Service comparison

Vultr vs. DigitalOcean

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

Last 90 days · 33 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Vultr

vultr.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  100.00%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  0
  
  0 major · 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  —
- Longest outage
  
  —
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DigitalOcean

digitalocean.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  91.71%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  33
  
  5 major · 28 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 28m
- Longest outage
  
  50h 42m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Vultr	DigitalOcean	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	100.00%	65.39%	+34.61 pp
Last 30 days	100.00%	82.36%	+17.64 pp
Last 90 days	100.00%	91.71%	+8.29 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Vultr

0 total

0 major 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  —
- Longest outage
  
  —
DigitalOcean

33 total

5 major 28 minor
- Median resolution
  
  2h 28m
- Longest outage
  
  50h 42m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Vultr

No incidents recorded in the last 90 days.
DigitalOcean
- Jul 19
  
  Block Storage Volume NYC1, NYC3, SGP1, SYD1 and BLR1
  
  5h 41m
  
  Minor
- Jul 19
  
  Networking in BLR1
  
  2h 54m
  
  Minor
- Jul 16
  
  Reserved IP routing in TOR1
  
  3h 44m
  
  Minor
- Jul 13
  
  Serverless Inference - Gemma4 Latency Issues Causing Timeouts & Slow Responses
  
  2d 2h 42m
  
  Minor
- Jul 9
  
  Kubernetes Deployments in NYC1
  
  1d 4h 56m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

Vultr wins

Vultr edges out on 90-day uptime.

Vultr posted 100.00% vs. 91.71% for DigitalOcean (Δ +8.29 pp). Incidents: 0 vs. 33 (-33).

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