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DigitalOcean App Platform vs Fly.io: which is more reliable? (2026)

DigitalOcean App Platform is more reliable than Fly.io, scoring 95.1 vs 45.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean App Platform reported 2 incidents and Fly.io reported 53, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 98.33% respectively. DigitalOcean App Platform resolves incidents faster on average (2h 4m).

Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score

DigitalOcean App Platform

95.1/100

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Fly.io

45.7/100

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MetricDigitalOcean App PlatformFly.io
Reliability score95.145.7
Rank (app hosting platforms)#1#10
Uptime (90 days)99.98%98.33%
Incidents (90 days)253
Partial / major outages019
Avg time to resolve2h 4m2h 34m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where DigitalOcean App Platform and Fly.io differ

  • Fly.io reported 26.5× as many incidents as DigitalOcean App Platform over the last 90 days (53 vs 2).
  • Fly.io had 19 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for DigitalOcean App Platform.
  • DigitalOcean App Platform fixes problems faster: 2h 4m on average, against 2h 34m for Fly.io.
  • DigitalOcean App Platform's longest incident on record lasted 7h 44m (May 29, 2026); Fly.io's lasted 18h 40m (Sep 23, 2026).

90-day uptime

DigitalOcean App Platform

Aug 5, 2026: no incidentsAug 6, 2026: 98.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 7, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.985% average daily uptimeToday

Fly.io

Aug 5, 2026: 92.79% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 8, 2026: no incidentsAug 9, 2026: 97.29% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 10, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026: no incidentsAug 13, 2026: 98.79% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 14, 2026: 97.81% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 15, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026: no incidentsAug 17, 2026: 98.52% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026: no incidentsAug 20, 2026: 98.64% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 22, 2026: no incidentsAug 23, 2026: 98.55% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 24, 2026: 98.11% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026: no incidentsAug 26, 2026: 99.70% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 27, 2026: no incidentsAug 28, 2026: 98.19% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 29, 2026: no incidentsAug 30, 2026: 99.99% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 31, 2026: 98.91% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 1, 2026: no incidentsSep 2, 2026: 96.22% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 3, 2026: 98.55% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026: no incidentsSep 12, 2026: 99.48% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 13, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 99.11% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026: no incidentsSep 23, 2026: 64.07% uptime, 4 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 24, 2026: 77.48% uptime, 4 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 25, 2026: no incidentsSep 26, 2026: 98.49% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 27, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 98.97% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026: no incidentsOct 3, 2026: 96.06% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 4, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026: no incidentsOct 6, 2026: 99.96% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 7, 2026: no incidentsOct 8, 2026: 97.14% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 12, 2026: no incidentsOct 13, 2026: 97.24% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: no incidentsOct 15, 2026: 98.71% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 16, 2026: 84.10% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 17, 2026: 89.05% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 18, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 95.63% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026: no incidentsOct 25, 2026: 99.82% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 26, 2026: 98.40% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 27, 2026 – Oct 28, 2026: no incidentsOct 29, 2026: 99.49% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 30, 2026: 99.08% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026: no incidentsNov 1, 2026: 98.64% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.479% average daily uptimeToday

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