Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
BugSnag vs Checkly: which is more reliable? (2026)
Checkly is more reliable than BugSnag, scoring 91.1 vs 67.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days BugSnag reported 2 incidents and Checkly reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.66% and 99.96% respectively. Checkly resolves incidents faster on average (1h 54m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | BugSnag | Checkly |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 67.4 | 91.1 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #11 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.66% | 99.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d | 1h 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where BugSnag and Checkly differ
- Checkly reported 3× as many incidents as BugSnag over the last 90 days (6 vs 2).
- Checkly fixes problems faster: 1h 54m on average, against 1d for BugSnag (12.8× quicker).
- BugSnag's longest outage on record lasted 6m (Nov 10, 2025); Checkly's lasted 3h 10m (Oct 7, 2026).
90-day uptime
BugSnag
Checkly
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent BugSnag incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 1d 22h
Issues with the Traces and Spans API
Affected: BugSnag OTLP Trace Reporting API
- Degraded performanceAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 2h 21m
Affected: BugSnag Dashboard, BugSnag Sessions API
Recent Checkly incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 1h 40m
- Degraded performanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 3h 10m
- Degraded performanceOct 5, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 53m
Performance Degradation for Playwright Check Suites in us-east-1
- Degraded performanceSep 18, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceAug 10, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Security Notice: Unauthorized Access via Third-Party Analytics Tool
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- Rollbar · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- incident.io · #2 · 99.97% uptime
- New Relic · #4 · 99.92% uptime
- UptimeRobot · #5 · 99.93% uptime
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