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Akamai Cloud (Linode) vs Alibaba Cloud: which is more reliable? (2026)
Alibaba Cloud is more reliable than Akamai Cloud (Linode), scoring 100.0 vs 44.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Akamai Cloud (Linode) reported 23 incidents and Alibaba Cloud reported 0, with effective uptime of 98.32% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Akamai Cloud (Linode) | Alibaba Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 44.1 | 100.0 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #7 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.32% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 23 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 19m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Akamai Cloud (Linode) and Alibaba Cloud differ
- Alibaba Cloud reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Akamai Cloud (Linode) reported 23.
- Akamai Cloud (Linode)'s longest incident on record lasted 3d (Oct 9, 2026); Alibaba Cloud's lasted 10h 19m (Apr 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
Akamai Cloud (Linode)
Alibaba Cloud
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Akamai Cloud (Linode) incidents
- InformationalNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 3h 12m
Connectivity Issue - IN-MAA and IN-BOM-2
Affected: IN-MAA (Chennai), IN-BOM-2 (Mumbai 2)
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · ongoing
Service Issue - US-Southeast (Atlanta)
Affected: US-Southeast (Atlanta)
- InformationalOct 28, 2026 · ongoing
Service Issue - Block Storage (BR-GRU)
Affected: BR-GRU (São Paulo) Block Storage
- Degraded performanceOct 25, 2026 · ongoing
Connectivity Issue between ID-CGK (Jakarta) and SG-SIN-2 (Singapore 2)
Affected: ID-CGK (Jakarta), SG-SIN-2 (Singapore 2)
- InformationalOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 11h 17m
Connectivity Issue - Dallas Data Center (IPv6 Traffic to Google)
Affected: US-Central (Dallas)
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Service Issue - Linode Kubernetes Engine
Affected: US-East (Newark) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-Central (Dallas) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-West (Fremont) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-Southeast (Atlanta) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-IAD (Washington) Linode Kubernetes Engine, US-ORD (Chicago) Linode Kubernetes Engine +25 more
Recent Alibaba Cloud incidents
No incidents reported by Alibaba Cloud in the last 90 days.
Other cloud providers to consider
- IBM Cloud · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hetzner Cloud · #2 · 99.53% uptime
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) · #3 · 99.43% uptime
- UpCloud · #4 · 99.37% uptime