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Thinkific vs ThriveCart: which is more reliable? (2026)
Thinkific and ThriveCart are effectively tied on reliability (91.3 vs 91.2). Over the last 90 days Thinkific reported 5 incidents and ThriveCart reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.94% and 99.93% respectively. Thinkific resolves incidents faster on average (1h 8m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Thinkific | ThriveCart |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.3 | 91.2 |
| Rank (online course platforms) | #8 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.94% | 99.93% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 8m | 1h 34m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Thinkific and ThriveCart differ
- ThriveCart reported 20% more incidents than Thinkific over the last 90 days (6 vs 5).
- Thinkific had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for ThriveCart.
- Thinkific fixes problems faster: 1h 8m on average, against 1h 34m for ThriveCart.
- Thinkific's longest outage on record lasted 2h 35m (Nov 10, 2025); ThriveCart's lasted 9h 44m (Jul 3, 2026).
90-day uptime
Thinkific
ThriveCart
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Thinkific incidents
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 24m
Learner Hub Is Down - We've Identified the Problem
Affected: Thinkific Application
- Partial outageSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Affected: Thinkific Application
- InformationalSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 5h 58m
Affected: Thinkific Application
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved in 2h 11m
Affected: Thinkific Application
- Degraded performanceAug 14, 2026 · resolved in 53m
Asset Library and New Course Builder Not Loading
Affected: Thinkific Application
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 dashboardofficial update ↗
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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