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Courier vs Pushwoosh: which is more reliable? (2026)
Courier and Pushwoosh are effectively tied on reliability (97.5 vs 97.9). Over the last 90 days Courier reported 2 incidents and Pushwoosh reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.99% and 99.99% respectively. Pushwoosh resolves incidents faster on average (11m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Courier | Pushwoosh |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 97.5 | 97.9 |
| Rank (push notification services) | #3 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.99% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 26m | 11m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Courier and Pushwoosh differ
- Courier reported 2× as many incidents as Pushwoosh over the last 90 days (2 vs 1).
- Pushwoosh had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Courier.
- Pushwoosh fixes problems faster: 11m on average, against 26m for Courier (2.4× quicker).
- Courier's longest outage on record lasted 3h 7m (Feb 2, 2026); Pushwoosh's lasted 42m (Jul 7, 2026).
90-day uptime
Courier
Pushwoosh
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Courier incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 10, 2026 · resolved in 15m
Affected: API
- Degraded performanceOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 37m
Affected: API
Recent Pushwoosh incidents
- Partial outageSep 17, 2026 · resolved in 11m
Unable to send one-time push notifications from Control Panel
Affected: Control Panel
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- Novu · #1 · 100% uptime
- Expo Push Notifications · #4 · 99.93% uptime
- Firebase Cloud Messaging · #5 · 99.91% uptime
- Batch · #6 · 99.83% uptime
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