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Depot vs Semaphore: which is more reliable? (2026)
Depot is more reliable than Semaphore, scoring 85.5 vs 54.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Depot reported 9 incidents and Semaphore reported 22, with effective uptime of 99.89% and 98.92% respectively. Depot resolves incidents faster on average (1h 6m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Depot | Semaphore |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 85.5 | 54.9 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #2 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.89% | 98.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 22 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 6 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 6m | 4h 2m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Depot and Semaphore differ
- Semaphore reported 2.4× as many incidents as Depot over the last 90 days (22 vs 9).
- Semaphore had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for Depot.
- Depot fixes problems faster: 1h 6m on average, against 4h 2m for Semaphore (3.7× quicker).
- Depot's longest outage on record lasted 1h 55m (Oct 8, 2026); Semaphore's lasted 10h 5m (Aug 31, 2026).
90-day uptime
Depot
Semaphore
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Depot incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 3h 2m
Affected: us-east-1, Depot CI
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1h 55m
Affected: us-east-1, Depot CI
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 1h 41m
Slow disk I/O for US container builds
Affected: us-east-1
- Degraded performanceOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 1h 48m
Slow disk I/O for EU container builds
Affected: eu-central-1
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 19m
Elevated queue times for Sandboxes and Depot CI Jobs
Affected: Depot CI
- Partial outageSep 20, 2026 · resolved in 6m
Affected: us-east-1, Depot CI
Recent Semaphore incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 25m
Affected: Semaphore
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 3h 14m
Affected: Semaphore
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 2h 41m
Affected: Semaphore
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 15m
Affected: Semaphore
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 3h 47m
Affected: Semaphore
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 2h 1m
Affected: Semaphore
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Bitrise · #1 · 99.90% uptime
- GitLab · #3 · 100% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
- Buildkite · #5 · 99.57% uptime
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