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Aiven vs PlanetScale: which is more reliable? (2026)
PlanetScale is more reliable than Aiven, scoring 89.1 vs 34.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Aiven reported 9 incidents and PlanetScale reported 6, with effective uptime of 97.43% and 99.92% respectively. PlanetScale resolves incidents faster on average (54m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Aiven | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 34.6 | 89.1 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #13 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.43% | 99.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 5h | 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Aiven and PlanetScale differ
- Aiven reported 50% more incidents than PlanetScale over the last 90 days (9 vs 6).
- PlanetScale had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Aiven.
- PlanetScale fixes problems faster: 54m on average, against 1d 5h for Aiven (32.4× quicker).
- Aiven's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 12, 2026); PlanetScale's lasted 3h (Jul 24, 2026).
90-day uptime
Aiven
PlanetScale
- 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: Support Ticketing System, Aiven
Recent PlanetScale incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 38m
Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Affected: ap-southeast-2 (Sydney), us-west-2 (Oregon), us-east-2 (Ohio), ca-central-1 (Montreal), europe-west4 (Eemshaven), eu-west-2 (London) +13 more
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1h 8m
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 26m
AWS us-east-1 connectivity failures
Affected: us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia)
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 3m
Branch creation delays in GCP europe-west-1
Affected: Database Operations
- Partial outageSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 14m
Connectivity issues with Vitess databases in GCP
Affected: europe-west1 (St. Ghislain), europe-west4 (Eemshaven), us-central1 (Iowa), northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia) +1 more
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
Affected: Dashboard and API Requests
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