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Disco vs Thinkific: which is more reliable? (2026)
Disco and Thinkific are effectively tied on reliability (93.2 vs 91.3). Over the last 90 days Disco reported 2 incidents and Thinkific reported 5, with effective uptime of 99.97% and 99.94% respectively. Thinkific resolves incidents faster on average (1h 8m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Disco | Thinkific |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 93.2 | 91.3 |
| Rank (online course platforms) | #6 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.97% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 3h 12m | 1h 8m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Disco and Thinkific differ
- Thinkific reported 2.5× as many incidents as Disco over the last 90 days (5 vs 2).
- Thinkific had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Disco.
- Thinkific fixes problems faster: 1h 8m on average, against 3h 12m for Disco (2.8× quicker).
- Disco's longest outage on record lasted 59m (Jul 3, 2026); Thinkific's lasted 2h 35m (Nov 10, 2025).
90-day uptime
Disco
Thinkific
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Disco incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 3h 12m
Users reporting trouble loading platform
Affected: Platform
- InformationalAug 6, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Recent Thinkific incidents
- Partial outageOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 24m
Learner Hub Is Down - We've Identified the Problem
Affected: Thinkific Application
- Partial outageSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 2m
Affected: Thinkific Application
- InformationalSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 5h 58m
Affected: Thinkific Application
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved in 2h 11m
Affected: Thinkific Application
- Degraded performanceAug 14, 2026 · resolved in 53m
Asset Library and New Course Builder Not Loading
Affected: Thinkific Application
Other online course platforms to consider
- Circle · #1 · 100% uptime
- Uscreen · #2 · 99.99% uptime
- Mighty Networks · #3 · 99.98% uptime
- Kajabi · #4 · 100% uptime
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