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Aiven vs CockroachDB Cloud: which is more reliable? (2026)
CockroachDB Cloud is more reliable than Aiven, scoring 57.6 vs 34.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Aiven reported 9 incidents and CockroachDB Cloud reported 5, with effective uptime of 97.43% and 99.08% respectively. CockroachDB Cloud resolves incidents faster on average (10h 59m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Aiven | CockroachDB Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 34.6 | 57.6 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #13 | #11 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.43% | 99.08% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 5h | 10h 59m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Aiven and CockroachDB Cloud differ
- Aiven reported 80% more incidents than CockroachDB Cloud over the last 90 days (9 vs 5).
- CockroachDB Cloud had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Aiven.
- CockroachDB Cloud fixes problems faster: 10h 59m on average, against 1d 5h for Aiven (2.7× quicker).
- Aiven's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 12, 2026); CockroachDB Cloud's lasted 20h 4m (Aug 4, 2026).
90-day uptime
Aiven
CockroachDB Cloud
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Aiven incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 12h 47m
Google Cloud VPN incident affecting services
Affected: Aiven
- InformationalOct 18, 2026 · resolved in 17h 12m
- InformationalOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 4h 51m
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 4d 14h
Issues with spin up node in google asia-southeast1 regionofficial update ↗
Affected: Aiven
- InformationalSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 4h 27m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 7h 10m
Aiven Console and API are downofficial update ↗
Affected: Aiven, Support Ticketing System
Recent CockroachDB Cloud incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 7h
gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard, CockroachDB Advanced
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 22h 12m
Stock out issues in GCP us-central1
Affected: CockroachDB Advanced, Continuum Mission Critical
- Partial outageSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
Connection attempts failing for multiple Basic tenants in GCP South America (southamerica-east1).
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 9m
Cloud Latency, Delays, Connection Issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
- Partial outageAug 4, 2026 · resolved in 20h 4m
Cluster connectivity and execution issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
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