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DigitalOcean vs Google Cloud: which is more reliable? (2026)
Google Cloud is more reliable than DigitalOcean, scoring 56.4 vs 46.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean reported 16 incidents and Google Cloud reported 4, with effective uptime of 98.04% and 98.90% respectively. DigitalOcean resolves incidents faster on average (6h 34m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DigitalOcean | Google Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 46.9 | 56.4 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #6 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.04% | 98.90% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 16 | 4 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 6h 34m | 10h 56m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DigitalOcean and Google Cloud differ
- DigitalOcean reported 4× as many incidents as Google Cloud over the last 90 days (16 vs 4).
- Google Cloud had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for DigitalOcean.
- DigitalOcean fixes problems faster: 6h 34m on average, against 10h 56m for Google Cloud.
- DigitalOcean's longest outage on record lasted 1d 1h (Aug 24, 2026); Google Cloud's lasted 3d (Jun 5, 2026).
90-day uptime
DigitalOcean
Google Cloud
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent DigitalOcean incidents
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 3h 40m
Kubernetes Cluster Management Operationsofficial update ↗
Affected: Global
- InformationalOct 13, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: Global
- Degraded performanceOct 11, 2026 · resolved in 1h 27m
DNS Resolution for Managed Kubernetes
Affected: Global
- Degraded performanceOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 1h 35m
Affected: Global
- InformationalOct 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
A Network Disruption in BLR1 Region Impacted Multiple Products (Resolved)
Affected: Bangalore, BLR1, BLR1, BLR1, BLR1, BLR1 +2 more
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 11h 21m
Support Portal Service Disruption
Affected: Support Center
Recent Google Cloud incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 6h 8m
Multiple services were experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore +32 more
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1d 5h
Google Cloud Storage (GCS) customers experienced elevated latencies and error rates when performing upload or write operations.official update ↗
Affected: Google Cloud Storage
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 10m
Multiple products in us-central1-b are experiencing network service degradation.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Run, Cloud Spanner +10 more
- Major outageAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 40m
We are investigating an issue where customers may experience timeouts, service degradations, errors, and elevated latencies across multiple products in the us-west1 region.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee Edge Public Cloud, Apigee X, Artifact Registry, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Build +21 more
Other cloud providers to consider
- IBM Cloud · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hetzner Cloud · #2 · 99.62% uptime
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) · #3 · 99.43% uptime
- UpCloud · #4 · 99.37% uptime