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MongoDB Atlas vs PlanetScale: which is more reliable? (2026)
PlanetScale is more reliable than MongoDB Atlas, scoring 89.1 vs 49.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days MongoDB Atlas reported 11 incidents and PlanetScale reported 6, with effective uptime of 97.89% and 99.92% respectively. PlanetScale resolves incidents faster on average (54m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | MongoDB Atlas | PlanetScale |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 49.4 | 89.1 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #12 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.89% | 99.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 11 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 4h 18m | 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where MongoDB Atlas and PlanetScale differ
- MongoDB Atlas reported 83% more incidents than PlanetScale over the last 90 days (11 vs 6).
- PlanetScale fixes problems faster: 54m on average, against 4h 18m for MongoDB Atlas (4.7× quicker).
- MongoDB Atlas's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Apr 17, 2026); PlanetScale's lasted 3h (Jul 24, 2026).
90-day uptime
MongoDB Atlas
PlanetScale
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent MongoDB Atlas incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 12h 36m
GCP Availability Zone europe-west2-b connectivity issues
Affected: MongoDB Cloud
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 1h 48m
Issue impacting Atlas Search availability on certain clusters
Affected: MongoDB Atlas Search
- InformationalOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 2h 35m
Admin Admin API: Intermittent Increase in 5xx errors
Affected: MongoDB Cloud
- Partial outageOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 5h 13m
Trigger processing may be delayed globallyofficial update ↗
Affected: MongoDB Atlas App Services and Device Sync
- InformationalSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h 10m
Delays in Atlas cluster management operations
Affected: MongoDB Cloud
- Degraded performanceSep 11, 2026 · resolved in 2h 23m
Atlas is experiencing issues with issuing certificates from Lets Encrypt
Affected: MongoDB Cloud, MongoDB Atlas for Government
Recent PlanetScale incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 38m
Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Affected: us-central1 (Iowa), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), us-east-2 (Ohio), sa-east-1 (Sao Paulo), eu-central-1 (Frankfurt) +13 more
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1h 8m
- Partial outageOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 26m
AWS us-east-1 connectivity failures
Affected: us-east-1 (Northern Virginia), us-east-1 (Northern Virginia)
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 3m
Branch creation delays in GCP europe-west-1
Affected: Database Operations
- Partial outageSep 5, 2026 · resolved in 14m
Connectivity issues with Vitess databases in GCP
Affected: europe-west1 (St. Ghislain), europe-west4 (Eemshaven), us-central1 (Iowa), northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul), us-east4 (Northern Virginia) +1 more
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
Affected: Dashboard and API Requests
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