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Neon vs Upstash: which is more reliable? (2026)
Upstash is more reliable than Neon, scoring 98.0 vs 87.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Neon reported 3 incidents and Upstash reported 3, with effective uptime of 100% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Neon | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.6 | 98.0 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #4 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | <1m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
90-day uptime
Neon
Upstash
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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)
Recent Upstash incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 29, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceSep 9, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Intermittent DNS Resolution Errors for Upstash Vector in US East (us-east-1)
- InformationalSep 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Other managed database services to consider
- Prisma Postgres · #2 · 99.96% uptime
- PlanetScale · #3 · 99.92% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases · #6 · 99.93% uptime
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