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Netlify vs Northflank: which is more reliable? (2026)
Netlify is more reliable than Northflank, scoring 75.2 vs 72.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Netlify reported 18 incidents and Northflank reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.74% and 99.52% respectively. Netlify resolves incidents faster on average (1h 58m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Netlify | Northflank |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 75.2 | 72.5 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #5 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.74% | 99.52% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 18 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 58m | 2h 46m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Netlify and Northflank differ
- Netlify reported 3.6× as many incidents as Northflank over the last 90 days (18 vs 5).
- Netlify had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Northflank.
- Netlify fixes problems faster: 1h 58m on average, against 2h 46m for Northflank.
- Netlify's longest outage on record lasted 2h 19m (May 5, 2026); Northflank's lasted 1h 22m (Jul 22, 2026).
90-day uptime
Netlify
Northflank
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Netlify incidents
- 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
- Degraded performanceOct 17, 2026 · resolved in 52m
Affected: Build Pipeline
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
- Heroku · #2 · 99.95% uptime
- Koyeb · #3 · 99.64% uptime
- Render · #4 · 99.71% uptime