Subscription Billing Platforms · reliability comparison
FastSpring vs Recharge: which is more reliable? (2026)
FastSpring is more reliable than Recharge, scoring 94.0 vs 67.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days FastSpring reported 6 incidents and Recharge reported 4, with effective uptime of 99.97% and 99.43% respectively. FastSpring resolves incidents faster on average (37m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | FastSpring | Recharge |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 94.0 | 67.2 |
| Rank (subscription billing platforms) | #7 | #13 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.97% | 99.43% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 4 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 37m | 6h 35m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where FastSpring and Recharge differ
- FastSpring reported 50% more incidents than Recharge over the last 90 days (6 vs 4).
- Recharge had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for FastSpring.
- FastSpring fixes problems faster: 37m on average, against 6h 35m for Recharge (10.8× quicker).
- FastSpring's longest outage on record lasted 41m (Sep 16, 2026); Recharge's lasted 3d (Nov 9, 2025).
90-day uptime
FastSpring
Recharge
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent FastSpring incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 20m
Affected: FastSpring System
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 33m
Data API – Intermittent Report Job Failures
Affected: FastSpring System
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 49m
Affected: FastSpring System
- InformationalSep 18, 2026 · resolved in 10h 55m
Scheduled Subscription Renewal Delays
Affected: FastSpring System
- InformationalSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 2h 27m
Affected: FastSpring System
- Partial outageSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 41m
Affected: FastSpring System
Recent Recharge incidents
- Partial outageSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 1h 57m
Affected: Recharge Analytics, In-App Support, Recharge API, Recharge Charge Processing, Recharge Checkout, Recharge Customer Portal +2 more
- InformationalSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 2h 32m
Affected: Recharge Analytics, Recharge API, Recharge Charge Processing, Recharge Checkout, Recharge Customer Portal, Recharge Merchant Portal +1 more
- InformationalSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 39m
- Major outageAug 7, 2026 · resolved in 11h 13m
Upcoming Charge Notification Delayofficial update ↗
Affected: Recharge Webhooks
Other subscription billing platforms to consider
- Bold Subscriptions · #1 · 100% uptime
- Zuora · #2 · 100% uptime
- Maxio · #3 · 99.99% uptime
- ChargeOver · #4 · 99.98% uptime
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