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FreeAgent vs FreshBooks: which is more reliable? (2026)

FreeAgent is more reliable than FreshBooks, scoring 100.0 vs 74.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days FreeAgent reported 0 incidents and FreshBooks reported 4, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.74% respectively.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

FreeAgent

100.0/100

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FreshBooks

74.6/100

Operational

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MetricFreeAgentFreshBooks
Reliability score100.074.6
Rank (accounting software tools)—#4
Uptime (90 days)100%99.74%
Incidents (90 days)04
Partial / major outages00
Avg time to resolve—12h 3m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where FreeAgent and FreshBooks differ

  • FreeAgent reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while FreshBooks reported 4.
  • FreeAgent's longest outage on record lasted 24m (Mar 12, 2026); FreshBooks's lasted 6h 17m (Mar 17, 2026).

90-day uptime

FreeAgent

Aug 5, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago100% average daily uptimeToday

FreshBooks

Aug 5, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026: no incidentsOct 15, 2026: 98.62% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 97.59% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026: 90.01% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 97.54% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026: 93.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Nov 1, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.748% average daily uptimeToday

Recent FreeAgent incidents

No incidents reported by FreeAgent in the last 90 days.

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Recent FreshBooks incidents

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