Service comparison

PlanetScale vs. MongoDB Atlas

PlanetScale vs. MongoDB Atlas — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 25 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

PlanetScale

planetscale.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.68%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  6
  
  3 major · 3 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 53m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 49m
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MongoDB Atlas

mongodb.com

Major outage
- 90-day uptime
  
  92.44%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  19
  
  5 major · 14 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 32m
- Longest outage
  
  92h 53m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	PlanetScale	MongoDB Atlas	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 30 days	100.00%	95.01%	+4.99 pp
Last 90 days	98.68%	92.44%	+6.24 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (PlanetScale minus MongoDB Atlas). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

PlanetScale

6 total

3 major 3 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 53m
- Longest outage
  
  20h 49m
MongoDB Atlas

19 total

5 major 14 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 32m
- Longest outage
  
  92h 53m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

PlanetScale
- Jul 24
  
  Insights metrics underreporting
  
  3h
  
  Major
- Jul 20
  
  Insights metrics underreporting
  
  20h 49m
  
  Minor
- Jul 18
  
  Connectivity issues in us-east-1
  
  32m
  
  Major
- Jul 17
  
  API and dashboard errors
  
  27m
  
  Major
- Jul 16
  
  Single Sign On (SSO) unavailable
  
  1h 21m
  
  Minor
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MongoDB Atlas
- Aug 28
  
  MongoDB Atlas Log Integration service degraded
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Aug 19
  
  Issues rotating certificates for projects containing only Atlas Free and Flex clusters
  
  1d 1h 21m
  
  Minor
- Aug 18
  
  Atlas UI and API Periodic Unavailability
  
  1h 6m
  
  Minor
- Aug 5
  
  GCP capacity constraints affecting Atlas deployments
  
  6h 56m
  
  Major
- Aug 3
  
  Elevated errors on VoyageAI APIs
  
  2h 31m
  
  Major
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Bottom line

PlanetScale wins

PlanetScale edges out on 90-day uptime.

PlanetScale posted 98.68% vs. 92.44% for MongoDB Atlas (Δ +6.24 pp). Incidents: 6 vs. 19 (-13).

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