Service comparison

DigitalOcean vs. UpCloud

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

Last 90 days · 40 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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UpCloud

upcloud.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  72.65%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  7
  
  1 major · 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 20m
- Longest outage
  
  572h 5m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	DigitalOcean	UpCloud	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	79.07%	95.80%	-16.73 pp
Last 30 days	91.25%	98.00%	-6.75 pp
Last 90 days	88.91%	72.65%	+16.26 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

DigitalOcean

33 total

5 major 28 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 54m
- Longest outage
  
  50h 42m
UpCloud

7 total

1 major 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 20m
- Longest outage
  
  572h 5m

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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UpCloud
- Aug 25
  
  [DE-FRA1]: Storage Backend Issue
  
  7h 3m
  
  Minor
- Aug 11
  
  Cloud Server Deployment Error
  
  1h 56m
  
  Major
- Aug 3
  
  Live Chat Temporarily Unavailable
  
  5h 26m
  
  Minor
- Jul 7
  
  [EUROPE 2]: Object Storage Issue Identified
  
  1h
  
  Minor
- Jun 16
  
  DNS Resolution Issues in FI-HEL1 and FI-HEL2
  
  3h 12m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

DigitalOcean wins

DigitalOcean edges out on 90-day uptime.

DigitalOcean posted 88.91% vs. 72.65% for UpCloud (Δ +16.26 pp). Incidents: 33 vs. 7 (+26).

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