Marketing Automation & CDPs · reliability comparison
Census vs Twilio Segment: which is more reliable? (2026)
Census is more reliable than Twilio Segment, scoring 78.8 vs 60.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Census reported 5 incidents and Twilio Segment reported 10, with effective uptime of 99.72% and 99.35% respectively. Census resolves incidents faster on average (2h 13m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Census | Twilio Segment |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 78.8 | 60.5 |
| Rank (marketing automation platforms) | #7 | #12 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.72% | 99.35% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 10 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 13m | 8h 15m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Census and Twilio Segment differ
- Twilio Segment reported 2× as many incidents as Census over the last 90 days (10 vs 5).
- Census had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for Twilio Segment.
- Census fixes problems faster: 2h 13m on average, against 8h 15m for Twilio Segment (3.7× quicker).
- Census's longest outage on record lasted 5h 7m (Jan 5, 2026); Twilio Segment's lasted 10h 18m (Dec 16, 2025).
90-day uptime
Census
Twilio Segment
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Census incidents
- Partial outageOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 3h 16m
Sync Outage in azure-eastus regionofficial update ↗
Affected: Sync Engine
- Partial outageSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 3h 51m
LinkedIn Sync Failures - server responding with status 426official update ↗
Affected: Census Sync Management UI
- Major outageSep 9, 2026 · resolved in 52m
App failing to loadofficial update ↗
Affected: Census Sync Management UI
- Partial outageSep 8, 2026 · resolved in 2h 2m
Degraded UI performanceofficial update ↗
Affected: Census Sync Management UI
- Partial outageAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Facebook (Meta) Sync Failures - API access disrupted
Affected: Census Sync Management UI, Sync Engine
Recent Twilio Segment incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 16h 20m
Affected: Streaming Destinations (US), Reverse ETL (EU), Streaming Destinations (EU), Reverse ETL (US)
- Degraded performanceOct 2, 2026 · resolved in 1h 16m
Audience & Journey data delivery delay in EU region
Affected: Engage (EU), Linked Audiences (EU), Journeys (EU)
- Degraded performanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 8h 33m
Braze Web Event Delivery is experience event delivery issue
Affected: Streaming Destinations (US), Streaming Destinations (EU)
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 2h 10m
Actions S3 is currently experience formatting issues with the delivered events
Affected: Streaming Destinations (US), Engage (US), Streaming Destinations (EU), Engage (EU), Profiles Sync, Journeys (US) +1 more
- Partial outageSep 10, 2026 · resolved in 1h 11m
SSO Login Issues with the Segment App
Affected: Web Interface (US)
- Partial outageSep 3, 2026 · resolved in 4h 11m
Issue with Engage UIofficial update ↗
Affected: Web Interface (US), Engage (US)
Other marketing automation platforms to consider
- HubSpot Marketing Hub · #1 · 100% uptime
- Customer.io · #2 · 99.99% uptime
- Iterable · #3 · 99.96% uptime
- RudderStack · #4 · 99.94% uptime
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