Service comparison

Balsamiq vs. Pencil

Balsamiq vs. Pencil — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 1 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Balsamiq

balsamiq.com

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

trypencil.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  99.99%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  1
  
  1 major · 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  18m
- Longest outage
  
  18m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Balsamiq	Pencil	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 30 days	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 90 days	100.00%	99.99%	+0.01 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (Balsamiq minus Pencil). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Balsamiq

0 total

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

1 total

1 major 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  18m
- Longest outage
  
  18m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Balsamiq
- Aug 22
  
  Service Disruption
  
  1h 9m
  
  Major
- Apr 4
  
  Service down
  
  4h 8m
  
  Major
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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
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Bottom line

It's a tie

Balsamiq and Pencil are evenly matched on uptime.

Balsamiq posted 100.00% vs. 99.99% for Pencil (Δ +0.01 pp). Incidents: 0 vs. 1 (-1).

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