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Fastly vs Gcore: which is more reliable? (2026)
Fastly is more reliable than Gcore, scoring 71.2 vs 38.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Fastly reported 11 incidents and Gcore reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.58% and 95.86% respectively. Fastly resolves incidents faster on average (1h 45m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Fastly | Gcore |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 71.2 | 38.7 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #6 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.58% | 95.86% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 11 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 45m | 12h |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Fastly and Gcore differ
- Fastly reported 83% more incidents than Gcore over the last 90 days (11 vs 6).
- Fastly fixes problems faster: 1h 45m on average, against 12h for Gcore (6.9× quicker).
- Fastly's longest outage on record lasted 2h 37m (Oct 26, 2026); Gcore's lasted 2d (Sep 23, 2026).
90-day uptime
Fastly
Gcore
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Content Delivery (CDN) with Possible Impactofficial update ↗
Recent Gcore incidents
- Major outageOct 24, 2026 · resolved in 13h 6m
Multiple Services | Astana Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 51m
- Major outageSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 2d
CDN, Hosting | Kyiv, Kharkiv Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 16m
Multiple Services | Warsaw Incident Detailsofficial update ↗
- Partial outageSep 8, 2026 · resolved in 5h 19m
- Degraded performanceSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 48m
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime