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Akamai Cloud (Linode) vs Amazon Web Services (AWS): which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is more reliable than Akamai Cloud (Linode), scoring 61.8 vs 45.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Akamai Cloud (Linode) reported 23 incidents and Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported 7, with effective uptime of 98.41% and 99.43% respectively. Amazon Web Services (AWS) resolves incidents faster on average (11h 44m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Akamai Cloud (Linode) | Amazon Web Services (AWS) |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 45.1 | 61.8 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #7 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.41% | 99.43% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 23 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 19m | 11h 44m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Akamai Cloud (Linode) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) differ
- Akamai Cloud (Linode) reported 3.3× as many incidents as Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the last 90 days (23 vs 7).
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) fixes problems faster: 11h 44m on average, against 14h 19m for Akamai Cloud (Linode).
- Akamai Cloud (Linode)'s longest incident on record lasted 3d (Oct 9, 2026); Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s lasted 3d (Mar 2, 2026).
90-day uptime
Akamai Cloud (Linode)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- 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 Amazon Web Services (AWS) incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: apigateway, us-west-2
- Degraded performanceOct 4, 2026 · resolved in 2h 42m
Affected: internetconnectivity, eu-south-2
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 58m
Affected: ec2, us-east-1
- Degraded performanceSep 3, 2026 · resolved in 2h 18m
Affected: multipleservices, us-west-2
- Degraded performanceAug 21, 2026 · resolved in 38m
Affected: connect, ap-northeast-1
- Degraded performanceAug 19, 2026 · resolved in 3h 32m
Affected: ec2, eu-west-2
Other cloud providers to consider
- IBM Cloud · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hetzner Cloud · #2 · 99.63% uptime
- UpCloud · #4 · 99.37% uptime
- Google Cloud · #5 · 98.90% uptime