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Azure DevOps vs GitHub Actions: which is more reliable? (2026)
Azure DevOps is more reliable than GitHub Actions, scoring 69.2 vs 55.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Azure DevOps reported 1 incident and GitHub Actions reported 20, with effective uptime of 98.63% and 98.91% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Azure DevOps | GitHub Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 69.2 | 55.6 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #5 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.63% | 98.91% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 20 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 8 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 2h 21m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions differ
- GitHub Actions reported 20× as many incidents as Azure DevOps over the last 90 days (20 vs 1).
- GitHub Actions had 8 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Azure DevOps.
90-day uptime
Azure DevOps
GitHub Actions
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Azure DevOps incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 30, 2026 · ongoing
Higher latency and intermittent failures for the organizations in Australia
Affected: Core services
Recent GitHub Actions incidents
- Partial outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks
Affected: Webhooks, Actions, Pages
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 9m
Incident with Actions, Issues, API Requests and Pull Requests
Affected: API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 36m
Delayed Actions status check results
Affected: Actions
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 11h 2m
Affected: API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions, Packages
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 1m
Affected: Actions
- Major outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 4h 30m
Delays for Pull Requests and Webhook deliveriesofficial update ↗
Affected: Webhooks, Pull Requests, Actions
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
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- GitLab · #3 · 100% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
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