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PlanetScale vs Upstash: which is more reliable? (2026)
Upstash is more reliable than PlanetScale, scoring 98.0 vs 89.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days PlanetScale reported 6 incidents and Upstash reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.92% and 100% respectively. Upstash resolves incidents faster on average (<1m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PlanetScale | Upstash |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 89.1 | 98.0 |
| Rank (managed database services) | #3 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.92% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 54m | <1m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where PlanetScale and Upstash differ
- PlanetScale reported 2× as many incidents as Upstash over the last 90 days (6 vs 3).
- PlanetScale had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Upstash.
- Upstash fixes problems faster: <1m on average, against 54m for PlanetScale (Infinity× quicker).
- PlanetScale's longest outage on record lasted 3h (Jul 24, 2026); Upstash's lasted 3h 59m (May 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
PlanetScale
Upstash
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent PlanetScale incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 38m
Problems with Vitess connectivity and credential changes
Affected: northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), us-east4 (Northern Virginia), europe-west4 (Eemshaven), ap-northeast-1 (Tokyo), ca-central-1 (Montreal), europe-west1 (St. Ghislain) +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: us-east1 (Moncks Corner), europe-west1 (St. Ghislain), europe-west4 (Eemshaven), us-central1 (Iowa), northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal), asia-northeast3 (Seoul) +1 more
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Dashboard and API 500 errors for postgres databases
Affected: Dashboard and API Requests
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
- Neon · #4 · 100% uptime
- Convex · #5 · 99.87% uptime
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases · #6 · 99.93% uptime
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