Service comparison

Acquired vs. Alternative Payments

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

Last 90 days · 11 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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Alternative Payments

alternativepayments.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  100.00%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  0
  
  0 major · 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  —
- Longest outage
  
  —
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Acquired	Alternative Payments	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%	100.00%	-2.77 pp
Last 90 days	98.35%	100.00%	-1.65 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Acquired

11 total

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

0 total

0 major 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  —
- Longest outage
  
  —

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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Alternative Payments
- Dec 24
  
  Degraded Performance
  
  22h 11m
  
  Minor
- Dec 23
  
  Degraded Performance
  
  4h 22m
  
  Minor
- Oct 5
  
  Webhook service degraded performance
  
  33m
  
  Minor
- Sep 14
  
  Payment Options Disruption
  
  7m
  
  Major
- Aug 17
  
  API Downtime
  
  < 1m
  
  Major
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Bottom line

Alternative Payments wins

Alternative Payments edges out on 90-day uptime.

Acquired posted 98.35% vs. 100.00% for Alternative Payments (Δ -1.65 pp). Incidents: 11 vs. 0 (+11).

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