Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
CockroachDB Cloud vs Tiger Data (Timescale): which is more reliable? (2026)
Tiger Data (Timescale) is more reliable than CockroachDB Cloud, scoring 80.4 vs 57.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days CockroachDB Cloud reported 5 incidents and Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 7, with effective uptime of 99.08% and 99.76% respectively. Tiger Data (Timescale) resolves incidents faster on average (2h 9m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | CockroachDB Cloud | Tiger Data (Timescale) |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 57.6 | 80.4 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #11 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.08% | 99.76% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 10h 59m | 2h 9m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where CockroachDB Cloud and Tiger Data (Timescale) differ
- Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 40% more incidents than CockroachDB Cloud over the last 90 days (7 vs 5).
- CockroachDB Cloud had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Tiger Data (Timescale).
- Tiger Data (Timescale) fixes problems faster: 2h 9m on average, against 10h 59m for CockroachDB Cloud (5.1× quicker).
- CockroachDB Cloud's longest outage on record lasted 20h 4m (Aug 4, 2026); Tiger Data (Timescale)'s lasted 8h (Apr 21, 2026).
90-day uptime
CockroachDB Cloud
Tiger Data (Timescale)
- 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 Tiger Data (Timescale) incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
[Azure ServiceHealth] Network Infrastructure - West Europe - Resolved
- Major outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
Tiger Cloud Databases running on Azure West Europe Regionofficial update ↗
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 27m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 38m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 4h 9m
Resolved - Degraded state in Azure Germany West Centralofficial update ↗
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 6h 14m
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- Upstash · #1 · 100% uptime
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- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
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