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CockroachDB Cloud vs PlanetScale: which is more reliable? (2026)
PlanetScale is more reliable than CockroachDB Cloud, scoring 89.1 vs 57.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days CockroachDB Cloud reported 5 incidents and PlanetScale reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.08% and 99.92% respectively. PlanetScale resolves incidents faster on average (54m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | CockroachDB Cloud | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 57.6 | 89.1 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #11 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.08% | 99.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 10h 59m | 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where CockroachDB Cloud and PlanetScale differ
- PlanetScale reported 20% more incidents than CockroachDB Cloud over the last 90 days (6 vs 5).
- PlanetScale fixes problems faster: 54m on average, against 10h 59m for CockroachDB Cloud (12.1× quicker).
- CockroachDB Cloud's longest outage on record lasted 20h 4m (Aug 4, 2026); PlanetScale's lasted 3h (Jul 24, 2026).
90-day uptime
CockroachDB Cloud
PlanetScale
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent CockroachDB Cloud incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 7h
gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard, CockroachDB Advanced
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 22h 12m
Stock out issues in GCP us-central1
Affected: CockroachDB Advanced, Continuum Mission Critical
- Partial outageSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
Connection attempts failing for multiple Basic tenants in GCP South America (southamerica-east1).
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 9m
Cloud Latency, Delays, Connection Issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
- Partial outageAug 4, 2026 · resolved in 20h 4m
Cluster connectivity and execution issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
Recent PlanetScale incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 38m
Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Affected: eu-west-2 (London), us-east-2 (Ohio), ca-central-1 (Montreal), ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo), ap-southeast-2 (Sydney), eu-west-1 (Dublin) +13 more
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1h 8m
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 26m
AWS us-east-1 connectivity failures
Affected: us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia)
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 3m
Branch creation delays in GCP europe-west-1
Affected: Database Operations
- Partial outageSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 14m
Connectivity issues with Vitess databases in GCP
Affected: us-central1 (Iowa), northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), us-east1 (Moncks Corner), europe-west1 (St. Ghislain) +1 more
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
Affected: Dashboard and API Requests
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