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PlanetScale vs Prisma Postgres: which is more reliable? (2026)
Prisma Postgres is more reliable than PlanetScale, scoring 93.3 vs 89.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days PlanetScale reported 6 incidents and Prisma Postgres reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.92% and 99.96% respectively. PlanetScale resolves incidents faster on average (54m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PlanetScale | Prisma Postgres |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.1 | 93.3 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #3 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.92% | 99.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 54m | 2h 29m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where PlanetScale and Prisma Postgres differ
- PlanetScale reported 3× as many incidents as Prisma Postgres over the last 90 days (6 vs 2).
- PlanetScale had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Prisma Postgres.
- PlanetScale fixes problems faster: 54m on average, against 2h 29m for Prisma Postgres (2.7× quicker).
- PlanetScale's longest outage on record lasted 3h (Jul 24, 2026); Prisma Postgres's lasted 2h 30m (Jun 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
PlanetScale
Prisma Postgres
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent PlanetScale incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 38m
Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Affected: europe-west1 (St. Ghislain), ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo), eu-central-1 (Frankfurt), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia) +13 more
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1h 8m
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 26m
AWS us-east-1 connectivity failures
Affected: us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia)
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 3m
Branch creation delays in GCP europe-west-1
Affected: Database Operations
- Partial outageSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 14m
Connectivity issues with Vitess databases in GCP
Affected: europe-west1 (St. Ghislain), europe-west4 (Eemshaven), us-central1 (Iowa), northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia) +1 more
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
Affected: Dashboard and API Requests
Recent Prisma Postgres incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 3h 54m
Intermittent Connection Errors on Prisma Postgres
Affected: Prisma Compute
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 5m
Degraded performance on Prisma Postgres for some users in US East.
Affected: Prisma Postgres
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- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases · #6 · 99.93% uptime
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