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GlossGenius vs Vagaro: which is more reliable? (2026)

Vagaro is more reliable than GlossGenius, scoring 91.5 vs 65.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days GlossGenius reported 11 incidents and Vagaro reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.36% and 99.96% respectively. GlossGenius resolves incidents faster on average (2h 52m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

GlossGenius

65.1/100

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Vagaro

91.5/100

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MetricGlossGeniusVagaro
Reliability score65.191.5
Rank (salon & spa booking apps)#6#2
Uptime (90 days)99.36%99.96%
Incidents (90 days)111
Partial / major outages40
Avg time to resolve2h 52m4h 37m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where GlossGenius and Vagaro differ

  • GlossGenius reported 11× as many incidents as Vagaro over the last 90 days (11 vs 1).
  • GlossGenius had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Vagaro.
  • GlossGenius fixes problems faster: 2h 52m on average, against 4h 37m for Vagaro.
  • GlossGenius's longest outage on record lasted 1d 4h (Jan 19, 2026); Vagaro's lasted 7h 9m (Feb 13, 2026).

90-day uptime

GlossGenius

Aug 4, 2026: no incidentsAug 5, 2026: 94.23% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026: no incidentsAug 10, 2026: 91.86% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 11, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026: no incidentsSep 7, 2026: 95.10% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 98.30% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 99.51% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: no incidentsSep 25, 2026: 99.54% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 26, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026: no incidentsSep 29, 2026: 99.85% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026: no incidentsOct 14, 2026: 68.41% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026: no incidentsOct 23, 2026: 99.45% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 24, 2026: 99.97% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 25, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026: no incidentsOct 27, 2026: 99.03% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026: 97.82% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.368% average daily uptimeToday

Vagaro

Aug 4, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 97.11% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.967% average daily uptimeToday

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