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Heroku vs Northflank: which is more reliable? (2026)
Heroku is more reliable than Northflank, scoring 91.0 vs 71.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Heroku reported 6 incidents and Northflank reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.95% and 99.48% respectively. Heroku resolves incidents faster on average (1h 43m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Heroku | Northflank |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.0 | 71.3 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #2 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.95% | 99.48% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 43m | 2h 46m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Heroku and Northflank differ
- Heroku reported 20% more incidents than Northflank over the last 90 days (6 vs 5).
- Northflank had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Heroku.
- Heroku fixes problems faster: 1h 43m on average, against 2h 46m for Northflank.
- Heroku's longest incident on record lasted 5h 4m (Oct 28, 2026); Northflank's lasted 1h 22m (Jul 22, 2026).
90-day uptime
Heroku
Northflank
- 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 Northflank incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · ongoing
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 6h 51m
- Degraded performanceSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 46m
- Degraded performanceSep 4, 2026 · resolved in 2h 25m
- Partial outageAug 5, 2026 · resolved in 1h 1m
Other app hosting platforms to consider
- DigitalOcean App Platform · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- Koyeb · #3 · 99.64% uptime
- Render · #4 · 99.71% uptime
- Netlify · #5 · 99.73% uptime