Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Prisma Postgres vs Upstash: which is more reliable? (2026)
Upstash is more reliable than Prisma Postgres, scoring 98.0 vs 93.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Prisma Postgres reported 2 incidents and Upstash reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.96% and 100% respectively. Upstash resolves incidents faster on average (<1m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Prisma Postgres | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 93.3 | 98.0 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #2 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.96% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 29m | <1m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Prisma Postgres and Upstash differ
- Upstash reported 50% more incidents than Prisma Postgres over the last 90 days (3 vs 2).
- Upstash fixes problems faster: <1m on average, against 2h 29m for Prisma Postgres (Infinity× quicker).
- Prisma Postgres's longest outage on record lasted 2h 30m (Jun 18, 2026); Upstash's lasted 3h 59m (May 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Prisma Postgres
Upstash
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent Upstash incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 29, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceSep 9, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Intermittent DNS Resolution Errors for Upstash Vector in US East (us-east-1)
- InformationalSep 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Other managed database services to consider
- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases · #6 · 99.93% uptime
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