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Fastly vs IBM NS1 Connect: which is more reliable? (2026)
IBM NS1 Connect is more reliable than Fastly, scoring 90.0 vs 69.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Fastly reported 11 incidents and IBM NS1 Connect reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.52% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Fastly | IBM NS1 Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 69.1 | 90.0 |
| Rank (CDN & DNS providers) | #6 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.52% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 11 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 45m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 50/100 |
Where Fastly and IBM NS1 Connect differ
- IBM NS1 Connect reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Fastly reported 11.
- Fastly had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for IBM NS1 Connect.
90-day uptime
Fastly
IBM NS1 Connect
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Fastly incidents
- Degraded performanceDec 1, 2026 · ongoing
- Degraded performanceOct 31, 2026 · ongoing
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 40m
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
- Partial outageOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 1h 37m
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Recent IBM NS1 Connect incidents
No incidents reported by IBM NS1 Connect in the last 90 days.
Other CDN & DNS providers to consider
- DNSimple · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Amazon CloudFront · #2 · 100% uptime
- Amazon Route 53 · #3 · 100% uptime
- Google Cloud CDN & Cloud DNS · #4 · 99.85% uptime