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Axiom vs Grafana Cloud: which is more reliable? (2026)

Axiom is more reliable than Grafana Cloud, scoring 63.5 vs 33.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Axiom reported 9 incidents and Grafana Cloud reported 63, with effective uptime of 99.50% and 97.05% respectively. Grafana Cloud resolves incidents faster on average (6h 1m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Axiom

63.5/100

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Grafana Cloud

33.2/100

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MetricAxiomGrafana Cloud
Reliability score63.533.2
Rank (monitoring & observability tools)#12#14
Uptime (90 days)99.50%97.05%
Incidents (90 days)963
Partial / major outages415
Avg time to resolve6h 36m6h 1m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Axiom and Grafana Cloud differ

  • Grafana Cloud reported 7× as many incidents as Axiom over the last 90 days (63 vs 9).
  • Grafana Cloud had 15 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for Axiom.
  • Grafana Cloud fixes problems faster: 6h 1m on average, against 6h 36m for Axiom.
  • Axiom's longest outage on record lasted 4h 22m (May 15, 2026); Grafana Cloud's lasted 3d (Jun 18, 2026).

90-day uptime

Axiom

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026: no incidentsAug 10, 2026: 95.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 11, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 12, 2026: 87.41% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 13, 2026 – Oct 6, 2026: no incidentsOct 7, 2026: 97.66% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 8, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026: no incidentsOct 14, 2026: 99.47% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 97.69% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026: no incidentsOct 21, 2026: 99.65% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026: no incidentsOct 25, 2026: 99.33% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 26, 2026: no incidentsOct 27, 2026: 94.51% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 28, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 99.30% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.508% average daily uptimeToday

Grafana Cloud

Aug 4, 2026: 77.89% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Aug 5, 2026: 93.57% uptime, 3 incidents (Major outage)Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026: no incidentsAug 8, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 9, 2026: no incidentsAug 10, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026: no incidentsAug 13, 2026: 94.30% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no incidentsAug 18, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 24, 2026: no incidentsAug 25, 2026: 99.76% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 26, 2026: no incidentsAug 27, 2026: 99.40% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 28, 2026: 95.81% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 29, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 96.93% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026: no incidentsSep 3, 2026: 92.04% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 4, 2026: 88.35% uptime, 4 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 5, 2026 – Sep 7, 2026: no incidentsSep 8, 2026: 95.96% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 9, 2026: 98.49% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026: no incidentsSep 12, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 13, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 99.19% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: no incidentsSep 17, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 81.15% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 23, 2026: 74.96% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 25, 2026: no incidentsSep 26, 2026: 99.49% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 27, 2026: no incidentsSep 28, 2026: 92.41% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Sep 29, 2026: no incidentsSep 30, 2026: 98.13% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 1, 2026: no incidentsOct 2, 2026: 97.49% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026: no incidentsOct 4, 2026: 99.85% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 5, 2026: 95.18% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 6, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 7, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 89.81% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026: no incidentsOct 12, 2026: 85.52% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 13, 2026: 90.87% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 76.66% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 16, 2026: 92.31% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 17, 2026: 98.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 18, 2026: no incidentsOct 19, 2026: 94.11% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 20, 2026: 95.39% uptime, 4 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 21, 2026: 94.58% uptime, 4 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 22, 2026: no incidentsOct 23, 2026: 95.50% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 24, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026: no incidentsOct 27, 2026: 95.41% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Oct 28, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago97.049% average daily uptimeToday

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