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Justworks vs Namely: which is more reliable? (2026)

Justworks and Namely are effectively tied on reliability (89.6 vs 89.1). Over the last 90 days Justworks reported 8 incidents and Namely reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.95% and 99.97% respectively.

Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score

Justworks

89.6/100

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Namely

89.1/100

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MetricJustworksNamely
Reliability score89.689.1
Rank (payroll & HR platforms)#4—
Uptime (90 days)99.95%99.97%
Incidents (90 days)80
Partial / major outages40
Avg time to resolve23m—
Outages we detected01
Transparency score100/10050/100

Where Justworks and Namely differ

  • Namely reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Justworks reported 8.
  • Justworks had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Namely.
  • Our own probes detected 0 outages at Justworks and 1 at Namely, of which 0 and 0 respectively were acknowledged on their status pages.

90-day uptime

Justworks

Aug 5, 2026: no incidentsAug 6, 2026: 99.72% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 7, 2026 – Aug 11, 2026: no incidentsAug 12, 2026: 99.65% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 13, 2026: no incidentsAug 14, 2026: 99.65% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 15, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no incidentsAug 18, 2026: 99.53% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 20, 2026: no incidentsAug 21, 2026: 98.18% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 22, 2026 – Aug 30, 2026: no incidentsAug 31, 2026: 99.54% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 1, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 99.44% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.952% average daily uptimeToday

Namely

Aug 5, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidentsNov 2, 2026: 97.30% uptime (Outage detected by our probes)
90 days ago99.970% average daily uptimeToday

Recent Justworks incidents

  • Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 53m

    Trainings are Currently Unavailable

    Affected: Justworks Platform

  • Degraded performanceAug 31, 2026 · resolved in 44m

    We are experiencing an issue with our platform

    Affected: Justworks.com Website, Justworks Time Tracking Website, Justworks Payroll Platform, Justworks Platform, Justworks Time Tracking Platform, Justworks Mobile App +1 more

  • Major outageAug 21, 2026 · resolved in 26m

    We are experiencing an issue with our platform

    Affected: Justworks.com Website, Justworks Time Tracking Website, Justworks Payroll Platform, Justworks Platform, Justworks Time Tracking Platform, Justworks Mobile App +1 more

  • Partial outageAug 18, 2026 · resolved in 13m

    We are experiencing an issue with our platform

    Affected: Justworks.com Website, Justworks Time Tracking Website, Justworks Payroll Platform, Justworks Platform, Justworks Time Tracking Platform, Justworks Mobile App +3 more

  • Major outageAug 14, 2026 · resolved in 5m

    We are experiencing an issue with our platform

    Affected: Justworks.com Website, Justworks Time Tracking Website, Justworks Payroll Platform, Justworks Platform, Justworks Time Tracking Platform, Justworks Mobile App +1 more

  • Partial outageAug 12, 2026 · resolved in 9m

    Intermittent Platform Issues

    Affected: Justworks.com Website, Justworks Time Tracking Website, Justworks Payroll Platform, Justworks Platform, Justworks Time Tracking Platform, Justworks Mobile App +1 more

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Recent Namely incidents

No incidents reported by Namely in the last 90 days.

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