Monthly outage report

October 2018 business software outage report

In October 2018, the vendors we track reported 35 incidents, including 17 partial or major outages. Choose a category for the vendor-by-vendor breakdown.

Retail & e-commerce

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
E-commerce Platforms0013 of 13—
Retail POS0016 of 16—
Shipping & Fulfillment Software0015 of 15—

Payments & finance

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Accounting Software0012 of 12—
Business Banking0015 of 15—
Expense Management Software0015 of 15—
KYC & Identity Verification0016 of 16—
Payment Processors0015 of 15—
Payroll & HR Software0016 of 16—
Subscription Billing Platforms0016 of 16—

Restaurants & hospitality

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Hotel Property Management Systems1115 of 16Stayntouch (1)
Restaurant Online Ordering Platforms0019 of 19—
Restaurant POS0017 of 17—
Restaurant Reservation Systems0015 of 15—
Vacation Rental Software0016 of 16—

Health, beauty & fitness

Trades & property

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Auto Repair Shop Software0014 of 14—
Field Service Management2016 of 18Kickserv (1)
Property Management Software0016 of 16—

Back office & professional services

Marketing & customer communication

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Advertising Platforms0012 of 12—
Affiliate & Partner Management Platforms0016 of 16—
Affiliate Networks0013 of 13—
CRM Software0015 of 15—
Email Marketing Platforms2014 of 15AWeber (2)
Help Desk Software0015 of 15—
Marketing Automation & CDPs0015 of 15—
Push Notification Services0013 of 13—
Referral & Loyalty Programs0015 of 15—
Social Media Management Tools0016 of 16—
Web & Product Analytics0015 of 15—
Web Hosting0015 of 15—

AI & developer tools

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
AI Chat Assistants0010 of 10—
App Hosting Platforms0015 of 15—
Authentication Providers0013 of 13—
CDN & DNS Providers0016 of 16—
Cloud Providers0014 of 14—
Code Hosting & CI/CD0015 of 15—
LLM API Providers0016 of 16—
Managed Database Services0015 of 15—
Monitoring & Observability6515 of 16Datadog (6)
SMS & Voice APIs0015 of 15—
Transactional Email APIs0014 of 14—

iGaming & betting technology

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
iGaming Affiliate Software0014 of 14—
iGaming CRM & Player Engagement0012 of 12—
iGaming Payment Providers2113 of 14emerchantpay (2)

Creators & events

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Event Ticketing Platforms2013 of 14TicketSpice (2)
Online Course Platforms0015 of 15—

Longest outages in October 2018