Service comparison

DigitalOcean vs. UpCloud

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

Last 90 days · 42 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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UpCloud

upcloud.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  72.35%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  9
  
  1 major · 8 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 12m
- 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	65.39%	100.00%	-34.61 pp
Last 30 days	82.36%	38.69%	+43.67 pp
Last 90 days	91.71%	72.35%	+19.36 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 28m
- Longest outage
  
  50h 42m
UpCloud

9 total

1 major 8 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 12m
- Longest outage
  
  572h 5m

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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UpCloud
- Jul 7
  
  [EUROPE 2]: Object Storage Issue Identified
  
  1h
  
  Minor
- Jun 16
  
  DNS Resolution Issues in FI-HEL1 and FI-HEL2
  
  3h 12m
  
  Minor
- Jun 15
  
  Payment processor issues with American Express
  
  23d 20h 5m
  
  Minor
- Jun 5
  
  [SG-SIN1]: Networking issue
  
  4h 20m
  
  Minor
- May 26
  
  Error with new cloud service deployments
  
  3h 2m
  
  Major
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Bottom line

DigitalOcean wins

DigitalOcean edges out on 90-day uptime.

DigitalOcean posted 91.71% vs. 72.35% for UpCloud (Δ +19.36 pp). Incidents: 33 vs. 9 (+24).

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