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PlanetScale vs Supabase: which is more reliable? (2026)
PlanetScale is more reliable than Supabase, scoring 89.1 vs 27.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days PlanetScale reported 6 incidents and Supabase reported 51, with effective uptime of 99.92% and 94.31% respectively. PlanetScale resolves incidents faster on average (54m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PlanetScale | Supabase |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.1 | 27.4 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #3 | #14 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.92% | 94.31% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 51 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 14 |
| Avg time to resolve | 54m | 14h 43m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where PlanetScale and Supabase differ
- Supabase reported 8.5× as many incidents as PlanetScale over the last 90 days (51 vs 6).
- Supabase had 14 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for PlanetScale.
- PlanetScale fixes problems faster: 54m on average, against 14h 43m for Supabase (16.2× quicker).
- PlanetScale's longest outage on record lasted 3h (Jul 24, 2026); Supabase's lasted 1d 3h (Sep 10, 2026).
90-day uptime
PlanetScale
Supabase
- 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: ap-southeast-2 (Sydney), eu-central-1 (Frankfurt), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), us-west-2 (Oregon) +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: northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), us-east1 (Moncks Corner), europe-west1 (St. Ghislain), europe-west4 (Eemshaven) +1 more
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
Affected: Dashboard and API Requests
Recent Supabase incidents
- InformationalOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 1h 8m
- InformationalOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 51m
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 53m
Delayed Log Delivery from 14:10 - 15:30 UTC
Affected: Logging & Observability
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 47m
Affected: Logging & Observability
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 3d 17h
Elevated Mgmt API Error Rates in Multiple Regions
Affected: ap-northeast-2, eu-west-3, eu-west-3, eu-central-2, eu-west-1, eu-west-2 +30 more
- Partial outageOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 13m
Elevated Mgmt API Error Rates in Multiple Regionsofficial update ↗
Affected: us-west-1, ap-southeast-1, Dashboard, us-east-1, eu-west-1
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