Service comparison

DigitalOcean vs. Linode

DigitalOcean vs. Linode: uptime, incident frequency and resolution times, head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 45 incidents total · From each provider's official status page

Head-to-head

90-day summary

DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  91.66%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  24
  
  3 major · 21 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 19m
- Longest incident
  
  50h 42m
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Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  78.89%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  21
  
  0 major · 21 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 18m
- Longest incident
  
  265h 25m
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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	99.06%	97.47%	+1.59 pp
Last 30 days	97.98%	94.44%	+3.54 pp
Last 90 days	91.66%	78.89%	+12.77 pp

Uptime is the share of each window with no incident open on the provider's official status page. Δ is percentage-point difference (DigitalOcean minus Linode). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

DigitalOcean

24 total

3 major 21 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 19m
- Longest incident
  
  50h 42m
Linode

21 total

0 major 21 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 18m
- Longest incident
  
  265h 25m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

DigitalOcean
- Oct 5
  
  VPC Networking Availability
  
  1h 35m
  
  Minor
- Oct 3
  
  A Network Disruption in BLR1 Region Impacted Multiple Products (Resolved)
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Sep 16
  
  Support Portal Service Disruption
  
  11h 21m
  
  Minor
- Sep 9
  
  Power Degradation impacting GPU Performance in ATL1
  
  1h 38m
  
  Minor
- Aug 24
  
  Cloud Control Panel and API
  
  1d 1h 49m
  
  Major
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Linode
- Oct 2
  
  Service Issue - Object Storage - US-Southeast (Atlanta)
  
  4h 15m
  
  Minor
- Sep 25
  
  Service Issue - Cloud Manager and API
  
  1h 12m
  
  Minor
- Sep 21
  
  Emerging Service Issue - Cloud Manager and API
  
  1d 10h 12m
  
  Minor
- Sep 21
  
  Emerging Service Issue - [DNS] - [eu-west]
  
  7h 14m
  
  Minor
- Sep 7
  
  Service Issue - Cloud Manager and API
  
  2h 52m
  
  Minor
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