Service comparison

Linode vs. DigitalOcean

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

Last 90 days · 71 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  68.28%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  35
  
  3 major · 32 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 32m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m
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DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  94.82%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  36
  
  5 major · 31 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 59m
- Longest outage
  
  21h 13m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Linode	DigitalOcean	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	92.08%	+7.92 pp
Last 7 days	96.70%	79.42%	+17.28 pp
Last 30 days	84.65%	93.96%	-9.31 pp
Last 90 days	68.28%	94.82%	-26.54 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Linode

35 total

3 major 32 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 32m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m
DigitalOcean

36 total

5 major 31 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 59m
- Longest outage
  
  21h 13m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Linode
- Jul 1
  
  Service Issue - Linode Automated Networking
  
  1h 6m
  
  Minor
- Jun 30
  
  Service Issue - Block Storage - Singapore Expansion, SP (sg-sin-2)
  
  4h 27m
  
  Minor
- Jun 26
  
  Service Issue - ACLP Metrics
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Jun 26
  
  Connectivity Issue - US-IAD
  
  2h 18m
  
  Minor
- Jun 25
  
  Emerging Service Issue - Migrations
  
  4h 8m
  
  Minor
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DigitalOcean
- Jul 4
  
  Limited access to Deepseek V4 Pro model
  
  2h 39m
  
  Major
- Jul 4
  
  Droplet Actions in NYC3
  
  27m
  
  Minor
- Jul 2
  
  Managed Database Clusters
  
  10h 15m
  
  Minor
- Jul 1
  
  DNS Lookup Failures for Managed Database
  
  4h 52m
  
  Minor
- Jul 1
  
  Droplet Resize
  
  2h 14m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

DigitalOcean wins

DigitalOcean edges out on 90-day uptime.

Linode posted 68.28% vs. 94.82% for DigitalOcean (Δ -26.54 pp). Incidents: 35 vs. 36 (-1).

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