Payment Processors · reliability comparison
Braintree vs Worldpay: which is more reliable? (2026)
Braintree is more reliable than Worldpay, scoring 94.0 vs 34.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Braintree reported 2 incidents and Worldpay reported 50, with effective uptime of 99.97% and 97.00% respectively. Braintree resolves incidents faster on average (2h 7m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Braintree | Worldpay |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 94.0 | 34.0 |
| Rank (payment processors) | #1 | #13 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.97% | 97.00% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 50 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 7m | 4h 34m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Braintree and Worldpay differ
- Worldpay reported 25× as many incidents as Braintree over the last 90 days (50 vs 2).
- Braintree fixes problems faster: 2h 7m on average, against 4h 34m for Worldpay (2.2× quicker).
- Braintree's longest incident on record lasted 3h 2m (Sep 23, 2026); Worldpay's lasted 3d (Oct 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Braintree
Worldpay
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Braintree incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 3h 2m
Detected Resolved: Impact to Braintree Apple Pay Tokenization (PP-LIVE-109944)
Affected: Enterprise Solutions (Braintree) > United States Transaction Processing, Enterprise Solutions (Braintree) > Gateway API
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 11m
Impact to PayPal Checkout (PP-LIVE-109937)
Affected: Online Checkout, Enterprise Solutions (Braintree) > GraphQL API
Recent Worldpay incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · ongoing
[Incident Number] - We are aware of potential issues with a Third Party
Affected: Authorization & Payments
- InformationalNov 1, 2026 · resolved in <1m
INC0713069 - We have resolved issues with Authorization & Payments.
Affected: Authorization & Payments
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 1h 23m
INC0712171 - We are aware of potential issues with a Third Party
Affected: Authorization & Payments
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · ongoing
INC0710790 - We are investigating potential issues with payment refunds.
Affected: Authorization & Payments
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
INC0709613 - WPG - Maintenance Extended - Degradation of service
Affected: Authorization & Payments
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 10m
INC0708391 - Biller Solutions - We are investigating issues with Authorization & Payments
Affected: Authorization & Payments