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Teachable vs ThriveCart: which is more reliable? (2026)
ThriveCart is more reliable than Teachable, scoring 91.2 vs 39.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Teachable reported 6 incidents and ThriveCart reported 6, with effective uptime of 97.67% and 99.93% respectively. ThriveCart resolves incidents faster on average (1h 34m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Teachable | ThriveCart |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 39.9 | 91.2 |
| Rank (online course platforms) | #10 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.67% | 99.93% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 6 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 23m | 1h 34m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Teachable and ThriveCart differ
- Teachable had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for ThriveCart.
- ThriveCart fixes problems faster: 1h 34m on average, against 14h 23m for Teachable (9.2× quicker).
- Teachable's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Dec 3, 2025); ThriveCart's lasted 9h 44m (Jul 3, 2026).
90-day uptime
Teachable
ThriveCart
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Teachable incidents
- Partial outageOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 50m
Affected: teachable.com
- Major outageOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
Checkout Unavailable - Teachable Payments
Affected: Teachable Payments
- Major outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 13h 1m
Affected: teachable.com
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1d 21h
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 21h 8m
Service Update: Onboarding Restored, Monitoring in Progress
Affected: teachable:pay
- Partial outageAug 29, 2026 · resolved in 3h 12m
Affected: teachable.com, Custom Payment Gateway, Monthly Payment Gateway, teachable:pay
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
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- Circle · #1 · 100% uptime
- Uscreen · #2 · 99.99% uptime
- Mighty Networks · #3 · 99.98% uptime
- Kajabi · #4 · 100% uptime
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