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Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Scaleway: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is more reliable than Scaleway, scoring 61.8 vs 23.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported 7 incidents and Scaleway reported 97, with effective uptime of 99.43% and 90.59% respectively. Amazon Web Services (AWS) resolves incidents faster on average (11h 44m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 61.8 | 23.9 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #3 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.43% | 90.59% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 7 | 97 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 10 |
| Avg time to resolve | 11h 44m | 20h 48m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Scaleway differ
- Scaleway reported 13.9× as many incidents as Amazon Web Services (AWS) over the last 90 days (97 vs 7).
- Scaleway had 10 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) fixes problems faster: 11h 44m on average, against 20h 48m for Scaleway.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s longest outage on record lasted 3d (Mar 2, 2026); Scaleway's lasted 3d (Jul 9, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Scaleway
- 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 Scaleway incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · ongoing
[fr-par] [Serverless SQL DB] Backups will be suspended on Friday and Saturday nights
Affected: Serverless-Database
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in <1m
[NL-AMS] - 20% of client requests failed with HTTP 503 errors
Affected: Serverless Container
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Block Storage, Databases, Instances
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1d
[fr-par] [Serverless SQL DB] All SQL databases are unavailable
Affected: Serverless-Database
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 14m
[TEM] - TEM IP address blacklist
Affected: Transactional Email
- MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h
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