Service comparison

DigitalOcean vs. Linode

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

Last 90 days · 44 incidents total · From each provider's official status page

Head-to-head

90-day summary

DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  96.17%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  18
  
  3 major · 15 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 57m
- Longest incident
  
  25h 49m
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Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  71.56%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  26
  
  0 major · 26 minor
- Median resolution
  
  5h 41m
- Longest incident
  
  265h 25m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	DigitalOcean	Linode	Δ
Last 24 hours	84.72%	100.00%	-15.28 pp
Last 7 days	97.82%	72.08%	+25.74 pp
Last 30 days	99.07%	73.27%	+25.80 pp
Last 90 days	96.17%	71.56%	+24.61 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

18 total

3 major 15 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 57m
- Longest incident
  
  25h 49m
Linode

26 total

0 major 26 minor
- Median resolution
  
  5h 41m
- Longest incident
  
  265h 25m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

DigitalOcean
- Oct 27
  
  Kubernetes Cluster Management Operations
  
  3h 40m
  
  Major
- Oct 13
  
  App Platform Deployments
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Oct 11
  
  DNS Resolution for Managed Kubernetes
  
  1h 27m
  
  Minor
- Oct 5
  
  VPC Networking Availability
  
  1h 35m
  
  Minor
- Oct 3
  
  A Network Disruption in BLR1 Region Impacted Multiple Products (Resolved)
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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Linode
- Oct 28
  
  Service Issue - Block Storage (BR-GRU)
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Oct 25
  
  Connectivity Issue between ID-CGK (Jakarta) and SG-SIN-2 (Singapore 2)
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Oct 23
  
  Connectivity Issue - Dallas Data Center (IPv6 Traffic to Google)
  
  11h 17m
  
  Minor
- Oct 22
  
  Customer Security Advisory: Critical F5/NGINX Out-of-Band Vulnerabilities
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Oct 22
  
  Service Issue - Linode Kubernetes Engine
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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