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CircleCI vs GitLab: which is more reliable? (2026)
GitLab is more reliable than CircleCI, scoring 81.2 vs 59.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days CircleCI reported 28 incidents and GitLab reported 10, with effective uptime of 99.19% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | CircleCI | GitLab |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 59.2 | 81.2 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #7 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.19% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 28 | 10 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 26m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where CircleCI and GitLab differ
- CircleCI reported 2.8× as many incidents as GitLab over the last 90 days (28 vs 10).
- GitLab had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for CircleCI.
90-day uptime
CircleCI
GitLab
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
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
- Azure DevOps · #5 · 98.62% uptime
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