Service comparison

Hootsuite vs. Buffer

Hootsuite vs. Buffer — reliability, API availability, and incident frequency head-to-head.

Last 90 days · 55 incidents total · Data via Pulsetic monitoring

Head-to-head

90-day summary

Hootsuite

hootsuite.com

Online
- 90-day uptime
  
  55.06%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  28
  
  7 major · 21 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 24m
- Longest outage
  
  932h 21m
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Buffer

buffer.com

Major outage
- 90-day uptime
  
  73.35%
- Incidents (90d)
  
  27
  
  11 major · 16 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 18m
- Longest outage
  
  192h 18m
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Uptime over time

Availability across windows

Window	Hootsuite	Buffer	Δ
Last 24 hours	100.00%	100.00%	0.00 pp
Last 7 days	81.72%	22.35%	+59.37 pp
Last 30 days	78.38%	74.60%	+3.78 pp
Last 90 days	55.06%	73.35%	-18.29 pp

Δ is percentage-point difference (Hootsuite minus Buffer). Higher is better.

Incidents 90-day

Severity breakdown

Hootsuite

28 total

7 major 21 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 24m
- Longest outage
  
  932h 21m
Buffer

27 total

11 major 16 minor
- Median resolution
  
  1h 18m
- Longest outage
  
  192h 18m

Recent activity

Last 5 incidents, side-by-side

Hootsuite
- Jul 19
  
  Meta Incident Affecting Facebook & Instagram Data Delivery
  
  30m
  
  Major
- Jul 16
  
  Receiving Push Notifications and Composer loading difficulties
  
  < 1m
  
  Minor
- Jul 15
  
  Inbox 2.0 - Conversation History Loading Issues
  
  10h
  
  Minor
- Jul 14
  
  Lumen by Talkwalker Help Center - "Invalid requester" access error
  
  20h 13m
  
  Minor
- Jul 9
  
  Bluesky service disruption
  
  1h 54m
  
  Major
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Buffer
- Jul 19
  
  Issue Publishing Video Posts to Instagram and Threads
  
  55m
  
  Major
- Jul 19
  
  Issue Publishing Posts to [Social Network]
  
  Ongoing
  
  Major
- Jul 14
  
  Issue with Help Center
  
  7h
  
  Major
- Jul 14
  
  Issue Publishing Posts to LinkedIn
  
  Ongoing
  
  Minor
- Jul 13
  
  Issue with Threads comments
  
  6d 1h 31m
  
  Major
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Bottom line

Buffer wins

Buffer edges out on 90-day uptime.

Hootsuite posted 55.06% vs. 73.35% for Buffer (Δ -18.29 pp). Incidents: 28 vs. 27 (+1).

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