Service comparison

DigitalOcean vs. Linode

DigitalOcean vs. Linode — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 63 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  95.64%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  33
  
  4 major · 29 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 48m
- Longest outage
  
  16h 47m
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Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  65.28%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  30
  
  5 major · 25 minor
- Median resolution
  
  6h 21m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	DigitalOcean	Linode	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	99.07%	18.37%	+80.70 pp
Last 30 days	96.50%	62.11%	+34.39 pp
Last 90 days	95.64%	65.28%	+30.36 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (DigitalOcean minus Linode). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

DigitalOcean

33 total

4 major 29 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 48m
- Longest outage
  
  16h 47m
Linode

30 total

5 major 25 minor
- Median resolution
  
  6h 21m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

DigitalOcean
- Jun 4
  
  DNS API Service
  
  1h 34m
  
  Minor
- May 29
  
  App Platform Deployments
  
  7h 44m
  
  Minor
- May 20
  
  Cloud Firewall
  
  54m
  
  Minor
- May 20
  
  Cloud Firewall
  
  2h 12m
  
  Minor
- May 20
  
  Block Storage Volume Performance
  
  4h 8m
  
  Minor
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Linode
- Jun 5
  
  Emerging Service Issue - LKE Enterprise - All Regions
  
  35m
  
  Minor
- Jun 3
  
  Emerging Service Issue - Support Phone Line
  
  1d 1h 29m
  
  Minor
- Jun 3
  
  Service Issue - Block Storage Newark, US
  
  1d 13m
  
  Minor
- Jun 2
  
  Linode Community Maintenance
  
  6d 18h 9m
  
  Minor
- May 29
  
  Service Issue - Object Storage
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

DigitalOcean wins

DigitalOcean edges out on 90-day uptime.

DigitalOcean posted 95.64% vs. 65.28% for Linode (Δ +30.36 pp). Incidents: 33 vs. 30 (+3).

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