Service comparison

DigitalOcean vs. Linode

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

Last 90 days · 65 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  88.91%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  33
  
  5 major · 28 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 54m
- Longest outage
  
  50h 42m
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Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  58.62%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  32
  
  0 major · 32 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 43m
- Longest outage
  
  282h 51m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	DigitalOcean	Linode	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	69.72%	+30.28 pp
Last 7 days	79.07%	93.69%	-14.62 pp
Last 30 days	91.25%	46.80%	+44.45 pp
Last 90 days	88.91%	58.62%	+30.29 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 54m
- Longest outage
  
  50h 42m
Linode

32 total

0 major 32 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 43m
- Longest outage
  
  282h 51m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

DigitalOcean
- Aug 24
  
  Cloud Control Panel and API
  
  1d 1h 49m
  
  Major
- Aug 23
  
  Managed Databases Creation
  
  9h 21m
  
  Minor
- Aug 21
  
  Container Registry and Spaces Accessibility
  
  1h 52m
  
  Minor
- Aug 19
  
  Major Service Interruption in MKC1
  
  8h 24m
  
  Major
- Aug 13
  
  Volume Attach/Detach events in FRA1
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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Linode
- Aug 28
  
  Service Issue - US-SEA (Seattle, WA)
  
  7h 18m
  
  Minor
- Aug 24
  
  Service Issue - Object Storage - US-SEA
  
  3h 18m
  
  Minor
- Aug 21
  
  Service Issue - US-SEA (Seattle, WA)
  
  4h 35m
  
  Minor
- Aug 14
  
  Connectivity Issue - IT-MIL (Milan) data center
  
  1h 17m
  
  Minor
- Aug 13
  
  Service Issue - Linode Kubernetes Engine Enterprise (LKE-E)- IAD2 (Washington)
  
  2h 11m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

DigitalOcean wins

DigitalOcean edges out on 90-day uptime.

DigitalOcean posted 88.91% vs. 58.62% for Linode (Δ +30.29 pp). Incidents: 33 vs. 32 (+1).

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