DigitalOcean vs. Linode

Compare the status, incidents stats and history between DigitalOcean and Linode

Every service has different practices when updating its status page, so compare these stats with a grain of salt. E.g., one service can be more aggressive when updating its status page than other so that they will have more incidents, but it doesn't mean it is worse than the other.

DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean current official status is Operational

Statistics

1
Incidents in the last 7 days
2
Incidents in the last 30 days
19
Incidents in the last 90 days

Latest incidents

Resolved Droplet Creation

Our Engineering team is currently investigating an issue with Droplet creation in multiple regions. This is only affecting new accounts at this time. Existing users are not impacted. Users with ne...

Resolved Support Ticket Portal

Our Engineering team is investigating an issue with our DigitalOcean Support Ticket Portal. At this time, users may not be able to submit new tickets or view currently opened tickets at https://clo...

about 1 month ago Official incident report
Resolved Adding Payment Card

Our Engineering team is currently investigating an issue where users are unable to add payment cards via the DigitalOcean Cloud Panel. We apologize for the inconvenience and will share an update as...

about 1 month ago Official incident report

Linode

Linode current official status is Major Outage

Statistics

5
Incidents in the last 7 days
9
Incidents in the last 30 days
24
Incidents in the last 90 days

Latest incidents

Ongoing Service Issue - Linode Cloud Manager, API, and CLI - All Regions

Our team is investigating an emerging service issue affecting Linode Cloud Manager, API, and CLI in all regions. We will share additional updates as we have more information.

Resolved Connectivity Issue - All Regions

Between 10:35 UTC and 10:50 UTC on August 27, 2025, some users may have experienced elevated latency or connectivity issues across all regions. Our preliminary investigation indicates the issue was...

Resolved Connectivity Issue - ES-MAD (Madrid)

Our team has identified an issue affecting connectivity in our Madrid data center, and we were been able to quickly implement a fix. We will be monitoring this to ensure that it remains stable. If ...

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