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Netlify vs Vercel: which is more reliable? (2026)
Netlify is more reliable than Vercel, scoring 75.2 vs 66.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Netlify reported 18 incidents and Vercel reported 23, with effective uptime of 99.74% and 99.58% respectively. Vercel resolves incidents faster on average (1h 32m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Netlify | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 75.2 | 66.8 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #5 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.74% | 99.58% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 18 | 23 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 9 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 58m | 1h 32m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Netlify and Vercel differ
- Vercel reported 28% more incidents than Netlify over the last 90 days (23 vs 18).
- Vercel had 9 partial or major outages, compared with 5 for Netlify.
- Vercel fixes problems faster: 1h 32m on average, against 1h 58m for Netlify.
- Netlify's longest outage on record lasted 2h 19m (May 5, 2026); Vercel's lasted 6h 36m (Oct 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Netlify
Vercel
- 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 Vercel incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Delays in Logs and Observability data
Affected: Logs, Observability
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 6h 36m
Increased build and deployment failuresofficial update ↗
Affected: Builds, Git Integrations
- Partial outageOct 10, 2026 · resolved in 1h 21m
Delays in Drains, Observability, and Workflow in Washington (iad1)
Affected: Drains, Logs, Observability, Queues, Workflow
- Partial outageOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Vercel Auth login failures for pages with Deployment Protection enabled
Affected: Routing Middleware
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Elevated Sandbox error rates in Paris (cdg1)
Affected: Sandbox
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Build failures and 500 errors for functions using Edge runtime
Affected: Builds
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- Render · #4 · 99.71% uptime