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Africa's Talking vs Twilio: which is more reliable? (2026) Africa's Talking is more reliable than Twilio, scoring 73.4 vs 16.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Africa's Talking reported 5 incidents and Twilio reported 98, with effective uptime of 99.80% and 96.98% respectively. Twilio resolves incidents faster on average (5h 52m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
Metric Africa's Talking Twilio Reliability score 73.4 16.0 Rank (SMS & voice APIs) #6 #11 Uptime (90 days) 99.80% 96.98% Incidents (90 days) 5 98 Partial / major outages 3 0 Avg time to resolve 6h 12m 5h 52m Outages we detected 0 0 Transparency score Collecting data Collecting data
Where Africa's Talking and Twilio differ Twilio reported 19.6× as many incidents as Africa's Talking over the last 90 days (98 vs 5). Africa's Talking had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Twilio. Twilio fixes problems faster: 5h 52m on average, against 6h 12m for Africa's Talking. Africa's Talking's longest outage on record lasted 7h 2m (Feb 17, 2026); Twilio's lasted 3d (Sep 4, 2026). 90-day uptime Africa's Talking Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026: no incidents Aug 7, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated) Aug 8, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026: no incidents Aug 27, 2026: 98.60% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage) Aug 28, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026: no incidents Sep 4, 2026: 99.17% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage) Sep 5, 2026 – Sep 12, 2026: no incidents Sep 13, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 14, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 15, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026: no incidents Sep 24, 2026: 99.14% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage) Sep 25, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents 90 days ago 99.803% average daily uptime Today Twilio Aug 5, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Aug 6, 2026: degraded performance, 3 incidents Aug 7, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 8, 2026: no incidents Aug 9, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 10, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 11, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 12, 2026: degraded performance, 4 incidents Aug 13, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 14, 2026: no incidents Aug 15, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Aug 16, 2026: degraded performance, 3 incidents Aug 17, 2026: degraded performance, 4 incidents Aug 18, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Aug 19, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 20, 2026: no incidents Aug 21, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated) Aug 22, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidents Aug 24, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 25, 2026: degraded performance, 3 incidents Aug 26, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Aug 27, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated) Aug 28, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 29, 2026: no incidents Aug 30, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Aug 31, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 1, 2026: degraded performance, 5 incidents Sep 2, 2026: no incidents Sep 3, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Sep 4, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 5, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Sep 6, 2026 – Sep 7, 2026: no incidents Sep 8, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated) Sep 9, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Sep 10, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated) Sep 11, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Sep 12, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 13, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 14, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated) Sep 15, 2026: degraded performance, 3 incidents Sep 16, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Sep 17, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Sep 18, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 19, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026: no incidents Sep 21, 2026: degraded performance, 4 incidents Sep 22, 2026: degraded performance, 5 incidents Sep 23, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 24, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Sep 25, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Sep 26, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Sep 27, 2026: no incidents Sep 28, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated) Sep 29, 2026: no incidents Sep 30, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Oct 1, 2026: no incidents Oct 2, 2026: degraded performance, 3 incidents Oct 3, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Oct 4, 2026: no incidents Oct 5, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Oct 6, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidents Oct 8, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Oct 9, 2026: no incidents Oct 10, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Oct 11, 2026: no incidents Oct 12, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026: no incidents Oct 15, 2026: degraded performance, 4 incidents Oct 16, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Oct 17, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Oct 18, 2026: no incidents Oct 19, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Oct 20, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Oct 21, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Oct 22, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Oct 23, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Oct 24, 2026: degraded performance, 1 incident Oct 25, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026: no incidents Oct 27, 2026: 1 incident (no impact stated) Oct 28, 2026: degraded performance, 4 incidents Oct 29, 2026: degraded performance, 2 incidents Oct 30, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents 90 days ago 97.020% average daily uptime Today