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Gladly vs LiveAgent: which is more reliable? (2026)
LiveAgent is more reliable than Gladly, scoring 89.2 vs 74.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Gladly reported 7 incidents and LiveAgent reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.65% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Gladly | LiveAgent |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 74.9 | 89.2 |
| Rank (help desk platforms) | #10 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.65% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 7 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 3h 58m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Gladly and LiveAgent differ
- Gladly reported 7× as many incidents as LiveAgent over the last 90 days (7 vs 1).
- Gladly had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for LiveAgent.
90-day uptime
Gladly
LiveAgent
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Gladly incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 11m
Intermittent Issues with Login and Routing
Affected: Gladly Team Solution
- Degraded performanceOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 3h 8m
Affected: Reporting
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 2h 59m
Topics popover getting cut off/hidden behind Answers & Team Assist panel
Affected: Admin
- Partial outageSep 10, 2026 · resolved in 9h 22m
Intermittent Report Loading Issues
Affected: Reporting
- Degraded performanceSep 9, 2026 · resolved in 4h 26m
Affected: Reporting
- Degraded performanceSep 9, 2026 · resolved in 1h 50m
Affected: Reporting
Recent LiveAgent incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
PHP vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 / CVE-2026-109619 (PHP2Shell)
- MaintenanceSep 1, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other help desk platforms to consider
- Hiver · #1 · 99.99% uptime
- HubSpot Service Hub · #2 · 100% uptime
- Kustomer · #3 · 99.99% uptime
- Tidio · #4 · 99.98% uptime