Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
CockroachDB Cloud vs Prisma Postgres: which is more reliable? (2026)
Prisma Postgres is more reliable than CockroachDB Cloud, scoring 93.3 vs 57.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days CockroachDB Cloud reported 5 incidents and Prisma Postgres reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.08% and 99.96% respectively. Prisma Postgres resolves incidents faster on average (2h 29m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | CockroachDB Cloud | Prisma Postgres |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 57.6 | 93.3 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #11 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.08% | 99.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 10h 59m | 2h 29m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where CockroachDB Cloud and Prisma Postgres differ
- CockroachDB Cloud reported 2.5× as many incidents as Prisma Postgres over the last 90 days (5 vs 2).
- CockroachDB Cloud had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Prisma Postgres.
- Prisma Postgres fixes problems faster: 2h 29m on average, against 10h 59m for CockroachDB Cloud (4.4× quicker).
- CockroachDB Cloud's longest outage on record lasted 20h 4m (Aug 4, 2026); Prisma Postgres's lasted 2h 30m (Jun 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
CockroachDB Cloud
Prisma Postgres
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent CockroachDB Cloud incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 7h
gcp-eu-west2-b-availability-zone-issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard, CockroachDB Advanced
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 22h 12m
Stock out issues in GCP us-central1
Affected: CockroachDB Advanced, Continuum Mission Critical
- Partial outageSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 1h 31m
Connection attempts failing for multiple Basic tenants in GCP South America (southamerica-east1).
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 9m
Cloud Latency, Delays, Connection Issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
- Partial outageAug 4, 2026 · resolved in 20h 4m
Cluster connectivity and execution issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: CockroachDB Basic/Standard
Recent Prisma Postgres incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 3h 54m
Intermittent Connection Errors on Prisma Postgres
Affected: Prisma Compute
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 5m
Degraded performance on Prisma Postgres for some users in US East.
Affected: Prisma Postgres
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