SMS & Voice APIs · reliability comparison
Africa's Talking vs Telnyx: which is more reliable? (2026)
Africa's Talking is more reliable than Telnyx, scoring 78.7 vs 28.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Africa's Talking reported 5 incidents and Telnyx reported 34, with effective uptime of 99.80% and 92.61% respectively. Africa's Talking resolves incidents faster on average (6h 12m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Africa's Talking | Telnyx |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 78.7 | 28.6 |
| Rank (SMS & voice APIs) | #5 | #12 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.80% | 92.61% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 34 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 10 |
| Avg time to resolve | 6h 12m | 16h 24m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Africa's Talking and Telnyx differ
- Telnyx reported 6.8× as many incidents as Africa's Talking over the last 90 days (34 vs 5).
- Telnyx had 10 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Africa's Talking.
- Africa's Talking fixes problems faster: 6h 12m on average, against 16h 24m for Telnyx (2.6× quicker).
- Africa's Talking's longest outage on record lasted 7h 2m (Feb 17, 2026); Telnyx's lasted 3d (Aug 15, 2026).
90-day uptime
Africa's Talking
Telnyx
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Africa's Talking incidents
- Partial outageSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Affected: Bulk, Airtime, USSD
- Degraded performanceSep 13, 2026 · resolved in 23h 21m
Affected: Voice
- Partial outageSep 4, 2026 · resolved in 24m
Affected: Bulk, Airtime, USSD
- Partial outageAug 27, 2026 · resolved in 40m
Outage on Outgoing SMS Requests
Affected: Bulk
- InformationalAug 7, 2026 · resolved in 7h 56m
Voice Service Down Time in Tanzania
Affected: Voice
- InformationalJun 27, 2026 · resolved in 38d 3h
Affected: Voice
Recent Telnyx incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h 14m
Affected: API V2, API V1
- MaintenanceOct 30, 2026 · ongoing
Voice Services Update - All Regions
Affected: Frankfurt, Germany, Chennai, India, Montreal, Canada, Chicago, IL, San Jose, CA, Dubai, UAE +7 more
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Delays with Messaging Webhooks, Mission Control Number and Porting ordering/configurations
Affected: API V2, US East Region, US Central Region, US West Region
- MaintenanceOct 29, 2026 · ongoing
Scheduled maintenance for Programmable Voice - Voice API/Programmable Voice - TeXML EU/US/APAC/UAE
Affected: Europe, Australia, Middle East, US, Europe, Australia +2 more
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: Europe, Canada, US, Australia, Asia (Beta), Middle East
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 2h 33m
Affected: NORAM
Other SMS & voice APIs to consider
- Plivo · #1 · 100% uptime
- SignalWire · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Telesign · #3 · 99.91% uptime
- Textmagic · #4 · 99.82% uptime