Service comparison

Claude vs. ChatGPT

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

Last 90 days · 206 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window Claude ChatGPT Δ
Last 24 hours
98.47%
95.97%
+2.50 pp
Last 7 days
79.39%
96.62%
-17.23 pp
Last 30 days
31.73%
52.29%
-20.56 pp
Last 90 days
71.79%
70.51%
+1.28 pp

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

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

  • Claude

    132 total

    38 major 94 minor
    • Median resolution

      53m

    • Longest outage

      450h 35m

  • ChatGPT

    74 total

    8 major 66 minor
    • Median resolution

      1h 39m

    • Longest outage

      264h 55m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

  • Claude logo

    Claude

    • Jul 9

      Elevated errors for Claude Opus 4.8

      22m

      Major
    • Jul 8

      Degraded performance for Claude Code on the web, Cowork Remote, Claude Tag, and Claude Code Review sessions

      1h 57m

      Minor
    • Jul 8

      Elevated errors on multiple models

      3h 4m

      Minor
    • Jul 8

      Issues authorizing to MCP Servers

      7h

      Minor
    • Jul 8

      Elevated errors on Claude Sonnet 5

      14m

      Minor
  • ChatGPT logo

    ChatGPT

    • Jul 9

      Users are experiencing elevated errors when selecting models

      58m

      Minor
    • Jul 7

      Elevated errors with image generation in ChatGPT

      4h 43m

      Minor
    • Jul 1

      Codex, workspace analytics, conversation search, searching for custom GPTs, ChatGPT user invites, and Compliance Log Platform download endpoint not working in FedRAMP workspaces

      Ongoing

      Minor
    • Jun 27

      Issues with ChatGPT Windows desktop app

      5h 28m

      Minor
    • Jun 26

      Codex Usage Limits Depleting Faster Than Expected

      3d 2m

      Minor

Bottom line

Claude wins

Claude edges out on 90-day uptime.

Claude posted 71.79% vs. 70.51% for ChatGPT (Δ +1.28 pp). Incidents: 132 vs. 74 (+58).

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