Service comparison

DigitalOcean vs. UpCloud

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

Last 90 days · 29 incidents total · From each provider's official status page

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window DigitalOcean UpCloud Δ
Last 24 hours
100.00%
100.00%
0.00 pp
Last 7 days
99.06%
100.00%
-0.94 pp
Last 30 days
97.98%
99.63%
-1.65 pp
Last 90 days
91.66%
99.21%
-7.55 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 UpCloud). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

  • DigitalOcean

    24 total

    3 major 21 minor
    • Median resolution

      3h 19m

    • Longest incident

      50h 42m

  • UpCloud

    5 total

    1 major 4 minor
    • Median resolution

      4h 2m

    • Longest incident

      7h 3m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

  • DigitalOcean logo

    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
  • UpCloud logo

    UpCloud

    • Oct 6

      [SG-SIN1] Managed Object Storage Issue

      Ongoing

      Minor
    • Sep 28

      [FI-HEL2]: File Storage Issues

      2h 39m

      Minor
    • 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

Bottom line

UpCloud wins

UpCloud edges out on 90-day uptime.

DigitalOcean posted 91.66% vs. 99.21% for UpCloud (Δ -7.55 pp). Incidents: 24 vs. 5 (+19).

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