Code Hosting & CI/CD · reliability comparison
Bitbucket vs GitHub: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bitbucket is more reliable than GitHub, scoring 81.2 vs 47.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bitbucket reported 5 incidents and GitHub reported 35, with effective uptime of 99.74% and 98.37% respectively. Bitbucket resolves incidents faster on average (1h 58m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bitbucket | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 81.2 | 47.1 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #4 | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.74% | 98.37% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 35 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 11 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 58m | 2h 33m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bitbucket and GitHub differ
- GitHub reported 7× as many incidents as Bitbucket over the last 90 days (35 vs 5).
- GitHub had 11 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Bitbucket.
- Bitbucket fixes problems faster: 1h 58m on average, against 2h 33m for GitHub.
- Bitbucket's longest outage on record lasted 4h 56m (Oct 1, 2026); GitHub's lasted 4h 30m (Oct 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bitbucket
GitHub
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Bitbucket incidents
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 40m
Disrupted Bitbucket availability
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 Disruption
Affected: Website, API, Pipelines
- Partial outageOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 56m
Job processing and scheduling is degraded affecting multiple Atlassian products
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 GitHub incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h 30m
- Partial outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks
Affected: Webhooks, Actions, Pages
- Major outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Disruption with GitHub services
Affected: Issues, Pages
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 9m
Incident with Actions, Issues, API Requests and Pull Requests
Affected: API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 3h 53m
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Bitrise · #1 · 99.90% uptime
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- GitLab · #3 · 100% uptime
- Buildkite · #5 · 99.57% uptime
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