SMS & Voice APIs · reliability comparison
Africa's Talking vs Textmagic: which is more reliable? (2026)
Textmagic is more reliable than Africa's Talking, scoring 86.2 vs 78.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Africa's Talking reported 5 incidents and Textmagic reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.80% and 99.82% respectively. Textmagic resolves incidents faster on average (3h 44m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Africa's Talking | Textmagic |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 78.7 | 86.2 |
| Rank (SMS & voice APIs) | #5 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.80% | 99.82% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 6h 12m | 3h 44m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Africa's Talking and Textmagic differ
- Africa's Talking reported 5× as many incidents as Textmagic over the last 90 days (5 vs 1).
- Africa's Talking had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Textmagic.
- Textmagic fixes problems faster: 3h 44m on average, against 6h 12m for Africa's Talking.
- Africa's Talking's longest outage on record lasted 7h 2m (Feb 17, 2026); Textmagic's lasted 3h 44m (Aug 20, 2026).
90-day uptime
Africa's Talking
Textmagic
- 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 Textmagic incidents
- Major outageAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 44m
Service disruption due to server provider issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: Web App, Sending text messages (Outbound SMS), Receiving text messages (Inbound SMS), Email campaigns, Email to SMS, SMS API Gateway +3 more
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