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Akamai vs Gcore: which is more reliable? (2026)
Gcore is more reliable than Akamai, scoring 38.7 vs 29.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Akamai reported 24 incidents and Gcore reported 6, with effective uptime of 96.55% and 95.86% respectively. Gcore resolves incidents faster on average (12h).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Akamai | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 29.7 | 38.7 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #10 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 96.55% | 95.86% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 24 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 11h | 12h |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Akamai and Gcore differ
- Akamai reported 4× as many incidents as Gcore over the last 90 days (24 vs 6).
- Gcore had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Akamai.
- Gcore fixes problems faster: 12h on average, against 1d 11h for Akamai (3.0× quicker).
- Akamai's longest incident on record lasted 3d (Sep 22, 2026); Gcore's lasted 2d (Sep 23, 2026).
90-day uptime
Akamai
Gcore
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Akamai incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
Performance Degradation for Customers in Mumbai and Chennai
Affected: Edge Delivery
- Degraded performanceOct 25, 2026 · ongoing
Edge Delivery issues between Indonesia and Singapore
Affected: Edge Delivery
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1d 23h
Edge Delivery Secure CDN platform at Risk of Capacity Issues
Affected: Edge Delivery
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1d 8h
Web Security Analytics, Reporting and Configuration Deployment Issues
Affected: Configuration Deployment, Reporting, Web Security Analytics
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 9h 20m
NetStorage issues in Los Angeles
Affected: NetStorage
- Degraded performanceOct 2, 2026 · resolved in 1h 15m
Affected: Edge Delivery
Recent Gcore incidents
- Major outageOct 24, 2026 · resolved in 13h 6m
Multiple Services | Astana Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 51m
- Major outageSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 2d
CDN, Hosting | Kyiv, Kharkiv Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 16m
Multiple Services | Warsaw Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Partial outageSep 8, 2026 · resolved in 5h 19m
- Degraded performanceSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 48m
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime