Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Aiven vs Tiger Data (Timescale): which is more reliable? (2026)
Tiger Data (Timescale) is more reliable than Aiven, scoring 80.4 vs 34.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Aiven reported 9 incidents and Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 7, with effective uptime of 97.43% and 99.76% respectively. Tiger Data (Timescale) resolves incidents faster on average (2h 9m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Aiven | Tiger Data (Timescale) |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 34.6 | 80.4 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #13 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.43% | 99.76% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 5h | 2h 9m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Aiven and Tiger Data (Timescale) differ
- Aiven reported 29% more incidents than Tiger Data (Timescale) over the last 90 days (9 vs 7).
- Tiger Data (Timescale) fixes problems faster: 2h 9m on average, against 1d 5h for Aiven (13.7× quicker).
- Aiven's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 12, 2026); Tiger Data (Timescale)'s lasted 8h (Apr 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
Aiven
Tiger Data (Timescale)
- 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 Tiger Data (Timescale) incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
[Azure ServiceHealth] Network Infrastructure - West Europe - Resolved
- Major outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
Tiger Cloud Databases running on Azure West Europe Regionofficial update ↗
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 27m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 38m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 4h 9m
Resolved - Degraded state in Azure Germany West Centralofficial update ↗
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 6h 14m
Other managed database services to consider
- Upstash · #1 · 100% uptime
- Prisma Postgres · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
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