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Cloudflare vs DNSimple: which is more reliable? (2026)
DNSimple is more reliable than Cloudflare, scoring 90.4 vs 65.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Cloudflare reported 15 incidents and DNSimple reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.52% and 99.94% respectively. Cloudflare resolves incidents faster on average (2h 28m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Cloudflare | DNSimple |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 65.0 | 90.4 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #7 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.52% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 15 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 28m | 4h 5m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Cloudflare and DNSimple differ
- Cloudflare reported 7.5× as many incidents as DNSimple over the last 90 days (15 vs 2).
- Cloudflare had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for DNSimple.
- Cloudflare fixes problems faster: 2h 28m on average, against 4h 5m for DNSimple.
- Cloudflare's longest outage on record lasted 2h 56m (Oct 23, 2026); DNSimple's lasted 6h 12m (Feb 10, 2026).
90-day uptime
Cloudflare
DNSimple
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Cloudflare incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Cache purge delays in Qingdao Shandong, China
Affected: CDN Cache Purge
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Increased errors and latency for CNI 2.0 traffic in LAX
Affected: Cloud Network Interconnect (CNI), Los Angeles, United States - (LAX)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m
Network Performance Issues in Queretaro, MX
Affected: Queretaro, Mexico - (QRO)
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 17h 39m
Network Performance Issues in Ashburn, IAD
Affected: Ashburn, United States - (IAD)
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 4m
Cache Purging Delays Affecting Requests Routed Through EEUR
Affected: CDN Cache Purge, Stockholm, Sweden - (ARN)
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 2h 44m
ERR_TIMED_OUT and ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE being observed by Cloudflare Customersofficial update ↗
Recent DNSimple incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 6, 2026 · resolved in 2h 45m
Edge network disruption in Warsaw EU region
Affected: Name Servers
- Degraded performanceAug 8, 2026 · resolved in 5h 26m
Degraded service in London region
Affected: Name Servers
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime
- Bunny.net · #5 · 99.83% uptime