Service comparison

Linode vs. DigitalOcean

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

Last 90 days · 59 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  65.46%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  28
  
  4 major · 24 minor
- Median resolution
  
  8h 53m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m
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DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  95.95%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  31
  
  5 major · 26 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 48m
- Longest outage
  
  16h 47m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Linode	DigitalOcean	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	68.18%	98.05%	-29.87 pp
Last 30 days	63.87%	96.25%	-32.38 pp
Last 90 days	65.46%	95.95%	-30.49 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Linode

28 total

4 major 24 minor
- Median resolution
  
  8h 53m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m
DigitalOcean

31 total

5 major 26 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 48m
- Longest outage
  
  16h 47m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Linode
- Jun 5
  
  Emerging Service Issue - LKE Enterprise - All Regions
  
  35m
  
  Minor
- Jun 3
  
  Emerging Service Issue - Support Phone Line
  
  1d 1h 29m
  
  Minor
- Jun 3
  
  Service Issue - Block Storage Newark, US
  
  1d 13m
  
  Minor
- Jun 2
  
  Linode Community Maintenance
  
  6d 18h 9m
  
  Minor
- May 29
  
  Service Issue - Object Storage
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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DigitalOcean
- Jun 11
  
  DeepSeek V4 Pro is returning HTTP 429 "Rate limit exceeded"
  
  3h 17m
  
  Major
- Jun 4
  
  DNS API Service
  
  1h 34m
  
  Minor
- May 29
  
  App Platform Deployments
  
  7h 44m
  
  Minor
- May 20
  
  Cloud Firewall
  
  54m
  
  Minor
- May 20
  
  Cloud Firewall
  
  2h 12m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

DigitalOcean wins

DigitalOcean edges out on 90-day uptime.

Linode posted 65.46% vs. 95.95% for DigitalOcean (Δ -30.49 pp). Incidents: 28 vs. 31 (-3).

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