Subscription Billing Platforms · reliability comparison
FastSpring vs Stripe Billing: which is more reliable? (2026)
Stripe Billing is more reliable than FastSpring, scoring 96.1 vs 94.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days FastSpring reported 6 incidents and Stripe Billing reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.97% and 99.99% respectively. Stripe Billing resolves incidents faster on average (19m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | FastSpring | Stripe Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 94.0 | 96.1 |
| Rank (subscription billing platforms) | #7 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.97% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 37m | 19m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where FastSpring and Stripe Billing differ
- FastSpring reported 20% more incidents than Stripe Billing over the last 90 days (6 vs 5).
- Stripe Billing fixes problems faster: 19m on average, against 37m for FastSpring (2.0× quicker).
- FastSpring's longest outage on record lasted 41m (Sep 16, 2026); Stripe Billing's lasted 19m (Sep 27, 2026).
90-day uptime
FastSpring
Stripe Billing
- 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 Stripe Billing incidents
- InformationalOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Affected: Stripe API
- Partial outageSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 19m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 33m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 15m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Elevated Errors for retrieving balance transactions for automatic payouts
Affected: Stripe API
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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