Code Hosting & CI/CD · reliability comparison
Buildkite vs GitLab: which is more reliable? (2026)
GitLab is more reliable than Buildkite, scoring 81.2 vs 65.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Buildkite reported 29 incidents and GitLab reported 10, with effective uptime of 99.57% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Buildkite | GitLab |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 65.8 | 81.2 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #5 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.57% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 29 | 10 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 32m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Buildkite and GitLab differ
- Buildkite reported 2.9× as many incidents as GitLab over the last 90 days (29 vs 10).
- Buildkite had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for GitLab.
90-day uptime
Buildkite
GitLab
- 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 GitLab incidents
- Major outageOct 31, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 16, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 16, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Bitrise · #1 · 99.90% uptime
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
- CircleCI · #6 · 99.19% uptime
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