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Heroku vs Netlify: which is more reliable? (2026)
Heroku is more reliable than Netlify, scoring 91.0 vs 72.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Heroku reported 6 incidents and Netlify reported 19, with effective uptime of 99.95% and 99.68% respectively. Heroku resolves incidents faster on average (1h 43m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Heroku | Netlify |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.0 | 72.3 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #2 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.95% | 99.68% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 19 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 43m | 1h 58m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Heroku and Netlify differ
- Netlify reported 3.2× as many incidents as Heroku over the last 90 days (19 vs 6).
- Netlify had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Heroku.
- Heroku fixes problems faster: 1h 43m on average, against 1h 58m for Netlify.
- Heroku's longest incident on record lasted 5h 4m (Oct 28, 2026); Netlify's lasted 2h 19m (May 5, 2026).
90-day uptime
Heroku
Netlify
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Heroku incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 5h 4m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 18, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 10, 2026 · resolved in 20m
- Degraded performanceAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 2m
Recent Netlify incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 2, 2026 · resolved in 8h 57m
Delays in build logs appearing in the UI
Affected: Build Pipeline, Netlify Application UI
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 57m
Elevated Build Errors and Agent Runner failures
Affected: Build Pipeline, Agent Runners
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 11h 16m
Delays in build logs appearing in the UI
Affected: Build Pipeline, Netlify Application UI
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 3h 51m
Delayed Edge Functions and Functions logs
Affected: Edge Function Logs, Function Logs
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 3h 57m
Delays in build logs appearing in the UI
Affected: Build Pipeline, Netlify Application UI
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1h 9m
Affected: Agent Runners
Other app hosting platforms to consider
- DigitalOcean App Platform · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- Koyeb · #3 · 99.64% uptime
- Render · #4 · 99.71% uptime
- Google Cloud Run · #5 · 99.59% uptime