Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
Tiger Data (Timescale) vs Upstash: which is more reliable? (2026)
Upstash is more reliable than Tiger Data (Timescale), scoring 98.0 vs 80.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 7 incidents and Upstash reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.76% and 100% respectively. Upstash resolves incidents faster on average (<1m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Tiger Data (Timescale) | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 80.4 | 98.0 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #7 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.76% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 7 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 9m | <1m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Tiger Data (Timescale) and Upstash differ
- Tiger Data (Timescale) reported 2.3× as many incidents as Upstash over the last 90 days (7 vs 3).
- Tiger Data (Timescale) had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Upstash.
- Upstash fixes problems faster: <1m on average, against 2h 9m for Tiger Data (Timescale) (Infinity× quicker).
- Tiger Data (Timescale)'s longest outage on record lasted 8h (Apr 21, 2026); Upstash's lasted 3h 59m (May 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Tiger Data (Timescale)
Upstash
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Tiger Data (Timescale) incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
[Azure ServiceHealth] Network Infrastructure - West Europe - Resolved
- Major outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
Tiger Cloud Databases running on Azure West Europe Regionofficial update ↗
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 27m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 38m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 4h 9m
Resolved - Degraded state in Azure Germany West Centralofficial update ↗
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 6h 14m
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
- Prisma Postgres · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
See the full most reliable managed database services ranking →