Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Datadog vs UptimeRobot: which is more reliable? (2026)
UptimeRobot is more reliable than Datadog, scoring 87.7 vs 82.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Datadog reported 10 incidents and UptimeRobot reported 7, with effective uptime of 99.81% and 99.93% respectively. UptimeRobot resolves incidents faster on average (25m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Datadog | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.1 | 87.7 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #8 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.81% | 99.93% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 10 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 7 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 36m | 25m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Datadog and UptimeRobot differ
- Datadog reported 43% more incidents than UptimeRobot over the last 90 days (10 vs 7).
- UptimeRobot had 7 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Datadog.
- UptimeRobot fixes problems faster: 25m on average, against 1h 36m for Datadog (3.8× quicker).
- Datadog's longest outage on record lasted 14h 1m (May 8, 2026); UptimeRobot's lasted 2h 41m (Aug 4, 2026).
90-day uptime
Datadog
UptimeRobot
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Datadog incidents
- Partial outageOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 29m
Metrics query are disruptedofficial update ↗
Affected: APM, Cloud Cost Management, Product Analytics, Cloud Network Monitoring, RUM, Bits AI +2 more
- Major outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 57m
Elevated Error Rates for Workflow Automation, App Builder, Bits Code, Bits Agent Builderofficial update ↗
Affected: App Builder, Workflow Automation, Bits AI
- Degraded performanceOct 2, 2026 · resolved in 2h 16m
Affected: RUM
- Degraded performanceSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 48m
Affected: Error Tracking, APM, CI Visibility, Cloud Network Monitoring, RUM
- Degraded performanceSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Users are unable to acknowledge, escalate, or resolve On-Call Pages
Affected: Incident Response
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 46m
Delayed Monitors Notifications
Affected: Monitors
Recent UptimeRobot incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageSep 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: API v2, RSS
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2, RSS
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageAug 29, 2026 · resolved in 2m
Affected: API v2
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- Rollbar · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- incident.io · #2 · 99.97% uptime
- New Relic · #3 · 99.93% uptime
- Checkly · #4 · 99.96% uptime
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