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Intercom vs LiveAgent: which is more reliable? (2026)
Intercom and LiveAgent are effectively tied on reliability (87.9 vs 89.2). Over the last 90 days Intercom reported 8 incidents and LiveAgent reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.92% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Intercom | LiveAgent |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.9 | 89.2 |
| Rank (help desk platforms) | #8 | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.92% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 8 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Intercom and LiveAgent differ
- Intercom reported 8× as many incidents as LiveAgent over the last 90 days (8 vs 1).
- Intercom had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for LiveAgent.
90-day uptime
Intercom
LiveAgent
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Intercom incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 24m
Affected: Fin AI Agent
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 12m
Customer contact details showing up as "Redacted" in the Intercom Inbox
Affected: Inbox
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 5h 27m
Issues with Fin for Salesforce
Affected: Other
- Degraded performanceSep 9, 2026 · resolved in 9m
Messenger Help Articles not displaying
Affected: Mobile Messenger, Web Messenger
- Degraded performanceSep 4, 2026 · resolved in 39m
Fin intermittent failures responding to first conversation messages
Affected: Fin AI Agent
- Major outageSep 3, 2026 · resolved in 12m
Fin failures in Australia region
Affected: Web Messenger, Fin AI Agent, Inbox, REST API, Tickets, Help Center +10 more
Recent LiveAgent incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
PHP vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 / CVE-2026-109619 (PHP2Shell)
- MaintenanceSep 1, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other help desk platforms to consider
- Hiver · #1 · 99.99% uptime
- HubSpot Service Hub · #2 · 100% uptime
- Kustomer · #3 · 99.99% uptime
- Tidio · #4 · 99.98% uptime