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DigitalOcean Managed Databases vs PlanetScale: which is more reliable? (2026)
PlanetScale is more reliable than DigitalOcean Managed Databases, scoring 89.1 vs 85.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean Managed Databases reported 1 incident and PlanetScale reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.93% and 99.92% respectively. PlanetScale resolves incidents faster on average (54m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DigitalOcean Managed Databases | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 85.7 | 89.1 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #6 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.93% | 99.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 9h 22m | 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DigitalOcean Managed Databases and PlanetScale differ
- PlanetScale reported 6× as many incidents as DigitalOcean Managed Databases over the last 90 days (6 vs 1).
- PlanetScale had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for DigitalOcean Managed Databases.
- PlanetScale fixes problems faster: 54m on average, against 9h 22m for DigitalOcean Managed Databases (10.3× quicker).
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases's longest incident on record lasted 10h 16m (Jul 2, 2026); PlanetScale's lasted 3h (Jul 24, 2026).
90-day uptime
DigitalOcean Managed Databases
PlanetScale
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent DigitalOcean Managed Databases incidents
- Degraded performanceAug 23, 2026 · resolved in 9h 22m
Affected: NYC1, NYC3
Recent PlanetScale incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 38m
Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Affected: ap-southeast-2 (Sydney), eu-central-1 (Frankfurt), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), us-west-2 (Oregon) +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: northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), us-east1 (Moncks Corner), europe-west1 (St. Ghislain), europe-west4 (Eemshaven) +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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- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
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