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Amazon Web Services (AWS) vs Microsoft Azure: which is more reliable? (2026)
Microsoft Azure is more reliable than Amazon Web Services (AWS), scoring 100.0 vs 61.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported 7 incidents and Microsoft Azure reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.43% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 61.8 | 100.0 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #3 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.43% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 7 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 11h 44m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure differ
- Microsoft Azure reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Amazon Web Services (AWS) reported 7.
90-day uptime
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Azure
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Amazon Web Services (AWS) incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: apigateway, us-west-2
- Degraded performanceOct 4, 2026 · resolved in 2h 42m
Affected: internetconnectivity, eu-south-2
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 58m
Affected: ec2, us-east-1
- Degraded performanceSep 3, 2026 · resolved in 2h 18m
Affected: multipleservices, us-west-2
- Degraded performanceAug 21, 2026 · resolved in 38m
Affected: connect, ap-northeast-1
- Degraded performanceAug 19, 2026 · resolved in 3h 32m
Affected: ec2, eu-west-2
Recent Microsoft Azure incidents
No incidents reported by Microsoft Azure in the last 90 days.
Other cloud providers to consider
- IBM Cloud · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hetzner Cloud · #2 · 99.54% uptime
- UpCloud · #4 · 99.37% uptime
- Google Cloud · #5 · 98.90% uptime