Service comparison

UpCloud vs. Linode

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

Last 90 days · 42 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

UpCloud

upcloud.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.52%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  9
  
  1 major · 8 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 17m
- Longest outage
  
  9h 12m
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Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  68.54%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  33
  
  3 major · 30 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 46m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	UpCloud	Linode	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	100.00%	83.99%	+16.01 pp
Last 30 days	98.95%	72.43%	+26.52 pp
Last 90 days	98.52%	68.54%	+29.98 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

UpCloud

9 total

1 major 8 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 17m
- Longest outage
  
  9h 12m
Linode

33 total

3 major 30 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 46m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

UpCloud
- Jun 16
  
  DNS Resolution Issues in FI-HEL1 and FI-HEL2
  
  3h 12m
  
  Minor
- Jun 15
  
  Payment processor issues with American Express
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- 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
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Linode
- 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
- Jun 24
  
  Emerging Service Issue - GPU Instances - All Regions
  
  1d 36m
  
  Minor
- Jun 24
  
  Service Issue - Debian Package Availability
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

UpCloud wins

UpCloud edges out on 90-day uptime.

UpCloud posted 98.52% vs. 68.54% for Linode (Δ +29.98 pp). Incidents: 9 vs. 33 (-24).

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