Cloud Providers · reliability comparison
Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs UpCloud: which is more reliable? (2026)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is more reliable than UpCloud, scoring 61.8 vs 59.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported 7 incidents and UpCloud reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.43% and 99.37% 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) | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 61.8 | 59.1 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #3 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.43% | 99.37% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 7 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 11h 44m | 17h 6m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon Web Services (AWS) and UpCloud differ
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported 40% more incidents than UpCloud over the last 90 days (7 vs 5).
- UpCloud had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) fixes problems faster: 11h 44m on average, against 17h 6m for UpCloud.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)'s longest outage on record lasted 3d (Mar 2, 2026); UpCloud's lasted 3h 2m (May 26, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
UpCloud
- 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 UpCloud incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 48m
UpCloud API and Control Panel Connectivity Issues
Affected: UpCloud Control Panel, API
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 7d 7h
[SG-SIN1] Managed Object Storage Issue
Affected: APAC-1: Managed Object Storage
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 40m
[FI-HEL2]: File Storage Issues
Affected: FI-HEL2: File Storage
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved in 7h 4m
[DE-FRA1]: Storage Backend Issue
Affected: DE-FRA1: Storage Backends
- Partial outageAug 11, 2026 · resolved in 1h 57m
Affected: AU-SYD1: Cloud Servers, DE-FRA1: Cloud Servers, ES-MAD1: Cloud Servers, FI-HEL1: Cloud Servers, FI-HEL2: Cloud Servers, NL-AMS1: Cloud Servers +9 more
Other cloud providers to consider
- IBM Cloud · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hetzner Cloud · #2 · 99.61% uptime
- Google Cloud · #5 · 98.90% uptime
- DigitalOcean · #6 · 98.04% uptime