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DigitalOcean App Platform vs Vercel: which is more reliable? (2026)
DigitalOcean App Platform is more reliable than Vercel, scoring 95.1 vs 66.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean App Platform reported 2 incidents and Vercel reported 23, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.58% respectively. Vercel resolves incidents faster on average (1h 32m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DigitalOcean App Platform | Vercel |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 95.1 | 66.8 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #1 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 99.58% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 23 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 9 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 4m | 1h 32m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DigitalOcean App Platform and Vercel differ
- Vercel reported 11.5× as many incidents as DigitalOcean App Platform over the last 90 days (23 vs 2).
- Vercel had 9 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for DigitalOcean App Platform.
- Vercel fixes problems faster: 1h 32m on average, against 2h 4m for DigitalOcean App Platform.
- DigitalOcean App Platform's longest incident on record lasted 7h 44m (May 29, 2026); Vercel's lasted 6h 36m (Oct 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
DigitalOcean App Platform
Vercel
- 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 Vercel incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Delays in Logs and Observability data
Affected: Logs, Observability
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 6h 36m
Increased build and deployment failures
Affected: Builds, Git Integrations
- Partial outageOct 10, 2026 · resolved in 1h 21m
Delays in Drains, Observability, and Workflow in Washington (iad1)
Affected: Drains, Logs, Observability, Queues, Workflow
- Partial outageOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Vercel Auth login failures for pages with Deployment Protection enabled
Affected: Routing Middleware
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Elevated Sandbox error rates in Paris (cdg1)
Affected: Sandbox
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Build failures and 500 errors for functions using Edge runtime
Affected: Builds