Service comparison

DigitalOcean vs. Linode

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

Last 90 days · 68 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  91.71%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  33
  
  5 major · 28 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 28m
- Longest outage
  
  50h 42m
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Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  19.41%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  35
  
  0 major · 35 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 27m
- Longest outage
  
  1417h
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	DigitalOcean	Linode	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	90.42%	+9.58 pp
Last 7 days	65.39%	93.81%	-28.42 pp
Last 30 days	82.36%	39.76%	+42.60 pp
Last 90 days	91.71%	19.41%	+72.30 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

DigitalOcean

33 total

5 major 28 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 28m
- Longest outage
  
  50h 42m
Linode

35 total

0 major 35 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 27m
- Longest outage
  
  1417h

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

DigitalOcean
- Jul 19
  
  Block Storage Volume NYC1, NYC3, SGP1, SYD1 and BLR1
  
  5h 41m
  
  Minor
- Jul 19
  
  Networking in BLR1
  
  2h 54m
  
  Minor
- Jul 16
  
  Reserved IP routing in TOR1
  
  3h 44m
  
  Minor
- Jul 13
  
  Serverless Inference - Gemma4 Latency Issues Causing Timeouts & Slow Responses
  
  2d 2h 42m
  
  Minor
- Jul 9
  
  Kubernetes Deployments in NYC1
  
  1d 4h 56m
  
  Minor
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Linode
- Jul 20
  
  Connectivity Issue - Linodes in Milan, Italy
  
  2h 18m
  
  Minor
- Jul 18
  
  Service Issue - Object Storage
  
  1h 1m
  
  Minor
- Jul 16
  
  Connectivity Issue - US-MIA (Miami
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Jul 14
  
  Service Issue - Linode API/CLI
  
  7h 5m
  
  Minor
- Jul 13
  
  Service Issue - Host Jobs - All Regions
  
  1h 24m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

DigitalOcean wins

DigitalOcean edges out on 90-day uptime.

DigitalOcean posted 91.71% vs. 19.41% for Linode (Δ +72.30 pp). Incidents: 33 vs. 35 (-2).

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