Code Hosting & CI/CD · reliability comparison
Bitbucket vs Buildkite: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bitbucket is more reliable than Buildkite, scoring 81.2 vs 65.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitbucket reported 5 incidents and Buildkite reported 29, with effective uptime of 99.74% and 99.57% respectively. Buildkite resolves incidents faster on average (1h 32m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bitbucket | Buildkite |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 81.2 | 65.8 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #4 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.74% | 99.57% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 29 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 58m | 1h 32m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bitbucket and Buildkite differ
- Buildkite reported 5.8× as many incidents as Bitbucket over the last 90 days (29 vs 5).
- Buildkite had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Bitbucket.
- Buildkite fixes problems faster: 1h 32m on average, against 1h 58m for Bitbucket.
- Bitbucket's longest outage on record lasted 4h 56m (Oct 1, 2026); Buildkite's lasted 6h 47m (Sep 9, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bitbucket
Buildkite
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Bitbucket incidents
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 40m
Disrupted Bitbucket availabilityofficial update ↗
Affected: Website, API, Git via SSH, Authentication and user management, Git via HTTPS, Webhooks +7 more
- Major outageOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 2h 1m
Bitbucket Cloud - Service Disruptionofficial update ↗
Affected: Website, API, Pipelines
- Partial outageOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 56m
Job processing and scheduling is degraded affecting multiple Atlassian productsofficial update ↗
Affected: Pipelines
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 44m
Delays with Bitbucket Pipelines Execution
Affected: Pipelines
- Degraded performanceSep 11, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
Intermittent reliability issue with Bitbucket Cloud
Affected: Website, API, Git via SSH, Git via HTTPS, Pipelines
Recent Buildkite incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 2h 1m
Affected: Job Queue
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Increased latency and error rates
Affected: REST API, Agent API
- InformationalOct 26, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- InformationalOct 24, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: REST API, Web, Agent API, Remote MCP Server, Job Queue
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 46m
Delays with Hosted Agents jobs
Affected: Hosted Agents
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1d
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Bitrise · #1 · 99.90% uptime
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- GitLab · #3 · 100% uptime
- Azure DevOps · #5 · 98.62% uptime
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