Expense Management Software · reliability comparison
Brex vs Pleo: which is more reliable? (2026)
Pleo is more reliable than Brex, scoring 55.4 vs 40.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Brex reported 9 incidents and Pleo reported 3, with effective uptime of 97.69% and 99.21% respectively. Brex resolves incidents faster on average (10h 9m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Brex | Pleo |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 40.0 | 55.4 |
| Rank (expense management tools) | #8 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.69% | 99.21% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 9 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 9 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 10h 9m | 1d 8h |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Brex and Pleo differ
- Brex reported 3× as many incidents as Pleo over the last 90 days (9 vs 3).
- Brex had 9 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Pleo.
- Brex fixes problems faster: 10h 9m on average, against 1d 8h for Pleo (3.2× quicker).
- Brex's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 20, 2026); Pleo's lasted 16h 5m (Jan 28, 2026).
90-day uptime
Brex
Pleo
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Brex incidents
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 10d
- Major outageOct 2, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Major outageSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 34m
Admin home page load error spikeofficial update ↗
Affected: Home Page
- Partial outageSep 21, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Unexpected invalidation of some Developer API Tokens
Affected: Partner API, Authentication
- Partial outageSep 15, 2026 · resolved in 3h 8m
Transaction statuses on your Accounting pages may be out of date, causing some transactions to appear in the wrong tab.official update ↗
Affected: Spend Management
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 8h 8m
Trust Portal (trust-portal.brex.com) is downofficial update ↗
Recent Pleo incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 18h 48m
Timeout errors for windows users
Affected: Web application
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 6h 35m
TPP outage impacting Pleo Open Banking capabilities (PIS and VRP)official update ↗
Affected: 💰 E-money Account
- MaintenanceOct 10, 2026 · ongoing
Scheduled Platform Maintenance
Affected: 📱 Mobile application
- Degraded performanceSep 10, 2026 · resolved in 5d 2h
Instant top-up option for Sweden
Affected: 💰 E-money Account
Other expense management tools to consider
- Airbase · #1 · 100% uptime
- Rydoo · #2 · 100% uptime
- Navan · #3 · 99.97% uptime
- Emburse Professional · #4 · 99.61% uptime
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