Service comparison

UpCloud vs. Linode

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

Last 90 days · 41 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
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Linode

linode.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  65.28%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  30
  
  5 major · 25 minor
- Median resolution
  
  6h 21m
- 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	97.42%	18.37%	+79.05 pp
Last 30 days	97.70%	62.11%	+35.59 pp
Last 90 days	97.26%	65.28%	+31.98 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

UpCloud

11 total

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

30 total

5 major 25 minor
- Median resolution
  
  6h 21m
- Longest outage
  
  162h 9m

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
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Linode
- Jun 5
  
  Emerging Service Issue - LKE Enterprise - All Regions
  
  35m
  
  Minor
- Jun 3
  
  Emerging Service Issue - Support Phone Line
  
  1d 1h 29m
  
  Minor
- Jun 3
  
  Service Issue - Block Storage Newark, US
  
  1d 13m
  
  Minor
- Jun 2
  
  Linode Community Maintenance
  
  6d 18h 9m
  
  Minor
- May 29
  
  Service Issue - Object Storage
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

UpCloud wins

UpCloud edges out on 90-day uptime.

UpCloud posted 97.26% vs. 65.28% for Linode (Δ +31.98 pp). Incidents: 11 vs. 30 (-19).

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