SMS & Voice APIs · reliability comparison
Bandwidth vs Textmagic: which is more reliable? (2026)
Textmagic is more reliable than Bandwidth, scoring 86.2 vs 33.7 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Bandwidth reported 67 incidents and Textmagic reported 1, with effective uptime of 97.18% and 99.82% respectively. Textmagic resolves incidents faster on average (3h 44m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Bandwidth | Textmagic |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 33.7 | 86.2 |
| Rank (SMS & voice APIs) | #10 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.18% | 99.82% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 67 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 14 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 5h 38m | 3h 44m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Bandwidth and Textmagic differ
- Bandwidth reported 67× as many incidents as Textmagic over the last 90 days (67 vs 1).
- Bandwidth had 14 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Textmagic.
- Textmagic fixes problems faster: 3h 44m on average, against 5h 38m for Bandwidth.
- Bandwidth's longest outage on record lasted 15h 12m (Oct 20, 2026); Textmagic's lasted 3h 44m (Aug 20, 2026).
90-day uptime
Bandwidth
Textmagic
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Bandwidth incidents
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 2h 33m
Number Portability Checker Incidentofficial update ↗
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 Textmagic incidents
- Major outageAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 3h 44m
Service disruption due to server provider issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: Web App, Sending text messages (Outbound SMS), Receiving text messages (Inbound SMS), Email campaigns, Email to SMS, SMS API Gateway +3 more
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