Microsoft Azure vs Google Cloud Platform

Reliability comparison based on uptime, incident history, and mean time to recovery. Updated daily.

Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform
Current Status Operational Operational
Uptime (30d) 99.248% Best 99.111%
Uptime (90d) 99.268% Best 84.858%
MTTR 1.2 hrs Best 7.8 hrs
Incidents (30d) 5 2 Best
Incidents (90d) 11 5 Best
Reliability Score 87.3/100 Best 64.7/100

Recent Incidents

Microsoft Azure Active - Network Infrastructure impacting event in East US
minor · Sep 3, 2026 — Sep 3, 2026
Resolved
Google Cloud Platform Multiple products in us-central1-b are experiencing network service degradation.
major · Invalid Date — Sep 1, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Active -Multiple Service impacted affecting West US Regions
minor · Aug 28, 2026 — Aug 28, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Mitigated: Connectivity Issues Affecting Azure Services in Southeast Asia
minor · Aug 25, 2026 — Aug 25, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Investigating- Issues in Southeast Asia
minor · Aug 25, 2026 — Aug 25, 2026
Resolved
Google Cloud Platform We are investigating an issue where customers may experience timeouts, service degradations, errors, and elevated latencies across multiple products in the us-west1 region.
critical · Invalid Date — Aug 20, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Active -Azure Portal access issues affecting Australia Regions
minor · Aug 14, 2026 — Aug 14, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Issues connecting to resources in West US
minor · Jul 23, 2026 — Jul 23, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Active – Connectivity Issues Affecting Azure Services in West US
minor · Jul 23, 2026 — Jul 23, 2026
Resolved
Google Cloud Platform Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, and Bare Metal Solutions (BMS) services are experiencing temperature alerts in europe-west4-a.
major · Invalid Date — Jul 16, 2026
Resolved
Google Cloud Platform Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE), Google Cloud NetApp Volumes, and Bare Metal Solutions (BMS) services are experiencing a service outage in europe-west4-a due to a cooling failure.
major · Invalid Date — Jul 16, 2026
Resolved
Google Cloud Platform Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) Stretched Cluster customers are experiencing zonal outages impacting network connectivity across multiple regions.
major · Invalid Date — Jul 15, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure GitHub Issue
minor · Jul 8, 2026 — Jul 8, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Mitigated – Customers leveraging a subset of services may experience 401 authentication errors
minor · Jun 16, 2026 — Jun 16, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Active – Customers leveraging a subset of services may experience 401 authentication errors
minor · Jun 15, 2026 — Jun 16, 2026
Resolved
Microsoft Azure Investigating a spike in 401 authentication errors
minor · Jun 15, 2026 — Jun 15, 2026
Resolved

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is more reliable, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform?
Based on our monitoring data, Microsoft Azure is currently more reliable than Google Cloud Platform. Microsoft Azure has a reliability score of 87.3/100 compared to Google Cloud Platform's 64.7/100. This score factors in uptime percentage, mean time to recovery, incident frequency, and consistency. Monitor both services with Happy Uptime for real-time alerts.
Which has better uptime, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform?
Over the last 30 days, Microsoft Azure has a higher uptime of 99.248% compared to Google Cloud Platform's 99.111%. We check both services every 5 minutes from multiple global regions.
Is Microsoft Azure more stable than Google Cloud Platform?
Google Cloud Platform has been more stable over the past 90 days with 5 incidents compared to Microsoft Azure's 11 incidents. Fewer incidents generally indicates a more stable service. Use Happy Uptime to track both services and get AI-powered incident analysis.

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