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Scaleway vs UpCloud: which is more reliable? (2026)
UpCloud is more reliable than Scaleway, scoring 59.1 vs 23.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Scaleway reported 98 incidents and UpCloud reported 5, with effective uptime of 90.54% and 99.37% respectively. UpCloud resolves incidents faster on average (17h 6m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Scaleway | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 23.9 | 59.1 |
| Rank (cloud providers) | #9 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 90.54% | 99.37% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 98 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 10 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 20h 32m | 17h 6m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Scaleway and UpCloud differ
- Scaleway reported 19.6× as many incidents as UpCloud over the last 90 days (98 vs 5).
- Scaleway had 10 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for UpCloud.
- UpCloud fixes problems faster: 17h 6m on average, against 20h 32m for Scaleway.
- Scaleway's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Jul 9, 2026); UpCloud's lasted 3h 2m (May 26, 2026).
90-day uptime
Scaleway
UpCloud
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Scaleway incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in <1m
[Container Registry] - FR-PAR - API unreacheable upstream request timeout.
Affected: fr-par-1, fr-par-2, fr-par-3, Container Registry
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · ongoing
[fr-par] [Serverless SQL DB] Backups will be suspended on Friday and Saturday nights
Affected: Serverless-Database
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in <1m
[NL-AMS] - 20% of client requests failed with HTTP 503 errors
Affected: Serverless Container
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Block Storage, Databases, Instances
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1d
[fr-par] [Serverless SQL DB] All SQL databases are unavailableofficial update ↗
Affected: Serverless-Database
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 14m
[TEM] - TEM IP address blacklist
Affected: Transactional Email
Recent UpCloud incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 48m
UpCloud API and Control Panel Connectivity Issues
Affected: UpCloud Control Panel, API
- Degraded performanceOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 7d 7h
[SG-SIN1] Managed Object Storage Issue
Affected: APAC-1: Managed Object Storage
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 40m
[FI-HEL2]: File Storage Issues
Affected: FI-HEL2: File Storage
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved in 7h 4m
[DE-FRA1]: Storage Backend Issue
Affected: DE-FRA1: Storage Backends
- Partial outageAug 11, 2026 · resolved in 1h 57m
Affected: AU-SYD1: Cloud Servers, DE-FRA1: Cloud Servers, ES-MAD1: Cloud Servers, FI-HEL1: Cloud Servers, FI-HEL2: Cloud Servers, NL-AMS1: Cloud Servers +9 more
Other cloud providers to consider
- IBM Cloud · #1 · 100% uptime
- Hetzner Cloud · #2 · 99.57% uptime
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) · #3 · 99.43% uptime
- Google Cloud · #5 · 98.90% uptime