SMS & Voice APIs · reliability comparison
Bandwidth vs Telnyx: which is more reliable? (2026)
Bandwidth is more reliable than Telnyx, scoring 33.6 vs 28.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bandwidth reported 68 incidents and Telnyx reported 34, with effective uptime of 97.18% and 92.61% respectively. Bandwidth resolves incidents faster on average (5h 38m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bandwidth | Telnyx |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 33.6 | 28.6 |
| Rank (SMS & voice APIs) | #9 | #11 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.18% | 92.61% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 68 | 34 |
| Partial / major outages | 14 | 10 |
| Avg time to resolve | 5h 38m | 16h 24m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bandwidth and Telnyx differ
- Bandwidth reported 2× as many incidents as Telnyx over the last 90 days (68 vs 34).
- Bandwidth had 14 partial or major outages, compared with 10 for Telnyx.
- Bandwidth fixes problems faster: 5h 38m on average, against 16h 24m for Telnyx (2.9× quicker).
- Bandwidth's longest outage on record lasted 15h 12m (Oct 20, 2026); Telnyx's lasted 3d (Aug 15, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bandwidth
Telnyx
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Bandwidth incidents
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 2h 33m
Number Portability Checker Incident
Affected: Number Porting
- MaintenanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 5h
- MaintenanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 4h
- InformationalOct 28, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 4h
- MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 3h 59m
Recent Telnyx incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h 14m
Affected: API V1, API V2
- MaintenanceOct 30, 2026 · ongoing
Voice Services Update - All Regions
Affected: Sydney, Australia, Toronto, Canada, Chennai, India, Mumbai, India, Chicago, IL, London, UK +7 more
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Delays with Messaging Webhooks, Mission Control Number and Porting ordering/configurations
Affected: API V2, US East Region, US Central Region, US West Region
- MaintenanceOct 29, 2026 · ongoing
Scheduled maintenance for Programmable Voice - Voice API/Programmable Voice - TeXML EU/US/APAC/UAE
Affected: US, Europe, Australia, Middle East, US, Europe +2 more
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: Australia, Asia (Beta), Middle East, Europe, Canada, US
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 2h 33m
Affected: NORAM
Other SMS & voice APIs to consider
- Plivo · #1 · 100% uptime
- Telesign · #2 · 99.91% uptime
- Textmagic · #3 · 99.82% uptime
- Africa's Talking · #4 · 99.80% uptime