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Cloudflare vs Gcore: which is more reliable? (2026)
Cloudflare is more reliable than Gcore, scoring 65.1 vs 38.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Cloudflare reported 15 incidents and Gcore reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.52% and 95.88% respectively. Cloudflare resolves incidents faster on average (2h 28m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Cloudflare | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 65.1 | 38.8 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #7 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.52% | 95.88% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 15 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 28m | 12h |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Cloudflare and Gcore differ
- Cloudflare reported 2.5× as many incidents as Gcore over the last 90 days (15 vs 6).
- Gcore had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Cloudflare.
- Cloudflare fixes problems faster: 2h 28m on average, against 12h for Gcore (4.9× quicker).
- Cloudflare's longest outage on record lasted 2h 56m (Oct 23, 2026); Gcore's lasted 2d (Sep 23, 2026).
90-day uptime
Cloudflare
Gcore
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Cloudflare incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Cache purge delays in Qingdao Shandong, China
Affected: CDN Cache Purge
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Increased errors and latency for CNI 2.0 traffic in LAX
Affected: Cloud Network Interconnect (CNI), Los Angeles, United States - (LAX)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m
Network Performance Issues in Queretaro, MX
Affected: Queretaro, Mexico - (QRO)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 17h 39m
Network Performance Issues in Ashburn, IAD
Affected: Ashburn, United States - (IAD)
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 4m
Cache Purging Delays Affecting Requests Routed Through EEUR
Affected: CDN Cache Purge, Stockholm, Sweden - (ARN)
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 2h 44m
ERR_TIMED_OUT and ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE being observed by Cloudflare Customersofficial update ↗
Recent Gcore incidents
- Major outageOct 24, 2026 · resolved in 13h 6m
Multiple Services | Astana Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 51m
- Major outageSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 2d
CDN, Hosting | Kyiv, Kharkiv Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 16m
Multiple Services | Warsaw Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Partial outageSep 8, 2026 · resolved in 5h 19m
- Degraded performanceSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 48m
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime