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DigitalOcean Managed Databases vs Prisma Postgres: which is more reliable? (2026)
Prisma Postgres is more reliable than DigitalOcean Managed Databases, scoring 93.3 vs 85.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean Managed Databases reported 1 incident and Prisma Postgres reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.93% and 99.96% respectively. Prisma Postgres resolves incidents faster on average (2h 29m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | DigitalOcean Managed Databases | Prisma Postgres |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 85.7 | 93.3 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #6 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.93% | 99.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 9h 22m | 2h 29m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DigitalOcean Managed Databases and Prisma Postgres differ
- Prisma Postgres reported 2× as many incidents as DigitalOcean Managed Databases over the last 90 days (2 vs 1).
- Prisma Postgres fixes problems faster: 2h 29m on average, against 9h 22m for DigitalOcean Managed Databases (3.8× quicker).
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases's longest incident on record lasted 10h 16m (Jul 2, 2026); Prisma Postgres's lasted 2h 30m (Jun 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Prisma Postgres
- 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 Prisma Postgres incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 3h 54m
Intermittent Connection Errors on Prisma Postgres
Affected: Prisma Compute
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 5m
Degraded performance on Prisma Postgres for some users in US East.
Affected: Prisma Postgres
Other managed database services to consider
- Upstash · #1 · 100% uptime
- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
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