Monthly outage report

October 2020 business software outage report

In October 2020, the vendors we track reported 49 incidents, including 23 partial or major outages. Choose a category for the vendor-by-vendor breakdown.

Retail & e-commerce

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
E-commerce Platforms0013 of 13—
Retail POS0016 of 16—
Shipping & Fulfillment Software0015 of 15—

Payments & finance

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Accounting Software1111 of 12FreeAgent (1)
Business Banking2214 of 15Monzo Business (2)
Expense Management Software0015 of 15—
KYC & Identity Verification0016 of 16—
Payment Processors0015 of 15—
Payroll & HR Software0016 of 16—
Subscription Billing Platforms0016 of 16—

Restaurants & hospitality

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Hotel Property Management Systems1015 of 16Stayntouch (1)
Restaurant Online Ordering Platforms0019 of 19—
Restaurant POS0017 of 17—
Restaurant Reservation Systems9813 of 15TableCheck (5)
Vacation Rental Software3114 of 16Hospitable (2)

Health, beauty & fitness

Trades & property

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Auto Repair Shop Software0014 of 14—
Field Service Management0018 of 18—
Property Management Software0016 of 16—

Back office & professional services

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Appointment Scheduling Software5112 of 13Doodle (5)
Business Phone Systems0016 of 16—
Childcare Management Software0013 of 13—
Cloud Storage & Office Suites4115 of 16Tresorit (4)
E-Signature Software4111 of 14Signeasy (2)
Employee Scheduling Software0014 of 14—
Form & Survey Builders2114 of 15Wufoo (2)
Legal Practice Management Software0016 of 16—
Password Managers0012 of 12—
Project Management Software0016 of 16—
Team Chat Apps1015 of 16Mattermost (1)
Video Conferencing0012 of 12—

Marketing & customer communication

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Advertising Platforms0012 of 12—
Affiliate & Partner Management Platforms3215 of 16Everflow (3)
Affiliate Networks0013 of 13—
CRM Software1114 of 15Insightly (1)
Email Marketing Platforms0015 of 15—
Help Desk Software2114 of 15Tidio (2)
Marketing Automation & CDPs0015 of 15—
Push Notification Services1012 of 13Webpushr (1)
Referral & Loyalty Programs2214 of 15LoyaltyLion (2)
Social Media Management Tools0016 of 16—
Web & Product Analytics0015 of 15—
Web Hosting0015 of 15—

AI & developer tools

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
AI Chat Assistants0010 of 10—
App Hosting Platforms0015 of 15—
Authentication Providers0013 of 13—
CDN & DNS Providers1115 of 16deSEC (1)
Cloud Providers0014 of 14—
Code Hosting & CI/CD0015 of 15—
LLM API Providers0016 of 16—
Managed Database Services0015 of 15—
Monitoring & Observability2015 of 16Datadog (2)
SMS & Voice APIs0015 of 15—
Transactional Email APIs0014 of 14—

iGaming & betting technology

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
iGaming Affiliate Software3213 of 14Everflow (3)
iGaming CRM & Player Engagement0012 of 12—
iGaming Payment Providers0014 of 14—

Creators & events

CategoryIncidentsPartial / majorClean vendorsMost incidents
Event Ticketing Platforms1013 of 14Universe (1)
Online Course Platforms0015 of 15—

Longest outages in October 2020