Web & Product Analytics · reliability comparison
Amplitude vs Google Analytics: which is more reliable? (2026)
Google Analytics is more reliable than Amplitude, scoring 91.0 vs 67.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Amplitude reported 24 incidents and Google Analytics reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.57% and 99.89% respectively. Google Analytics resolves incidents faster on average (2h 12m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Amplitude | Google Analytics |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 67.4 | 91.0 |
| Rank (analytics tools) | #8 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.57% | 99.89% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 24 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 47m | 2h 12m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Amplitude and Google Analytics differ
- Amplitude reported 24× as many incidents as Google Analytics over the last 90 days (24 vs 1).
- Amplitude had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Google Analytics.
- Google Analytics fixes problems faster: 2h 12m on average, against 2h 47m for Amplitude.
- Amplitude's longest outage on record lasted 6h 5m (Sep 23, 2026); Google Analytics's lasted 2h 12m (Sep 29, 2026).
90-day uptime
Amplitude
Google Analytics
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Amplitude incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 15m
Affected: Data Processing
- InformationalOct 24, 2026 · resolved in 23m
Delayed/Blocked Event Delivery to Amazon Kinesis Destination
Affected: Data Processing, Event Streaming
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 4h 38m
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: Web Reporting
- InformationalOct 22, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Notice: Amplitude not impacted by recent PHP vulnerabilities
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 8m
Export API returns 500 errors across multiple organizations
Affected: Data Export
Recent Google Analytics incidents
- Major outageSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 2h 12m
We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Analytics. We will provide more information shortly.official update ↗
Affected: Google Analytics
Other analytics tools to consider
- Hotjar · #1 · 100% uptime
- Lucky Orange · #2 · 99.98% uptime
- Mixpanel · #4 · 99.84% uptime
- Pendo · #5 · 99.75% uptime
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