Live status & reliability report

Authorize.net status, outages & reliability

#13 of 15 payment processorsOperational

Authorize.net is a payment gateway owned by Visa that connects merchants' websites, virtual terminals and point-of-sale apps to their card processors.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated

Over the last 90 days Authorize.net had 97.93% effective uptime across 8 status page incidents (4 partial or major outages), resolving them in 1d on average.

39.3/100Reliability scoreVisit Authorize.net ↗

Is Authorize.net down right now?

No, Authorize.net is up and running.

  • Authorize.net's status page reports all systems operational. Checked .
  • All 3 Authorize.net pages we check are responding. Checked .

Official Authorize.net status page ↗

Uptime (90d)97.93%1d 20h weighted downtime
Incidents (90d)81.9 per 30 days
Major / partial outages4
Avg time to resolve1d
Outages we detected0by our independent probes

90-day uptime

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 7, 2026: no incidentsAug 8, 2026: 88.17% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 9, 2026: 89.59% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 10, 2026: no incidentsAug 11, 2026: 99.47% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 12, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 13, 2026: 75.57% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 14, 2026: 52.15% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 15, 2026: 90.35% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026: no incidentsAug 20, 2026: 94.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 21, 2026: 87.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026: no incidentsSep 2, 2026: 98.45% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 6, 2026: no incidentsSep 7, 2026: 72.36% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 8, 2026: 80.99% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 9, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago97.929% average daily uptimeToday
  • No incidents
  • Degraded
  • Partial outage
  • Major outage
  • No data

Key facts about Authorize.net's reliability

  • Over the past 12 months, Authorize.net published 32 incidents on its status page, 10 of them partial or major outages.
  • Its longest outage on record in that time was “Vantiv Refund Settlement Issue” on Jul 1, 2026, which lasted 3d.
  • The part of Authorize.net most often affected was Access/Login - Merchant Interface/Portal (11 of 32 incidents).
  • Incidents most often began on a Wednesday (8 of 32, UTC).
  • Authorize.net's 90-day uptime of 97.93% is below the average for payment processors (99.09%).
  • It resolves incidents more slowly than the typical payment processor: 1d on average, against a median of 4h 34m.

Score breakdown

Uptime · 40% weight
11
97.930% effective uptime
Incident frequency · 20% weight
62
1.92 weighted incidents per 30 days
Time to resolve · 20% weight
13
1d average
Transparency · 20% weight
100
No unreported outages detected

How the score is calculated →

Incidents per month

024681 degraded performance incident1Dec2 degraded performance incidents1 informational incident3Jan ’261 degraded performance incident1Feb1 major outage incident2 degraded performance incidents3Mar4 degraded performance incidents4Apr1 partial outage incident1 degraded performance incident1 informational incident3May1 informational incident1Jun2 partial outage incidents1 degraded performance incident1 informational incident4Jul3 partial outage incidents2 degraded performance incidents5Aug1 partial outage incident1 degraded performance incident1 informational incident3SepOctNov
  • Major outage
  • Partial outage
  • Degraded
  • Informational

Response time

Daily average response time of Authorize.net's public pages, measured by our probes.

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Score trend

Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Authorize.net incident history (last 90 days)

Source: Authorize.net status page · last checked · Subscribe via RSS

Our independent monitoring

We check these public Authorize.net pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.

PageLast checkUptime (30d)Avg response
Merchant Interface loginUp 100%343 ms
Accept.js (hosted payment library)Up 100%232 ms
HomepageUp 100%753 ms

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Authorize.net status FAQ

Is Authorize.net down right now?

No, Authorize.net is up and running. Authorize.net's status page currently reports all systems operational, and all 3 of the Authorize.net pages we check every five minutes are responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.

How reliable is Authorize.net?

Authorize.net has a reliability score of 39.3 out of 100, ranking #13 of 15 payment processors. Over the last 90 days it had 97.93% effective uptime.

How often does Authorize.net have outages?

Authorize.net published 8 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (4 partial or major outages) and 32 in the past 12 months.

How long do Authorize.net outages last?

Authorize.net resolves incidents in 1d on average. Its longest outage in the past year lasted 3d, on Jul 1, 2026.

Does Authorize.net have a status page?

Yes. Authorize.net's official status page is status.authorize.net. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.