Service comparison

Character AI vs. ChatGPT

Character AI vs. ChatGPT — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 146 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Character AI

character.ai

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  98.79%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  81
  
  81 major · 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  11m
- Longest outage
  
  4h 49m
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ChatGPT

chatgpt.com

Ongoing incident
- 90-day uptime
  
  85.61%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  65
  
  7 major · 58 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 29m
- Longest outage
  
  139h
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Character AI	ChatGPT	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	92.85%	+7.15 pp
Last 7 days	98.32%	92.63%	+5.69 pp
Last 30 days	98.29%	87.16%	+11.13 pp
Last 90 days	98.79%	85.61%	+13.18 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (Character AI minus ChatGPT). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Character AI

81 total

81 major 0 minor
- Median resolution
  
  11m
- Longest outage
  
  4h 49m
ChatGPT

65 total

7 major 58 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 29m
- Longest outage
  
  139h

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Character AI
- Jun 15
  
  Investigating an issue
  
  3m
  
  Major
- Jun 15
  
  Investigating an issue
  
  9m
  
  Major
- Jun 15
  
  Investigating an issue
  
  8m
  
  Major
- Jun 15
  
  Investigating an issue
  
  8m
  
  Major
- Jun 15
  
  Investigating an issue
  
  8m
  
  Major
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ChatGPT
- Jun 19
  
  chatgpt.com access issues
  
  1h 43m
  
  Minor
- Jun 18
  
  SSO login errors for some ChatGPT Enterprise workspaces
  
  2h 59m
  
  Minor
- Jun 18
  
  ChatGPT failing to load or save
  
  28m
  
  Minor
- Jun 17
  
  Errors with conversations on Android and iOS devices
  
  1h 2m
  
  Major
- Jun 16
  
  Codex "Selected Model is at Capacity" Error
  
  3h 16m
  
  Minor
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Bottom line

Character AI wins

Character AI edges out on 90-day uptime.

Character AI posted 98.79% vs. 85.61% for ChatGPT (Δ +13.18 pp). Incidents: 81 vs. 65 (+16).

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