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Buildkite vs GitHub: which is more reliable? (2026)
Buildkite is more reliable than GitHub, scoring 65.8 vs 47.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Buildkite reported 29 incidents and GitHub reported 35, with effective uptime of 99.57% and 98.37% respectively. Buildkite resolves incidents faster on average (1h 32m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Buildkite | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 65.8 | 47.1 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #5 | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.57% | 98.37% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 29 | 35 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 11 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 32m | 2h 33m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Buildkite and GitHub differ
- GitHub reported 21% more incidents than Buildkite over the last 90 days (35 vs 29).
- GitHub had 11 partial or major outages, compared with 5 for Buildkite.
- Buildkite fixes problems faster: 1h 32m on average, against 2h 33m for GitHub.
- Buildkite's longest outage on record lasted 6h 47m (Sep 9, 2026); GitHub's lasted 4h 30m (Oct 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
Buildkite
GitHub
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
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
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
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