Service comparison

UpCloud vs. Linode

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

Last 90 days · 39 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

UpCloud

upcloud.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  72.65%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  7
  
  1 major · 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 20m
- Longest outage
  
  572h 5m
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Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  58.62%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  32
  
  0 major · 32 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 43m
- Longest outage
  
  282h 51m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	UpCloud	Linode	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	70.90%	+29.10 pp
Last 7 days	95.80%	93.69%	+2.11 pp
Last 30 days	98.00%	46.80%	+51.20 pp
Last 90 days	72.65%	58.62%	+14.03 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

UpCloud

7 total

1 major 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  4h 20m
- Longest outage
  
  572h 5m
Linode

32 total

0 major 32 minor
- Median resolution
  
  3h 43m
- Longest outage
  
  282h 51m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

UpCloud
- 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
- Jul 7
  
  [EUROPE 2]: Object Storage Issue Identified
  
  1h
  
  Minor
- Jun 16
  
  DNS Resolution Issues in FI-HEL1 and FI-HEL2
  
  3h 12m
  
  Minor
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Linode
- Aug 28
  
  Service Issue - US-SEA (Seattle, WA)
  
  7h 18m
  
  Minor
- Aug 24
  
  Service Issue - Object Storage - US-SEA
  
  3h 18m
  
  Minor
- Aug 21
  
  Service Issue - US-SEA (Seattle, WA)
  
  4h 35m
  
  Minor
- Aug 14
  
  Connectivity Issue - IT-MIL (Milan) data center
  
  1h 17m
  
  Minor
- Aug 13
  
  Service Issue - Linode Kubernetes Engine Enterprise (LKE-E)- IAD2 (Washington)
  
  2h 11m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

UpCloud wins

UpCloud edges out on 90-day uptime.

UpCloud posted 72.65% vs. 58.62% for Linode (Δ +14.03 pp). Incidents: 7 vs. 32 (-25).

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