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Azure DevOps vs CircleCI: which is more reliable? (2026)
Azure DevOps is more reliable than CircleCI, scoring 69.2 vs 59.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Azure DevOps reported 1 incident and CircleCI reported 28, with effective uptime of 98.63% and 99.19% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Azure DevOps | CircleCI |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 69.2 | 59.2 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #5 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.63% | 99.19% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 28 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 2h 26m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Azure DevOps and CircleCI differ
- CircleCI reported 28× as many incidents as Azure DevOps over the last 90 days (28 vs 1).
- CircleCI had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Azure DevOps.
90-day uptime
Azure DevOps
CircleCI
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Azure DevOps incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 30, 2026 · ongoing
Higher latency and intermittent failures for the organizations in Australia
Affected: Core services
Recent CircleCI incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 3m
Delays for gen2 dedicated IP range jobs
Affected: Docker Jobs
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
Increased Docker gen2 wait times
Affected: Docker Jobs
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 2h 16m
Increased wait times for macOS jobs on m4pro.large
Affected: macOS Jobs
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 1h 13m
Delays starting macOS jobs that use Xcode 26.6.0
Affected: macOS Jobs
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 14h 36m
Delay in data appearing in UI and APIofficial update ↗
Affected: CircleCI API, CircleCI UI
- Degraded performanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 3h 35m
Elevated wait times for machine jobs
Affected: Machine Jobs
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Bitrise · #1 · 99.90% uptime
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- GitLab · #3 · 100% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
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