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DigitalOcean App Platform vs Heroku: which is more reliable? (2026)
DigitalOcean App Platform is more reliable than Heroku, scoring 95.1 vs 91.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean App Platform reported 2 incidents and Heroku reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.95% respectively. Heroku resolves incidents faster on average (1h 43m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | DigitalOcean App Platform | Heroku |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 95.1 | 91.0 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #1 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 99.95% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 4m | 1h 43m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DigitalOcean App Platform and Heroku differ
- Heroku reported 3× as many incidents as DigitalOcean App Platform over the last 90 days (6 vs 2).
- Heroku fixes problems faster: 1h 43m on average, against 2h 4m for DigitalOcean App Platform.
- DigitalOcean App Platform's longest incident on record lasted 7h 44m (May 29, 2026); Heroku's lasted 5h 4m (Oct 28, 2026).
90-day uptime
DigitalOcean App Platform
Heroku
- 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 Heroku incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 5h 4m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 18, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 10, 2026 · resolved in 20m
- Degraded performanceAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 2m
Other app hosting platforms to consider
- Koyeb · #3 · 99.64% uptime
- Render · #4 · 99.71% uptime
- Netlify · #5 · 99.74% uptime
- Google Cloud Run · #6 · 99.59% uptime