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Prisma Postgres vs Tiger Data (Timescale): which is more reliable? (2026)

Prisma Postgres is more reliable than Tiger Data (Timescale), scoring 93.3 vs 80.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Prisma Postgres reported 2 incidents and Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 7, with effective uptime of 99.96% and 99.76% respectively. Tiger Data (Timescale) resolves incidents faster on average (2h 9m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

MetricPrisma PostgresTiger Data (Timescale)
Reliability score93.380.4
Rank (managed database services)#2#7
Uptime (90 days)99.96%99.76%
Incidents (90 days)27
Partial / major outages03
Avg time to resolve2h 29m2h 9m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Prisma Postgres and Tiger Data (Timescale) differ

  • Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 3.5× as many incidents as Prisma Postgres over the last 90 days (7 vs 2).
  • Tiger Data (Timescale) had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Prisma Postgres.
  • Tiger Data (Timescale) fixes problems faster: 2h 9m on average, against 2h 29m for Prisma Postgres.
  • Prisma Postgres's longest outage on record lasted 2h 30m (Jun 18, 2026); Tiger Data (Timescale)'s lasted 8h (Apr 21, 2026).

90-day uptime

Prisma Postgres

Aug 4, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 99.32% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026: no incidentsOct 15, 2026: 97.56% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 16, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.965% average daily uptimeToday

Tiger Data (Timescale)

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no incidentsAug 18, 2026: 99.59% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026: no incidentsSep 16, 2026: 96.10% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 91.35% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 23, 2026: no incidentsSep 24, 2026: 99.60% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidentsOct 8, 2026: 99.06% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 9, 2026: 93.67% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 10, 2026 – Oct 27, 2026: no incidentsOct 28, 2026: 99.12% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.761% average daily uptimeToday

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