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DNSimple vs Fastly: which is more reliable? (2026)
DNSimple is more reliable than Fastly, scoring 90.4 vs 71.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DNSimple reported 2 incidents and Fastly reported 11, with effective uptime of 99.94% and 99.58% respectively. Fastly resolves incidents faster on average (1h 45m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DNSimple | Fastly |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 90.4 | 71.4 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #1 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.94% | 99.58% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 11 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 4h 5m | 1h 45m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DNSimple and Fastly differ
- Fastly reported 5.5× as many incidents as DNSimple over the last 90 days (11 vs 2).
- Fastly had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for DNSimple.
- Fastly fixes problems faster: 1h 45m on average, against 4h 5m for DNSimple (2.3× quicker).
- DNSimple's longest outage on record lasted 6h 12m (Feb 10, 2026); Fastly's lasted 2h 37m (Oct 26, 2026).
90-day uptime
DNSimple
Fastly
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent DNSimple incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 6, 2026 · resolved in 2h 45m
Edge network disruption in Warsaw EU region
Affected: Name Servers
- Degraded performanceAug 8, 2026 · resolved in 5h 26m
Degraded service in London region
Affected: Name Servers
Recent Fastly incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · ongoing
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 40m
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 37m
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 2h 37m
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Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime
- Bunny.net · #5 · 99.83% uptime