Service comparison

Acquired vs. AfterPay

Acquired vs. AfterPay — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 17 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Acquired

acquired.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.35%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  11
  
  3 major · 8 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 19m
- Longest outage
  
  15h 6m
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AfterPay

afterpay.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.63%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  6
  
  0 major · 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  58m
- Longest outage
  
  3h 52m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Acquired	AfterPay	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	99.81%	100.00%	-0.19 pp
Last 30 days	97.23%	99.80%	-2.57 pp
Last 90 days	98.35%	99.63%	-1.28 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (Acquired minus AfterPay). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Acquired

11 total

3 major 8 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 19m
- Longest outage
  
  15h 6m
AfterPay

6 total

0 major 6 minor
- Median resolution
  
  58m
- Longest outage
  
  3h 52m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Acquired
- Sep 11
  
  Elevated Declined Transactions
  
  19m
  
  Minor
- Sep 4
  
  We are currently investigating elevated failure rates affecting card payments
  
  1h 19m
  
  Minor
- Sep 3
  
  3DS & Network Token Issue With Mastercard Transactions
  
  15h 6m
  
  Minor
- Aug 27
  
  Degraded card processing via Trust Payments
  
  4h 30m
  
  Minor
- Aug 18
  
  Intermittent 3DS issues
  
  41m
  
  Minor
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AfterPay
- Sep 3
  
  Support Delay
  
  1h 27m
  
  Minor
- Aug 15
  
  Service Disruption
  
  1h 9m
  
  Minor
- Jul 20
  
  In-App Support Chat Unavailable
  
  46m
  
  Minor
- Jul 10
  
  Degraded Online Checkout Conversion - US
  
  12m
  
  Minor
- Jul 3
  
  Order reversals affecting Shopify merchants (AU)
  
  3h 52m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

AfterPay wins

AfterPay edges out on 90-day uptime.

Acquired posted 98.35% vs. 99.63% for AfterPay (Δ -1.28 pp). Incidents: 11 vs. 6 (+5).

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