Coinbase vs Kraken: which is more reliable?

Coinbase had no outage time and 20 incidents; Kraken had no outage time and 23 incidents. Coinbase posted fewer incidents.

Coinbase right now: Operational Kraken right now: Degraded performance

Since 15 October 2026

From what Coinbase and Kraken published on their own status pages, read every 2 minutes. A vendor that reports problems more openly can look worse here than one that stays quiet.

MeasureCoinbaseKraken
Time without reported problems80.98 %20.13 %
Time with an outagenonenone
Time degraded3 days16 days
Days with an outage0 of 220 of 22
Incidents posted2023
Of those, outages00
Typical time to resolve2 h 1 min3 h 53 min
Longest incident13 days9 days

Latest Coinbase incidents

  1. , still open

    Delayed Sends and Receives - Sonic Network

  2. , 1 h 6 min

    Delayed Transactions - BTC

  3. , 9 h 38 min

    Degraded Performance - DEX, Borrow and Lend

  4. , 30 min

    Delayed Sends & Receives - DATA

  5. , 41 min

    Delayed Sends and Receives - Solana

Is Coinbase down right now?

Latest Kraken incidents

  1. , 31 min

    Plaid US Withdrawal Delays

  2. , still open

    Brazilian Real (BRL) PIX Funding Delays

  3. , 2 h 35 min

    Incorrect liquidation prices displayed on Kraken Pro

  4. , 32 min

    Delayed Earn rewards payouts

  5. , 60 min

    Spot Exchange Connectivity Issues - Web, Mobile & API (Rest & Websockets)

Is Kraken down right now?