Project Management Software · 2026 reliability ranking
Most Reliable Project Management Software (2026)
We ranked 16 project management tools by real-world reliability over the last 90 days, using 90 status page incidents and our own around-the-clock uptime checks. Small teams use project management software to assign work, track deadlines, share files and keep clients up to date, so when it goes down people cannot see what they are supposed to be doing or update anyone else. A few hours of outage on a delivery day can mean missed handoffs, duplicated work and client updates that never go out, and failed automations or notifications can go unnoticed for longer than the outage itself. Because the whole team's plans and history live in one cloud tool, its service record is worth checking before you move your work into it.
Last updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| # | Vendor | Score | Uptime (90d) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teamwork.comTeamwork.com is a project and client work management platform for agencies and service businesses, headquartered in Cork, Ireland. | 98.8 | 100% |
| 2 | HiveHive is a project management and team collaboration platform headquartered in New York. | 92.7 | 99.96% |
| 3 | LinearLinear is an issue tracking and project planning tool for software teams from Linear Orbit, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California. | 89.1 | 99.92% |
| 4 | monday.commonday.com is a work management platform from monday.com Ltd., headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel; this listing covers its work management product. | 86.1 | 99.86% |
| 5 | AsanaAsana is a work and project management application from Asana, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California. | 81.4 | 99.80% |
| 6 | JiraJira is a project and issue tracking application from Atlassian, headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | 61.7 | 99.23% |
| 7 | SmartsheetSmartsheet is a spreadsheet-style work and project management platform headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. | 59.5 | 99.00% |
| 8 | TodoistTodoist is a task and project management application from Doist, a remote-first company. | 53.8 | 99.02% |
| 9 | NotionNotion is a connected workspace for documents, wikis, databases and project tracking from Notion Labs, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California. | 43.4 | 98.33% |
Project Management Software reliability at a glance
- Across the 9 ranked project management tools, average 90-day uptime is 99.46%. Reliability scores range from 98.8 (Teamwork.com) to 43.4 (Notion).
- Together they published 90 incidents in the last 90 days, 32 of them partial or major outages.
- The typical vendor takes 2h 12m to resolve an incident. Linear is fastest, at 45m on average.
- Notion reported the most incidents (32 in 90 days).
What to check before you choose a project management tool
- Check how often the core app fails to load or save. Slow search or delayed reports are annoying, but an app that won't open stops the whole team.
- Look at automations, notifications and integrations separately. They fail more often than the main app and the failures are easy to miss.
- Ask whether the mobile or desktop app lets you view and edit tasks offline, and how changes sync when the service comes back.
- Make sure you can export projects, tasks and files on a schedule, so a long outage or account problem doesn't leave you without your plans.
90-day uptime history
Each bar is one day. Hover a bar for that day's uptime and incidents.
1. Teamwork.com
100% uptime · 3 incidents · avg resolve —2. Hive
99.96% uptime · 5 incidents · avg resolve 53m3. Linear
99.92% uptime · 9 incidents · avg resolve 45m4. monday.com
99.86% uptime · 7 incidents · avg resolve 54m5. Asana
99.80% uptime · 9 incidents · avg resolve 1h 19m6. Jira
99.23% uptime · 14 incidents · avg resolve 3h 6m7. Smartsheet
99.00% uptime · 8 incidents · avg resolve 4h 50m8. Todoist
99.02% uptime · 3 incidents · avg resolve 1d 1h9. Notion
98.33% uptime · 32 incidents · avg resolve 8h- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Being tracked (not ranked yet)
These vendors join the ranking once we have enough evidence: at least 14 days of data, and for vendors with a quiet status page (silent for a year, or for 90 days while their competitors report several incidents), 30 days of our own independent monitoring.
- Airtable · quiet status page, awaiting our own monitoring
- ClickUp · quiet status page, awaiting our own monitoring
- Trello · quiet status page, awaiting our own monitoring
- Zoho Projects · quiet status page, awaiting our own monitoring
- Basecamp
- Productive.io
- Wrike
Recent Project Management Software incidents
Affected: US Region – Linear application, EU Region – Linear application, US Region – Linear API, EU Region – Linear API
Affected: US Region – Linear application, EU Region – Linear application, US Region – Integrations, EU Region – Integrations, EU Region – Linear API, US Region – Linear API
Loading issues for Projects apps in US region
Affected: Teamwork Projects - US region
Background jobs partial outage
Affected: Automations and Background Actions, Webhooks and Event Streams, Notifications
Affected: Login and user accounts, Notion Apps, View and edit content
Application performance bottleneck due to database issues
Affected: Web Application, Desktop Application, Mobile Application
Head-to-head comparisons
- Teamwork.com vs Hive reliability
- Teamwork.com vs Linear reliability
- Teamwork.com vs monday.com reliability
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- Hive vs monday.com reliability
- Hive vs Asana reliability
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Frequently asked questions
What is the most reliable project management tool?
Based on the last 90 days of data, Teamwork.com is the most reliable project management tool we track, with a reliability score of 98.8/100 and 100% uptime.
How do you measure project management tool reliability?
We poll each vendor's public status page every few minutes, record every incident, and run our own uptime checks against each vendor's login and customer-facing pages. Uptime (40%), incident frequency (20%), average time to resolve (20%) and transparency (20%) combine into one score out of 100.
How often are these rankings updated?
Continuously. Status pages and uptime checks run every five minutes and scores are recalculated several times an hour.
Can vendors pay to rank higher?
No. Sponsored placements are clearly labelled, shown separately from the rankings and never change a vendor's score.