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Cloudflare vs Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS is more reliable than Cloudflare, scoring 84.7 vs 65.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Cloudflare reported 15 incidents and Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.52% and 99.85% respectively. Cloudflare resolves incidents faster on average (2h 28m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Cloudflare | Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 65.0 | 84.7 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #7 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.52% | 99.85% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 15 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 28m | 6h 8m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Cloudflare and Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS differ
- Cloudflare reported 15× as many incidents as Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS over the last 90 days (15 vs 1).
- Cloudflare had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS.
- Cloudflare fixes problems faster: 2h 28m on average, against 6h 8m for Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS (2.5× quicker).
- Cloudflare's longest outage on record lasted 2h 56m (Oct 23, 2026); Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS's lasted 3d (Jun 5, 2026).
90-day uptime
Cloudflare
Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS
- 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 Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 6h 8m
Multiple services were experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore +32 more
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Bunny.net · #5 · 99.83% uptime