Managed Database Services · reliability comparison
MongoDB Atlas vs Prisma Postgres: which is more reliable? (2026)
Prisma Postgres is more reliable than MongoDB Atlas, scoring 93.3 vs 49.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days MongoDB Atlas reported 11 incidents and Prisma Postgres reported 2, with effective uptime of 97.89% and 99.96% respectively. Prisma Postgres resolves incidents faster on average (2h 29m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | MongoDB Atlas | Prisma Postgres |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 49.4 | 93.3 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #12 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.89% | 99.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 11 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 4h 18m | 2h 29m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where MongoDB Atlas and Prisma Postgres differ
- MongoDB Atlas reported 5.5× as many incidents as Prisma Postgres over the last 90 days (11 vs 2).
- MongoDB Atlas had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Prisma Postgres.
- Prisma Postgres fixes problems faster: 2h 29m on average, against 4h 18m for MongoDB Atlas.
- MongoDB Atlas's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Apr 17, 2026); Prisma Postgres's lasted 2h 30m (Jun 18, 2026).
90-day uptime
MongoDB Atlas
Prisma Postgres
- 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 Prisma Postgres incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 3h 54m
Intermittent Connection Errors on Prisma Postgres
Affected: Prisma Compute
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 5m
Degraded performance on Prisma Postgres for some users in US East.
Affected: Prisma Postgres
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- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
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