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Pleo vs Spendesk: which is more reliable? (2026)

Pleo is more reliable than Spendesk, scoring 55.4 vs 31.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Pleo reported 3 incidents and Spendesk reported 12, with effective uptime of 99.21% and 95.49% respectively. Spendesk resolves incidents faster on average (1d 2h).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Pleo

55.4/100

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Spendesk

31.6/100

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MetricPleoSpendesk
Reliability score55.431.6
Rank (expense management tools)#7#9
Uptime (90 days)99.21%95.49%
Incidents (90 days)312
Partial / major outages16
Avg time to resolve1d 8h1d 2h
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Pleo and Spendesk differ

  • Spendesk reported 4× as many incidents as Pleo over the last 90 days (12 vs 3).
  • Spendesk had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Pleo.
  • Spendesk fixes problems faster: 1d 2h on average, against 1d 8h for Pleo.
  • Pleo's longest outage on record lasted 16h 5m (Jan 28, 2026); Spendesk's lasted 3d (Sep 16, 2026).

90-day uptime

Pleo

Aug 4, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026: no incidentsSep 10, 2026: 93.07% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 11, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 12, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 13, 2026: 91.92% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 14, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 86.28% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 21, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026: no incidentsOct 27, 2026: 93.58% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026: 94.65% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.217% average daily uptimeToday

Spendesk

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026: no incidentsAug 27, 2026: 98.73% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 28, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026: no incidentsSep 2, 2026: 92.60% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 3, 2026: no incidentsSep 4, 2026: 90.06% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 5, 2026 – Sep 15, 2026: no incidentsSep 16, 2026: 42.08% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Sep 17, 2026: 33.11% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Sep 18, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 19, 2026: 68.99% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 94.52% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 22, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 93.39% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026: no incidentsSep 29, 2026: 66.50% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 30, 2026: 69.61% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 1, 2026 – Oct 6, 2026: no incidentsOct 7, 2026: 90.76% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 10, 2026: 94.23% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026: no incidentsOct 15, 2026: 99.72% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 16, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026: no incidentsOct 26, 2026: 91.70% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 27, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026: 93.29% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 30, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago95.492% average daily uptimeToday

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