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Orb vs Stripe Billing: which is more reliable? (2026)
Stripe Billing is more reliable than Orb, scoring 96.1 vs 79.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Orb reported 5 incidents and Stripe Billing reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.81% and 99.99% respectively. Stripe Billing resolves incidents faster on average (19m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Orb | Stripe Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 79.1 | 96.1 |
| Rank (subscription billing platforms) | #11 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.81% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 8h 52m | 19m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Orb and Stripe Billing differ
- Stripe Billing had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Orb.
- Stripe Billing fixes problems faster: 19m on average, against 8h 52m for Orb (28.5× quicker).
- Orb's longest outage on record lasted 3h 38m (Mar 3, 2026); Stripe Billing's lasted 19m (Sep 27, 2026).
90-day uptime
Orb
Stripe Billing
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Orb incidents
- InformationalOct 26, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Elevated Analytics API Timeouts
Affected: Analytics
- InformationalSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 3h 29m
Affected: Reads, Webhooks
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 35m
Affected: Reads, Writes, Analytics
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 21h 54m
- Degraded performanceSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 4h 8m
Delays for usage-based invoices
Affected: Invoicing
Recent Stripe Billing incidents
- InformationalOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Affected: Stripe API
- Partial outageSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 19m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 33m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 2h 15m
Affected: Stripe API, Stripe core components
- InformationalAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Elevated Errors for retrieving balance transactions for automatic payouts
Affected: Stripe API
Other subscription billing platforms to consider
- Bold Subscriptions · #1 · 100% uptime
- Zuora · #2 · 100% uptime
- Maxio · #3 · 99.99% uptime
- ChargeOver · #4 · 99.98% uptime
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