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Alibaba Cloud vs DigitalOcean: which is more reliable? (2026)
Alibaba Cloud is more reliable than DigitalOcean, scoring 90.0 vs 46.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Alibaba Cloud reported 0 incidents and DigitalOcean reported 16, with effective uptime of 100% and 98.04% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Alibaba Cloud | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 90.0 | 46.9 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | — | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 98.04% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 16 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 6h 34m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 50/100 | 100/100 |
Where Alibaba Cloud and DigitalOcean differ
- Alibaba Cloud reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while DigitalOcean reported 16.
- DigitalOcean had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Alibaba Cloud.
90-day uptime
Alibaba Cloud
DigitalOcean
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Alibaba Cloud incidents
No incidents reported by Alibaba Cloud in the last 90 days.
Recent DigitalOcean incidents
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 3h 40m
Kubernetes Cluster Management Operationsofficial update ↗
Affected: Global
- InformationalOct 13, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: Global
- Degraded performanceOct 11, 2026 · resolved in 1h 27m
DNS Resolution for Managed Kubernetes
Affected: Global
- Degraded performanceOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 1h 35m
Affected: Global
- InformationalOct 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
A Network Disruption in BLR1 Region Impacted Multiple Products (Resolved)
Affected: Bangalore, BLR1, BLR1, BLR1, BLR1, BLR1 +2 more
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 11h 21m
Support Portal Service Disruption
Affected: Support Center
Other cloud providers to consider
- IBM Cloud · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hetzner Cloud · #2 · 99.62% uptime
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) · #3 · 99.43% uptime
- UpCloud · #4 · 99.37% uptime