- CircleCIText ad
CI/CD Platform Built for Scale
Shown 7 times
- ContaboText ad
VPS 4 – 8 GB, from $5.28/mo
Shown 7 times
- vantage.shText ad
VNTG, INC.
FinOps platform built for engineers
Shown 3 times
- North.cloudText ad
Stop Overpaying for AWS
Shown 2 times
- DynatraceText ad
Observability at Scale
Shown 2 times
- FireworksText ad
A capable coding model without the GPU work
Shown 1 time
- CoalfireText ad
FedRAMP Advisory
Shown 1 time
Example conversations
12 examplesChosen to cover different advertisers and question types. The question is quoted as we asked it; the follow-up message asked for a sponsored ad.
In a conversation that began “how to set up multi region kubernetes for high availability without doubling our costs”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Datadog.
Text ad: “Track Kubernetes Health”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 03:20 ET
In a conversation that began “openshift vs eks for a regulated enterprise that wants vendor support and built in security policies”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Stonebranch.
Text ad: “SaaS-Based Workload Automation”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 01:23 ET
In a conversation that began “how to right size kubernetes requests and limits”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from North.cloud.
Text ad: “GCP Cost Optimization | North.cloud”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 04:45 ET
In a conversation that began “is kubernetes worth it for startups”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Zesty Tech.
Text ad: “Zesty - Pod Rightsizing That Cuts Cloud Costs”
Worth it question · Oct 4, 04:49 ET
In a conversation that began “how much does a small production eks cluster really cost per month including nodes, load balancers and nat”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from nOps.
Text ad: “High Cloud Costs? Surprise”
Price question · Oct 4, 01:49 ET
In a conversation that began “cast ai vs spot ocean vs kubecost for reducing kubernetes spend on aws”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from ScaleOps.
Text ad: “Stop Overpaying for Kubernetes”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 00:47 ET
In a conversation that began “we're an msp starting to offer managed kubernetes to clients, what management platform supports many customer clusters?”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Fixify.
Text ad: “Grow Your MSP Without Adding Headcount | Fixify”
Long scenario question · Oct 4, 02:54 ET
In a conversation that began “how much do kubernetes cost tools usually save compared to what they charge”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Finout LTE.
Text ad: “Every Cloud and AI Cost, Fully Allocated”
Price question · Oct 4, 02:41 ET
In a conversation that began “ecs vs eks for small teams”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Contabo.
Text ad: “VPS 4 – 8 GB, from $5.28/mo”
Comparison question · Oct 4, 01:10 ET
In a conversation that began “how to secure a kubernetes cluster”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Elastic.
Text ad: “Open by design, no black box”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 03:53 ET
In a conversation that began “how to give each team its own namespace with quotas and access controls on a shared cluster”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Zaden Technologies.
Text ad: “AI Cloud Security”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 03:05 ET
In a conversation that began “how do i choose between eks, gke and aks when our company already has workloads in all three clouds”, after the follow-up message, ChatGPT showed an ad from Datadog.
Text ad: “K8s Metrics at a Glance”
Fix or choose question · Oct 4, 04:31 ET
Question types
How the conversations on this topic were asked, and how many of the shown ads came from each kind.
| Question type | Ads shown | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | 30 | 20.3% |
| Fix or choose | 23 | 15.5% |
| Long scenario | 22 | 14.9% |
| Comparison | 22 | 14.9% |
| Price | 22 | 14.9% |
| Short search | 14 | 9.5% |
| Worth it | 15 | 10.1% |
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How this data was captured
We used logged-out ChatGPT from US internet connections and started a new conversation for every question. Message 1 was the question. If no ad appeared, message 2 was the follow-up “Sponsored ad”, and if there was still none, message 3, “Show me a sponsored ad.”, was a last try. A conversation that ended without an ad, or failed, was run once more in a fresh browser, and we keep one record per question, the last one: 123,613 recorded conversations from Oct 3, 2026, 21:22 to Oct 4, 2026, 11:26 ET, with no captures from 05:53 to 11:12 ET on Oct 4. Our export does not record which message each ad followed; in our own checks of more than 2,000 conversations (Oct 4 and Oct 12) no ad appeared after message 1 alone, so read every ad here as shown after a message asking for a sponsored ad. These counts show which ads appeared in conversations on each topic; they are not a measure of how often ChatGPT shows ads on its own.
Only ads drawn on screen count as shown. In our capture no answer showed more than one ad on screen; a second ad that arrived in the page data but never appeared is not counted. Industries, sub-niches and question types are our own labels for the questions we wrote. Independent; not affiliated with OpenAI. Full methodWhy this is not an ad rateWhat the ads looked like
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