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Aiven vs Prisma Postgres: which is more reliable? (2026)
Prisma Postgres is more reliable than Aiven, scoring 93.3 vs 34.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Aiven reported 9 incidents and Prisma Postgres reported 2, with effective uptime of 97.43% and 99.96% respectively. Prisma Postgres resolves incidents faster on average (2h 29m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Aiven | Prisma Postgres |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 34.6 | 93.3 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #13 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.43% | 99.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 5h | 2h 29m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Aiven and Prisma Postgres differ
- Aiven reported 4.5× as many incidents as Prisma Postgres over the last 90 days (9 vs 2).
- Aiven had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Prisma Postgres.
- Prisma Postgres fixes problems faster: 2h 29m on average, against 1d 5h for Aiven (11.8× quicker).
- Aiven's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 12, 2026); Prisma Postgres's lasted 2h 30m (Jun 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
Aiven
Prisma Postgres
- 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 Prisma Postgres incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 3h 54m
Intermittent Connection Errors on Prisma Postgres
Affected: Prisma Compute
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 5m
Degraded performance on Prisma Postgres for some users in US East.
Affected: Prisma Postgres
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