Payment Processors · reliability comparison
Adyen vs Paddle: which is more reliable? (2026)
Paddle is more reliable than Adyen, scoring 93.6 vs 84.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Adyen reported 10 incidents and Paddle reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.95% and 99.96% respectively. Paddle resolves incidents faster on average (2h 19m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Adyen | Paddle |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 84.8 | 93.6 |
| Rank (payment processors) | #6 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.95% | 99.96% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 10 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 7h 14m | 2h 19m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Adyen and Paddle differ
- Adyen reported 5× as many incidents as Paddle over the last 90 days (10 vs 2).
- Paddle fixes problems faster: 2h 19m on average, against 7h 14m for Adyen (3.1× quicker).
- Adyen's longest incident on record lasted 3d (Jul 31, 2026); Paddle's lasted 1d 22h (Apr 28, 2026).
90-day uptime
Adyen
Paddle
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Adyen incidents
- InformationalNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 3h 38m
Givex is experiencing higher error rates
Affected: Acquirer payments performance
- InformationalOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 15h 34m
Givex is experiencing higher error rates
Affected: Acquirer payments performance
- InformationalOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 36m
MoMo is experiencing higher error rates
Affected: Acquirer payments performance
- InformationalOct 31, 2026 · resolved in 3h 58m
AntFinancialOSP is experiencing offer conversion issues
Affected: Acquirer payments performance
- InformationalSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 2d 5h
Payout delay for a subset of BRL transactions
Affected: Settlement payout
- InformationalSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 12m
MB WAY is experiencing higher refusal rates
Affected: Acquirer payments performance
Recent Paddle incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 4h 5m
Issue affecting metrics and reporting in the seller dashboard
Affected: Production - Billing, Production - Classic
- MaintenanceSep 21, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Production - Billing, Production - Billing, Production - Classic, Production - Classic, Production - Billing, Production - Classic +1 more
- Degraded performanceSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 33m
Report downloads unavailable in the Paddle Dashboard
Affected: Production - Billing
- MaintenanceAug 7, 2026 · ongoing
Production and Sandbox Databases Maintenance
Affected: Production - Billing, Production - Billing, Production - Billing, Sandbox - Billing, Production - Classic, Sandbox - Classic +10 more