Monitoring & Observability · reliability comparison
Rollbar vs UptimeRobot: which is more reliable? (2026)
Rollbar is more reliable than UptimeRobot, scoring 96.1 vs 91.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Rollbar reported 3 incidents and UptimeRobot reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 99.99% respectively. UptimeRobot resolves incidents faster on average (3m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Rollbar | UptimeRobot |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 96.1 | 91.8 |
| Rank (monitoring & observability tools) | #1 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 99.99% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 6 |
| Avg time to resolve | 37m | 3m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Rollbar and UptimeRobot differ
- UptimeRobot reported 2× as many incidents as Rollbar over the last 90 days (6 vs 3).
- UptimeRobot had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Rollbar.
- UptimeRobot fixes problems faster: 3m on average, against 37m for Rollbar (14.3× quicker).
- Rollbar's longest outage on record lasted 12h 9m (May 18, 2026); UptimeRobot's lasted 2h 41m (Aug 4, 2026).
90-day uptime
Rollbar
UptimeRobot
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Rollbar incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 13m
Increased occurrence processing pipeline latency
Affected: Source map processing pipeline, Proguard processing pipeline, Core Processing Pipeline, iOS Symbolication processing pipeline
- MaintenanceOct 23, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline
- MaintenanceOct 18, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline, Homepage (rollbar.com), Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline +1 more
- MaintenanceOct 14, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline, Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com), iOS Symbolication processing pipeline
- MaintenanceSep 23, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline, Homepage (rollbar.com), Core Processing Pipeline, Web Application (app.rollbar.com) +1 more
- MaintenanceSep 21, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: iOS Symbolication processing pipeline, Source map processing pipeline, API Tier (api.rollbar.com), Proguard processing pipeline, Homepage (rollbar.com), Core Processing Pipeline +1 more
Recent UptimeRobot incidents
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageOct 6, 2026 · resolved in 10m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageSep 3, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: API v2, RSS
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2, RSS
- Partial outageSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 1m
Affected: API v2
- Partial outageAug 29, 2026 · resolved in 2m
Affected: API v2
Other monitoring & observability tools to consider
- incident.io · #2 · 99.97% uptime
- Checkly · #4 · 99.96% uptime
- New Relic · #5 · 99.91% uptime
- Honeycomb · #6 · 99.86% uptime
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