Service comparison

ChatGPT vs. OpenAI

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

Last 90 days · 162 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window ChatGPT OpenAI Δ
Last 24 hours
100.00%
100.00%
0.00 pp
Last 7 days
92.32%
92.30%
+0.02 pp
Last 30 days
90.04%
90.04%
0.00 pp
Last 90 days
62.61%
62.61%
0.00 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

  • ChatGPT

    81 total

    12 major 69 minor
    • Median resolution

      2h 7m

    • Longest outage

      264h 55m

  • OpenAI

    81 total

    12 major 69 minor
    • Median resolution

      2h 7m

    • Longest outage

      264h 55m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

  • ChatGPT logo

    ChatGPT

    • Sep 4

      Users in APAC region may face increased error in ChatGPT, Work, image generation, file upload, Voice, and Codex Cloud

      3h 46m

      Minor
    • Sep 3

      Elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex

      1h 57m

      Minor
    • Sep 3

      ChatGPT Work Mode High Error Rates

      6m

      Major
    • Sep 2

      Elevated errors creating new accounts

      31m

      Minor
    • Sep 1

      Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free and Go plans

      21m

      Minor
  • OpenAI logo

    OpenAI

    • Sep 4

      Users in APAC region may face increased error in ChatGPT, Work, image generation, file upload, Voice, and Codex Cloud

      3h 46m

      Minor
    • Sep 3

      Elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex

      1h 57m

      Minor
    • Sep 3

      ChatGPT Work Mode High Error Rates

      6m

      Major
    • Sep 2

      Elevated errors creating new accounts

      31m

      Minor
    • Sep 1

      Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free and Go plans

      21m

      Minor

Bottom line

It's a tie

ChatGPT and OpenAI are evenly matched on uptime.

ChatGPT posted 62.61% vs. 62.61% for OpenAI (Δ 0.00 pp). Incidents: 81 vs. 81 (0).

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