Service comparison

UpCloud vs. DigitalOcean

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

Last 90 days · 44 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

UpCloud

upcloud.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  97.26%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  11
  
  1 major · 10 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 32m
- Longest outage
  
  17h 32m
View status page →
DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  95.64%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  33
  
  4 major · 29 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 48m
- Longest outage
  
  16h 47m
View status page →

Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	UpCloud	DigitalOcean	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	97.42%	99.07%	-1.65 pp
Last 30 days	97.70%	96.50%	+1.20 pp
Last 90 days	97.26%	95.64%	+1.62 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

UpCloud

11 total

1 major 10 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 32m
- Longest outage
  
  17h 32m
DigitalOcean

33 total

4 major 29 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 48m
- Longest outage
  
  16h 47m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

UpCloud
- Jun 5
  
  [SG-SIN1]: Networking issue
  
  4h 20m
  
  Minor
- May 26
  
  Error with new cloud service deployments
  
  3h 2m
  
  Major
- May 13
  
  [SG-SIN1]: Managed Kubernetes Issue
  
  9h 12m
  
  Minor
- May 4
  
  Control Panel https://hub.upcloud.com/ login issues
  
  2h 5m
  
  Minor
- Apr 29
  
  [FI-HEL2]: EUROPE-1 Managed Object Storage Performance Issues
  
  3h 22m
  
  Minor
View all incidents →
DigitalOcean
- 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
- May 20
  
  Block Storage Volume Performance
  
  4h 8m
  
  Minor
View all incidents →

Bottom line

UpCloud wins

UpCloud edges out on 90-day uptime.

UpCloud posted 97.26% vs. 95.64% for DigitalOcean (Δ +1.62 pp). Incidents: 11 vs. 33 (-22).

Also compare

Other UpCloud comparisons

Monitor any service like this.

Pulsetic watches endpoints from 15+ global regions and alerts you before users notice.

Start monitoring free