Service comparison

Altium vs. Pencil

Altium vs. Pencil: uptime, incident frequency and resolution times, head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 5 incidents total · From each provider's official status page

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window Altium Pencil Δ
Last 24 hours
86.88%
100.00%
-13.12 pp
Last 7 days
98.13%
100.00%
-1.87 pp
Last 30 days
98.65%
100.00%
-1.35 pp
Last 90 days
99.55%
99.99%
-0.44 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

  • Altium

    4 total

    2 major 2 minor
    • Median resolution

      1h 46m

    • Longest incident

      6h 7m

  • Pencil

    1 total

    1 major 0 minor
    • Median resolution

      18m

    • Longest incident

      18m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

  • Altium logo

    Altium

    • Oct 27

      Incident with Design Review & Sharing on Web

      3h 9m

      Minor
    • Oct 19

      Search-related functionality degraded in A365

      6h 7m

      Minor
    • Oct 6

      Incident with Components and Supply Chain

      23m

      Major
    • Oct 5

      Incident with Components and Supply Chain

      4m

      Major
    • Jul 20

      Supply chain might be inaccessible

      9m

      Minor
  • Pencil logo

    Pencil

    • Aug 3

      Login Issue on app.trypencil.com

      18m

      Major
    • Jun 10

      Third-Party Tool Issues

      37m

      Minor
    • Jun 4

      Rate limit issues with the following models:

      5d 13m

      Minor
    • May 28

      Workflow Feature Incident

      < 1m

      Minor
    • May 27

      Temporary Service Degradation — Kling Model

      41d 20h 12m

      Minor

Bottom line

Pencil wins

Pencil edges out on 90-day uptime.

Altium posted 99.55% vs. 99.99% for Pencil (Δ -0.44 pp). Incidents: 4 vs. 1 (+3).

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