Team Chat Apps · reliability comparison
Discord vs Element: which is more reliable? (2026)
Element is more reliable than Discord, scoring 100.0 vs 62.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Discord reported 19 incidents and Element reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.40% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Discord | Element |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 62.0 | 100.0 |
| Rank (team chat apps) | #11 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.40% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 19 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 14 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 34m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Discord and Element differ
- Element reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Discord reported 19.
- Discord had 14 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Element.
- Discord's longest outage on record lasted 6h 17m (Oct 31, 2026); Element's lasted 18h 18m (Nov 18, 2025).
90-day uptime
Discord
Element
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Discord incidents
- Partial outageOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 6h 17m
- Partial outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 55m
- Degraded performanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 1h 5m
Affected: API, Media Proxy
- Partial outageSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
Age group status mismatch across devices
Affected: Android
- Partial outageSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 2h 21m
Issue / Delay in establishing call connectionofficial update ↗
- Partial outageSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Recent Element incidents
- Partial outageJan 29, 2025 · ongoing
Element One Telegram bridge Matrix to Telegram direction media intermittent failuresofficial update ↗
Affected: Telegram, Element One
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