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DigitalOcean vs Heroku vs Netlify

DigitalOceanHerokuNetlify

Admitted uptime

Last 30 daysTime not covered by a Sev 1 the provider posted itself. A best case.
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
Last 90 days
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
Last 12 months
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%

Grades (90 days)

OverallSeverity weight × minutes, summed over the window. Fewer points, better grade.
F · 7,046 pts
A+ · 0 pts
B · 679 pts
ProductionYour users are hit: apps, APIs, databases, inference
F
A+
B
ShippingYou can't deploy, build or manage: CI, CLI, dashboard, auth, billing
B
A+
A

Incidents (90 days)

Total incidentsEverything posted on the status page except scheduled maintenance.
18
0
17
Sev 1 · Lights outProd site, API or database down, or data loss
0
0
0
Sev 2 · BleedingProd degraded or partly down
12
0
13
Sev 3 · Can't shipCan't deploy, build or manage it
4
0
2
Sev 4 · PapercutDocs, status page, slow dashboard
2
0
2
Median fixMedian time to resolve. Half of incidents were fixed faster.
4h 02m
–
34m
LongestLongest single incident, start to resolved.
25h 50m
–
3h 57m
Security incidentsIncidents the provider flagged as security. They count one tier higher.
0
0
0

Trend and communication

Last 6 months vs 6 beforeIncident count, last 6 months against the 6 before.
Worse (2 → 48)
Flat (0 → 0)
Worse (7 → 44)
Sev 1–2 postmortemsSev 1–2 incidents with a published write-up.
1 of 12
0 of 0
0 of 13

Cost

Per month512 MB app on all month, 1M requests, 100 GB out, commercial use, one seat. Cheapest plan that runs it.
$6
$7
~$20
Plan or model
App Platform, shared 512 MB
Basic dyno
Pro
Best valueNobody else here costs the same or less with the same or better grade.
No
Yes
No
VerdictHeroku has the best 90-day record; Netlify resolves incidents fastest.Running app? Watch Production. Deploying all day? Watch Shipping.

Matchups

Hosting
Cloudflare vs DigitalOceanCloudflare vs Fly.ioCloudflare vs HerokuCloudflare vs NetlifyCloudflare vs RailwayCloudflare vs RenderCloudflare vs VercelDigitalOcean vs Fly.ioDigitalOcean vs HerokuDigitalOcean vs NetlifyDigitalOcean vs RailwayDigitalOcean vs RenderDigitalOcean vs VercelFly.io vs HerokuFly.io vs NetlifyFly.io vs RailwayFly.io vs RenderFly.io vs VercelHeroku vs NetlifyHeroku vs RailwayHeroku vs RenderHeroku vs VercelNetlify vs RailwayNetlify vs RenderNetlify vs VercelRailway vs RenderRailway vs VercelRender vs Vercel
AI APIs
Anthropic API vs CohereAnthropic API vs GroqAnthropic API vs OpenAI APICohere vs GroqCohere vs OpenAI APIGroq vs OpenAI API
Cloud
AWS vs Microsoft AzureAWS vs Google CloudMicrosoft Azure vs Google Cloud
Databases
CockroachDB Cloud vs MongoDB AtlasCockroachDB Cloud vs PlanetScaleCockroachDB Cloud vs SupabaseCockroachDB Cloud vs UpstashMongoDB Atlas vs PlanetScaleMongoDB Atlas vs SupabaseMongoDB Atlas vs UpstashPlanetScale vs SupabasePlanetScale vs UpstashSupabase vs Upstash

Uptime as admitted on each status page. How grades work