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Fly.io vs Google Cloud Run: which is more reliable? (2026)
Google Cloud Run is more reliable than Fly.io, scoring 72.8 vs 45.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Fly.io reported 55 incidents and Google Cloud Run reported 3, with effective uptime of 98.31% and 99.59% respectively. Fly.io resolves incidents faster on average (2h 31m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Fly.io | Google Cloud Run |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 45.4 | 72.8 |
| Rank (app hosting platforms) | #10 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.31% | 99.59% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 55 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 20 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 31m | 4h 39m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Fly.io and Google Cloud Run differ
- Fly.io reported 18.3× as many incidents as Google Cloud Run over the last 90 days (55 vs 3).
- Fly.io had 20 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Google Cloud Run.
- Fly.io fixes problems faster: 2h 31m on average, against 4h 39m for Google Cloud Run.
- Fly.io's longest outage on record lasted 18h 40m (Sep 23, 2026); Google Cloud Run's lasted 6h 8m (Oct 20, 2026).
90-day uptime
Fly.io
Google Cloud Run
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Fly.io incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 2, 2026 · ongoing
Elevated Machine start failures in ARN
Affected: Machines API
- Partial outageNov 2, 2026 · resolved in 38m
Affected: IAD - Ashburn, Virginia (US)
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 2h 10m
Outbound IPv4 connectivity failures in ARN, JNB, and GRU
Affected: JNB - Johannesburg, South Africa, GRU - Sao Paulo, Brazil, ARN - Stockholm, Sweden
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 28m
Slow image pulls delaying Machine starts in IAD
Affected: IAD - Ashburn, Virginia (US), Deployments
- InformationalOct 29, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 48m
Elevated issues with the Machines API
Affected: Machines API, Dashboard, Customer Applications
Recent Google Cloud Run incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 6h 8m
Multiple services were experiencing issues in the europe-west2 region.official update ↗
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.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Run, Cloud Spanner +10 more
- Major outageAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 40m
We are investigating an issue where customers may experience timeouts, service degradations, errors, and elevated latencies across multiple products in the us-west1 region.official update ↗
Affected: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Apigee Edge Public Cloud, Apigee X, Artifact Registry, BigQuery Data Transfer Service, Cloud Build +21 more
Other app hosting platforms to consider
- DigitalOcean App Platform · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- Heroku · #2 · 99.95% uptime
- Koyeb · #3 · 99.64% uptime
- Render · #4 · 99.71% uptime