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Akamai vs Gcore: which is more reliable? (2026)

Akamai is more reliable than Gcore, scoring 25.8 vs 23.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Akamai reported 23 incidents and Gcore reported 6, with effective uptime of 98.19% and 95.91% respectively. Gcore resolves incidents faster on average (12h).

Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score

Akamai

25.8/100

Degraded

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Gcore

23.5/100

Operational

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VS
MetricAkamaiGcore
Reliability score25.823.5
Rank (CDN & DNS providers)#8#9
Uptime (90 days)98.19%95.91%
Incidents (90 days)236
Partial / major outages04
Avg time to resolve17h 1m12h
Outages we detected00
Transparency scoreCollecting dataCollecting data

Where Akamai and Gcore differ

  • Akamai reported 3.8× as many incidents as Gcore over the last 90 days (23 vs 6).
  • Gcore had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Akamai.
  • Gcore fixes problems faster: 12h on average, against 17h 1m for Akamai.
  • Akamai's longest incident on record lasted 3d (Sep 22, 2026); Gcore's lasted 2d (Sep 23, 2026).

90-day uptime

Akamai

Aug 5, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 10, 2026: no incidentsAug 11, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentAug 12, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidentsAug 13, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidentsAug 14, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentAug 15, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026: no incidentsAug 19, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Aug 20, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidentsAug 21, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentAug 22, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentAug 23, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentAug 24, 2026: no incidentsAug 25, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentAug 26, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentAug 27, 2026: no incidentsAug 28, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentAug 29, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026: no incidentsSep 4, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidentsSep 5, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026: no incidentsSep 10, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentSep 11, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentSep 12, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Sep 16, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidentsSep 23, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidentsSep 24, 2026 – Sep 27, 2026: no incidentsSep 28, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentSep 29, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidentsSep 30, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Oct 1, 2026: no incidentsOct 2, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentOct 3, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026: no incidentsOct 21, 2026: degraded performance, 3 incidentsOct 22, 2026: degraded performance, 3 incidentsOct 23, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Oct 24, 2026: no incidentsOct 25, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentOct 26, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentOct 27, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Oct 28, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Oct 29, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Oct 30, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated)Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.190% average daily uptimeToday

Gcore

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026: no dataAug 27, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026: no incidentsSep 5, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentSep 6, 2026 – Sep 7, 2026: no incidentsSep 8, 2026: 88.92% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 9, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 95.27% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 23, 2026: 36.05% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 24, 2026: 0.00% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 25, 2026: 61.02% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 26, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026: no incidentsOct 21, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incidentOct 22, 2026 – Oct 23, 2026: no incidentsOct 24, 2026: 81.18% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 25, 2026: 64.23% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 26, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago95.956% average daily uptimeToday

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