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Amazon Route 53 vs Cloudflare: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon Route 53 is more reliable than Cloudflare, scoring 89.2 vs 64.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon Route 53 reported 1 incident and Cloudflare reported 15, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.52% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Amazon Route 53 | Cloudflare |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.2 | 64.9 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #3 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.52% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 15 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 2h 28m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon Route 53 and Cloudflare differ
- Cloudflare reported 15× as many incidents as Amazon Route 53 over the last 90 days (15 vs 1).
- Cloudflare had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Amazon Route 53.
- Amazon Route 53's longest incident on record lasted 35m (May 22, 2026); Cloudflare's lasted 2h 56m (Oct 23, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amazon Route 53
Cloudflare
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Amazon Route 53 incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 15, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Service is operating normally: [RESOLVED] Amazon Route 53 Operational Issue
Recent Cloudflare incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Cache purge delays in Qingdao Shandong, China
Affected: CDN Cache Purge
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Increased errors and latency for CNI 2.0 traffic in LAX
Affected: Cloud Network Interconnect (CNI), Los Angeles, United States - (LAX)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m
Network Performance Issues in Queretaro, MX
Affected: Queretaro, Mexico - (QRO)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 17h 39m
Network Performance Issues in Ashburn, IAD
Affected: Ashburn, United States - (IAD)
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 4m
Cache Purging Delays Affecting Requests Routed Through EEUR
Affected: CDN Cache Purge, Stockholm, Sweden - (ARN)
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 2h 44m
ERR_TIMED_OUT and ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE being observed by Cloudflare Customers
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
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- Bunny.net · #5 · 99.83% uptime