Online Course Platforms · reliability comparison
Teachable vs Thinkific: which is more reliable? (2026)
Thinkific is more reliable than Teachable, scoring 91.3 vs 39.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Teachable reported 6 incidents and Thinkific reported 5, with effective uptime of 97.67% and 99.94% respectively. Thinkific resolves incidents faster on average (1h 8m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Teachable | Thinkific |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 39.9 | 91.3 |
| Rank (online course platforms) | #10 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 97.67% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 5 |
| Partial / major outages | 6 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 14h 23m | 1h 8m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Teachable and Thinkific differ
- Teachable reported 20% more incidents than Thinkific over the last 90 days (6 vs 5).
- Teachable had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Thinkific.
- Thinkific fixes problems faster: 1h 8m on average, against 14h 23m for Teachable (12.7× quicker).
- Teachable's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Dec 3, 2025); Thinkific's lasted 2h 35m (Nov 10, 2025).
90-day uptime
Teachable
Thinkific
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Teachable incidents
- Partial outageOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 50m
Affected: teachable.com
- Major outageOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 1h 24m
Checkout Unavailable - Teachable Paymentsofficial update ↗
Affected: Teachable Payments
- Major outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 13h 1m
General Instabilityofficial update ↗
Affected: teachable.com
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 1d 21h
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 21h 8m
Service Update: Onboarding Restored, Monitoring in Progressofficial update ↗
Affected: teachable:pay
- Partial outageAug 29, 2026 · resolved in 3h 12m
Investigating checkout issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: teachable.com, Custom Payment Gateway, Monthly Payment Gateway, teachable:pay
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
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- Circle · #1 · 100% uptime
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- Mighty Networks · #3 · 99.98% uptime
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