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Aiven vs Upstash: which is more reliable? (2026)
Upstash is more reliable than Aiven, scoring 98.0 vs 34.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Aiven reported 9 incidents and Upstash reported 3, with effective uptime of 97.43% and 100% respectively. Upstash resolves incidents faster on average (<1m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Aiven | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 34.6 | 98.0 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #13 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.43% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d 5h | <1m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Aiven and Upstash differ
- Aiven reported 3× as many incidents as Upstash over the last 90 days (9 vs 3).
- Aiven had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Upstash.
- Upstash fixes problems faster: <1m on average, against 1d 5h for Aiven (Infinity× quicker).
- Aiven's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 12, 2026); Upstash's lasted 3h 59m (May 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Aiven
Upstash
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Aiven incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 12h 47m
Google Cloud VPN incident affecting services
Affected: Aiven
- InformationalOct 18, 2026 · resolved in 17h 12m
- InformationalOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 4h 51m
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 4d 14h
Issues with spin up node in google asia-southeast1 regionofficial update ↗
Affected: Aiven
- InformationalSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 4h 27m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 7h 10m
Aiven Console and API are downofficial update ↗
Affected: Aiven, Support Ticketing System
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
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- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
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