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Bloomreach Engagement vs Census: which is more reliable? (2026)
Census is more reliable than Bloomreach Engagement, scoring 78.8 vs 67.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bloomreach Engagement reported 2 incidents and Census reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.39% and 99.72% respectively. Census resolves incidents faster on average (2h 13m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bloomreach Engagement | Census |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 67.3 | 78.8 |
| Rank (marketing automation platforms) | #10 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.39% | 99.72% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | 6h 42m | 2h 13m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bloomreach Engagement and Census differ
- Census reported 2.5× as many incidents as Bloomreach Engagement over the last 90 days (5 vs 2).
- Census had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Bloomreach Engagement.
- Census fixes problems faster: 2h 13m on average, against 6h 42m for Bloomreach Engagement (3.0× quicker).
- Bloomreach Engagement's longest outage on record lasted 12h 46m (Oct 20, 2026); Census's lasted 5h 7m (Jan 5, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bloomreach Engagement
Census
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Bloomreach Engagement incidents
- Partial outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 39m
Bloomreach Engagement - Application access disruption, login is unavailable
Affected: C7S, CA1, CIN, CIS, ENG, EU1 +8 more
- Major outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 12h 46m
Bloomreach Engagement - UK region unavailable
Affected: ENG, UK1, UK2
Recent Census incidents
- Partial outageOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 3h 16m
Sync Outage in azure-eastus region
Affected: Sync Engine
- Partial outageSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 3h 51m
LinkedIn Sync Failures - server responding with status 426
Affected: Census Sync Management UI
- Major outageSep 9, 2026 · resolved in 52m
Affected: Census Sync Management UI
- Partial outageSep 8, 2026 · resolved in 2h 2m
Affected: Census Sync Management UI
- Partial outageAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Facebook (Meta) Sync Failures - API access disrupted
Affected: Census Sync Management UI, Sync Engine
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- HubSpot Marketing Hub · #1 · 100% uptime
- Customer.io · #2 · 99.99% uptime
- Iterable · #3 · 99.96% uptime
- RudderStack · #4 · 99.94% uptime
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