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DigitalOcean vs Scaleway: which is more reliable? (2026)
DigitalOcean is more reliable than Scaleway, scoring 46.9 vs 23.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean reported 16 incidents and Scaleway reported 98, with effective uptime of 98.04% and 90.53% respectively. DigitalOcean resolves incidents faster on average (6h 34m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DigitalOcean | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 46.9 | 23.9 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #6 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.04% | 90.53% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 16 | 98 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 10 |
| Avg time to resolve | 6h 34m | 20h 32m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DigitalOcean and Scaleway differ
- Scaleway reported 6.1× as many incidents as DigitalOcean over the last 90 days (98 vs 16).
- Scaleway had 10 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for DigitalOcean.
- DigitalOcean fixes problems faster: 6h 34m on average, against 20h 32m for Scaleway (3.1× quicker).
- DigitalOcean's longest outage on record lasted 1d 1h (Aug 24, 2026); Scaleway's lasted 3d (Jul 9, 2026).
90-day uptime
DigitalOcean
Scaleway
- 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 Scaleway incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in <1m
[Container Registry] - FR-PAR - API unreacheable upstream request timeout.
Affected: fr-par-1, fr-par-2, fr-par-3, Container Registry
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · ongoing
[fr-par] [Serverless SQL DB] Backups will be suspended on Friday and Saturday nights
Affected: Serverless-Database
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in <1m
[NL-AMS] - 20% of client requests failed with HTTP 503 errors
Affected: Serverless Container
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Block Storage, Databases, Instances
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1d
[fr-par] [Serverless SQL DB] All SQL databases are unavailableofficial update ↗
Affected: Serverless-Database
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 14m
[TEM] - TEM IP address blacklist
Affected: Transactional Email
Other cloud providers to consider
- IBM Cloud · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hetzner Cloud · #2 · 99.57% uptime
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) · #3 · 99.43% uptime
- UpCloud · #4 · 99.37% uptime