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Cloudflare vs IBM NS1 Connect: which is more reliable? (2026)
IBM NS1 Connect is more reliable than Cloudflare, scoring 90.0 vs 65.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Cloudflare reported 15 incidents and IBM NS1 Connect reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.53% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Cloudflare | IBM NS1 Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 65.2 | 90.0 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #7 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.53% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 15 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 28m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 50/100 |
Where Cloudflare and IBM NS1 Connect differ
- IBM NS1 Connect reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Cloudflare reported 15.
- Cloudflare had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for IBM NS1 Connect.
90-day uptime
Cloudflare
IBM NS1 Connect
- 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 IBM NS1 Connect incidents
No incidents reported by IBM NS1 Connect in the last 90 days.
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime