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DigitalOcean App Platform vs Google Cloud Run: which is more reliable? (2026)
DigitalOcean App Platform is more reliable than Google Cloud Run, scoring 95.1 vs 72.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean App Platform reported 2 incidents and Google Cloud Run reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.59% respectively. DigitalOcean App Platform resolves incidents faster on average (2h 4m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DigitalOcean App Platform | Google Cloud Run |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 95.1 | 72.8 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #1 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 99.59% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 4m | 4h 39m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DigitalOcean App Platform and Google Cloud Run differ
- Google Cloud Run reported 50% more incidents than DigitalOcean App Platform over the last 90 days (3 vs 2).
- Google Cloud Run had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for DigitalOcean App Platform.
- DigitalOcean App Platform fixes problems faster: 2h 4m on average, against 4h 39m for Google Cloud Run (2.3× quicker).
- DigitalOcean App Platform's longest incident on record lasted 7h 44m (May 29, 2026); Google Cloud Run's lasted 6h 8m (Oct 20, 2026).
90-day uptime
DigitalOcean App Platform
Google Cloud Run
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent DigitalOcean App Platform incidents
- InformationalOct 13, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: Global
- Degraded performanceAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 2h 4m
Affected: Global, Global
Recent Google Cloud Run incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 6h 8m
Multiple services were experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region.
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Data Fusion, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore +32 more
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 10m
Multiple products in us-central1-b are experiencing network service degradation.
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Run, Cloud Spanner +10 more
- Major outageAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 40m
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee Edge Public Cloud, Apigee X, Artifact Registry, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Build +21 more