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Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs DigitalOcean: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is more reliable than DigitalOcean, scoring 61.8 vs 46.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported 7 incidents and DigitalOcean reported 16, with effective uptime of 99.43% and 98.04% respectively. DigitalOcean resolves incidents faster on average (6h 34m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | DigitalOcean |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 61.8 | 46.9 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #3 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.43% | 98.04% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 7 | 16 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 11h 44m | 6h 34m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon Web Services (AWS) and DigitalOcean differ
- DigitalOcean reported 2.3× as many incidents as Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the last 90 days (16 vs 7).
- DigitalOcean had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- DigitalOcean fixes problems faster: 6h 34m on average, against 11h 44m for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s longest outage on record lasted 3d (Mar 2, 2026); DigitalOcean's lasted 1d 1h (Aug 24, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
DigitalOcean
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
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 · 99.60% uptime
- UpCloud · #4 · 99.37% uptime
- Google Cloud · #5 · 98.90% uptime