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DigitalOcean Managed Databases vs Neon: which is more reliable? (2026)
DigitalOcean Managed Databases and Neon are effectively tied on reliability (85.7 vs 87.6). Over the last 90 days DigitalOcean Managed Databases reported 1 incident and Neon reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.93% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
VS
| Metric | DigitalOcean Managed Databases | Neon |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 85.7 | 87.6 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #6 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.93% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 9h 22m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DigitalOcean Managed Databases and Neon differ
- Neon reported 3× as many incidents as DigitalOcean Managed Databases over the last 90 days (3 vs 1).
90-day uptime
DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Neon
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent DigitalOcean Managed Databases incidents
- Degraded performanceAug 23, 2026 · resolved in 9h 22m
Affected: NYC1, NYC3
Recent Neon incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- MaintenanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- MaintenanceSep 17, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- MaintenanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- MaintenanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 17, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other managed database services to consider
- Upstash · #1 · 100% uptime
- Prisma Postgres · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
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