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MongoDB Atlas vs PlanetScale vs Upstash

MongoDB AtlasPlanetScaleUpstash

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
54.65%
100.00%
100.00%
Last 12 months
49.07%
100.00%
100.00%

Grades (90 days)

OverallSeverity weight × minutes, summed over the window. Fewer points, better grade.
D · 2,797 pts
A · 71 pts
A+ · 0 pts
ProductionYour users are hit: apps, APIs, databases, inference
C
A+
A+
ShippingYou can't deploy, build or manage: CI, CLI, dashboard, auth, billing
C
A+
A+

Incidents (90 days)

Total incidentsEverything posted on the status page except scheduled maintenance.
18
5
4
Sev 1 · Lights outProd site, API or database down, or data loss
1
0
1
Sev 2 · BleedingProd degraded or partly down
9
2
2
Sev 3 · Can't shipCan't deploy, build or manage it
7
2
0
Sev 4 · PapercutDocs, status page, slow dashboard
1
1
1
Median fixMedian time to resolve. Half of incidents were fixed faster.
2h 35m
26m
0m
LongestLongest single incident, start to resolved.
185d 21h
2h 03m
–
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 (14 → 36)
Worse (10 → 13)
Worse (7 → 18)
Sev 1–2 postmortemsSev 1–2 incidents with a published write-up.
0 of 9
0 of 2
0 of 3

Cost

Per month10 GB of data, about 1 GB of RAM on all month, 10M queries a month, one region, no replicas, commercial use. Cheapest plan that runs it.
$56.94
$10
~$22.25
Plan or model
Atlas M10, AWS us-east-1
Postgres PS-10, single node
Redis, pay as you go
Best valueNobody else here costs the same or less with the same or better grade.
No
Yes
Yes
VerdictUpstash has the best 90-day record; Upstash 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