Online Course Platforms · reliability comparison
LearnWorlds vs ThriveCart: which is more reliable? (2026)
LearnWorlds and ThriveCart are effectively tied on reliability (93.1 vs 91.2). Over the last 90 days LearnWorlds reported 2 incidents and ThriveCart reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.96% and 99.93% respectively. ThriveCart resolves incidents faster on average (1h 34m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | LearnWorlds | ThriveCart |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 93.1 | 91.2 |
| Rank (online course platforms) | #7 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.96% | 99.93% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 1m | 1h 34m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where LearnWorlds and ThriveCart differ
- ThriveCart reported 3× as many incidents as LearnWorlds over the last 90 days (6 vs 2).
- ThriveCart fixes problems faster: 1h 34m on average, against 2h 1m for LearnWorlds.
- LearnWorlds's longest outage on record lasted 2h 19m (May 12, 2026); ThriveCart's lasted 9h 44m (Jul 3, 2026).
90-day uptime
LearnWorlds
ThriveCart
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent LearnWorlds incidents
- Partial outageOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 36m
Issues with schools located in US East
Affected: Databases, Schools
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 25m
Issues with schools located in EU
Affected: Databases, Schools
Recent ThriveCart incidents
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Intermittent Cart Pages & Sales Pages, checkout & account login performance between 3:52 - 4:01 UTC
Affected: Account Login & Dashboard, Checkouts & Payment Processing, Cart Pages & Sales Pages
- InformationalSep 8, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- InformationalAug 31, 2026 · resolved in <1m
ThriveAcademy - Intermittent Service Issue
Affected: Login & Access, Student Course Access, Creator/Admin Area, Purchases, Enrolments & Access Delivery, Media & Delivery (Videos, Downloads & Lesson Content), Emails & Notifications +1 more
- InformationalAug 27, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceAug 19, 2026 · resolved in 27m
Thrive Academy - Login and Access issues
Affected: Login & Access, Student Course Access
- Partial outageAug 5, 2026 · resolved in 2h 41m
Issue impacting checkouts and dashboard
Affected: Account Login & Dashboard, Checkouts & Payment Processing, Cart Pages & Sales Pages
Other online course platforms to consider
- Circle · #1 · 100% uptime
- Uscreen · #2 · 99.99% uptime
- Mighty Networks · #3 · 99.98% uptime
- Kajabi · #4 · 100% uptime
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