Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
BugSnag vs UptimeRobot: which is more reliable? (2026)
UptimeRobot is more reliable than BugSnag, scoring 87.7 vs 67.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days BugSnag reported 2 incidents and UptimeRobot reported 7, with effective uptime of 99.66% and 99.93% respectively. UptimeRobot resolves incidents faster on average (25m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | BugSnag | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 67.4 | 87.7 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #10 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.66% | 99.93% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 7 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d | 25m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where BugSnag and UptimeRobot differ
- UptimeRobot reported 3.5× as many incidents as BugSnag over the last 90 days (7 vs 2).
- UptimeRobot had 7 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for BugSnag.
- UptimeRobot fixes problems faster: 25m on average, against 1d for BugSnag (58.2× quicker).
- BugSnag's longest outage on record lasted 6m (Nov 10, 2025); UptimeRobot's lasted 2h 41m (Aug 4, 2026).
90-day uptime
BugSnag
UptimeRobot
- 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 UptimeRobot incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageSep 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: API v2, RSS
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2, RSS
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageAug 29, 2026 · resolved in 2m
Affected: API v2
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- Rollbar · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- incident.io · #2 · 99.97% uptime
- New Relic · #3 · 99.93% uptime
- Checkly · #4 · 99.96% uptime
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