Service comparison

Linode vs. UpCloud

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

Last 90 days · 24 incidents total · From each provider's official status page

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window Linode UpCloud Δ
Last 24 hours
100.00%
100.00%
0.00 pp
Last 7 days
40.28%
19.97%
+20.31 pp
Last 30 days
80.50%
75.21%
+5.29 pp
Last 90 days
74.64%
91.07%
-16.43 pp

Uptime is the share of each window with no incident open on the provider's official status page. Δ is percentage-point difference (Linode minus UpCloud). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

  • Linode

    19 total

    0 major 19 minor
    • Median resolution

      4h 15m

    • Longest incident

      265h 25m

  • UpCloud

    5 total

    1 major 4 minor
    • Median resolution

      5h 26m

    • Longest incident

      175h 52m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

  • Linode logo

    Linode

    • Oct 9

      Service Issue - Cloud Manager and API

      4d 4h 20m

      Minor
    • Oct 2

      Service Issue - Object Storage - US-Southeast (Atlanta)

      4h 15m

      Minor
    • Sep 25

      Service Issue - Cloud Manager and API

      1h 12m

      Minor
    • Sep 21

      Emerging Service Issue - Cloud Manager and API

      1d 10h 12m

      Minor
    • Sep 21

      Emerging Service Issue - [DNS] - [eu-west]

      7h 14m

      Minor
  • UpCloud logo

    UpCloud

    • Oct 6

      [SG-SIN1] Managed Object Storage Issue

      7d 7h 52m

      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.

Linode posted 74.64% vs. 91.07% for UpCloud (Δ -16.43 pp). Incidents: 19 vs. 5 (+14).

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