DigitalOcean vs Linode (Akamai): which is more reliable?
DigitalOcean had 2 h 35 min of outage and 1 incident; Linode (Akamai) had no outage time and 13 incidents. By the vendors' own status pages, Linode (Akamai) spent less time in an outage.
DigitalOcean right now: Operational Linode (Akamai) right now: Degraded performance
Since 15 October 2026
From what DigitalOcean and Linode (Akamai) 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.
| Measure | DigitalOcean | Linode (Akamai) |
|---|---|---|
| Time without reported problems | 99.26 % | 47.45 % |
| Time with an outage | 2 h 35 min | none |
| Time degraded | 1 h 3 min | 10 days |
| Days with an outage | 2 of 22 | 0 of 22 |
| Incidents posted | 1 | 13 |
| Of those, outages | 1 | 0 |
| Typical time to resolve | 3 h 40 min | 9 h 13 min |
| Longest incident | 3 h 40 min | 14 days |
Latest DigitalOcean incidents
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, 3 h 40 min
Latest Linode (Akamai) incidents
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, 2 h 49 min
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, 3 h 12 min
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, still open
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, still open
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, still open