Service comparison

Acquired vs. Affirm

Acquired vs. Affirm: uptime, incident frequency and resolution times, head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 12 incidents total · From each provider's official status page

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window Acquired Affirm Δ
Last 24 hours
100.00%
100.00%
0.00 pp
Last 7 days
100.00%
100.00%
0.00 pp
Last 30 days
96.01%
99.80%
-3.79 pp
Last 90 days
97.58%
99.90%
-2.32 pp

Uptime is the share of each window with no incident open on the provider's official status page. Δ is percentage-point difference (Acquired minus Affirm). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

  • Acquired

    10 total

    1 major 9 minor
    • Median resolution

      2h 59m

    • Longest incident

      19h 24m

  • Affirm

    2 total

    0 major 2 minor
    • Median resolution

      1h 6m

    • Longest incident

      1h 25m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

  • Acquired logo

    Acquired

    • Oct 22

      Confirmation of Payee: elevated error rates

      Ongoing

      Minor
    • Oct 20

      Partial Service Degradation

      9h 20m

      Minor
    • Oct 12

      Cashflows - Visa Processing Issue

      19h 24m

      Minor
    • Sep 11

      Elevated Declined Transactions

      19m

      Minor
    • Sep 4

      We are currently investigating elevated failure rates affecting card payments

      1h 19m

      Minor
  • Affirm logo

    Affirm

    • Sep 29

      Affirm Mobile Application Payment Method Degradation for CA Users

      1h 25m

      Minor
    • Aug 12

      Affirm Services Degradation

      47m

      Minor
    • Jun 22

      Checkout Degradation

      29m

      Minor
    • Jun 17

      Sandbox checkout confirm_loan failures

      1h 21m

      Minor
    • Jun 10

      CA Checkout Degradation

      51m

      Major

Bottom line

Affirm wins

Affirm edges out on 90-day uptime.

Acquired posted 97.58% vs. 99.90% for Affirm (Δ -2.32 pp). Incidents: 10 vs. 2 (+8).

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