Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Rollbar vs Splunk Observability Cloud: which is more reliable? (2026)
Rollbar is more reliable than Splunk Observability Cloud, scoring 96.1 vs 77.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Rollbar reported 3 incidents and Splunk Observability Cloud reported 13, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.74% respectively. Rollbar resolves incidents faster on average (37m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Rollbar | Splunk Observability Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 96.1 | 77.7 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #1 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 99.74% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 13 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 37m | 2h 7m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Rollbar and Splunk Observability Cloud differ
- Splunk Observability Cloud reported 4.3× as many incidents as Rollbar over the last 90 days (13 vs 3).
- Splunk Observability Cloud had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Rollbar.
- Rollbar fixes problems faster: 37m on average, against 2h 7m for Splunk Observability Cloud (3.4× quicker).
- Rollbar's longest outage on record lasted 12h 9m (May 18, 2026); Splunk Observability Cloud's lasted 7h 54m (Apr 25, 2026).
90-day uptime
Rollbar
Splunk Observability Cloud
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Rollbar incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 13m
Increased occurrence processing pipeline latency
Affected: Source map processing pipeline, Proguard processing pipeline, Core Processing Pipeline, iOS Symbolication processing pipeline
- MaintenanceOct 23, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline, Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline
- MaintenanceOct 18, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline +1 more
- MaintenanceOct 14, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline, Core Processing Pipeline
- MaintenanceSep 23, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline, Homepage (rollbar.com), Core Processing Pipeline +1 more
- MaintenanceSep 21, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline, Homepage (rollbar.com), Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com) +1 more
Recent Splunk Observability Cloud incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 52m
Performance degradation with apm code profiling
Affected: Splunk AlwaysOn Profiling API
- InformationalOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 15h 23m
Degraded AWS CloudWatch Metadata Integration
Affected: Splunk CloudWatch Metric Streams
- Partial outageOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 34m
Splunk APM Trace Data Ingestion Delayed
Affected: Splunk APM Ingest, Splunk APM Trace Data
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 2h 24m
Splunk Observability Cloud Web Interface Degradation
Affected: Splunk Observability Cloud Web Interface
- Partial outageOct 11, 2026 · resolved in 1h 25m
Charts not Loading for Some Customers
Affected: Splunk Observability Cloud Web Interface
- Degraded performanceOct 3, 2026 · resolved in 58m
Splunk Observability Synthetic Metric may be missing
Affected: Splunk Synthetics Monitoring Results processing
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