Team Chat Apps · reliability comparison
Google Chat vs Wire: which is more reliable? (2026)
Wire is more reliable than Google Chat, scoring 99.6 vs 94.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Google Chat reported 1 incident and Wire reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Google Chat | Wire |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 94.4 | 99.6 |
| Rank (team chat apps) | #9 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 1 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 44m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Google Chat and Wire differ
- Google Chat's longest outage on record lasted 2h 3m (Feb 23, 2026); Wire's lasted 1d (Apr 23, 2026).
90-day uptime
Google Chat
Wire
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Google Chat incidents
- Degraded performanceAug 28, 2026 · resolved in 2h 44m
Affected: Google Chat
Recent Wire incidents
- MaintenanceSep 17, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Wire Android App, Wire Cloud Web and Desktop, Wire iOS App, Account Management, App Websocket, Backend API +1 more
- InformationalSep 14, 2026 · resolved in 1h 21m
- MaintenanceSep 8, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Conference Calling
- MaintenanceAug 17, 2026 · ongoing
Wire Cloud Production cluster version upgrade
Affected: App Websocket, Backend API, Federation, Service API, Team Management Dashboard
- MaintenanceAug 17, 2026 · ongoing
Wire cloud calling cluster version upgrade
Affected: Conference Calling
Other team chat apps to consider
- Element · #1 · 100% uptime
- Flock · #2 · 100% uptime
- Mattermost · #3 · 100% uptime
- Rocket.Chat · #4 · 100% uptime