Is Paystack Down? Paystack Status & Outages
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What is Paystack status right now?
Paystack is working normally
IsDown last checked Paystack status on at . We've received 0 user reports in the past 24 hours.
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Monitoring since Jun 2021
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483 incidents caught
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11 components tracked in real-time
Paystack service health over the last 24 hours
This chart shows the number of user-reported issues for Paystack service health over the past 24 hours, grouped into 20-minute intervals. It's normal to see occasional reports, which may be due to individual user issues rather than a broader problem. Sign up to get alerts when Paystack is down.
Outage Map
See where users report Paystack is down. The map shows recent Paystack outages from around the world.
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Paystack Downtime Health — Last 90 Days
In the last 90 days, Paystack had 34 incidents (17 major outages and 17 minor incidents) with a median duration of 9 hours 28 minutes.
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17
Major Outages
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Minor Incidents
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Recent Paystack outages detected
Full incident reports for recent Paystack outages, including timelines, affected components, and resolution details.
| Title | IsDown detected At | Duration |
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We are currently experiencing a downtime with the central switch in Nigeria. As a result, you may...
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Apr 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM UTC
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about 9 hours |
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We are currently experiencing an issue with **MTN Mobile Money transactions** due to downtime on ...
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Apr 16, 2026 at 08:57 AM UTC
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about 21 hours |
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Our partner, Telecel, is currently having a downtime on their platform, which is affecting mobile...
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Apr 15, 2026 at 12:51 PM UTC
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about 3 hours |
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We are currently experiencing elevated failure rates on transactions with Zenith-issued cards as ...
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Apr 12, 2026 at 01:33 AM UTC
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about 20 hours |
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We are continuing to work on a fix for this incident.
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Apr 10, 2026 at 05:09 PM UTC
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about 21 hours |
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We are currently experiencing elevated failure rates for Zenith Bank card transactions due to a d...
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Apr 02, 2026 at 10:58 AM UTC
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about 4 hours |
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We implemented a fix and are currently monitoring the result.
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Apr 01, 2026 at 11:25 AM UTC
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about 8 hours |
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We’re currently experiencing an issue affecting Pay with Transfer on Paystack Checkout, and some ...
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Mar 30, 2026 at 03:57 PM UTC
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41 minutes |
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We are currently experiencing an issue with **MTN Mobile Money transactions** due to downtime on ...
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Mar 29, 2026 at 04:22 PM UTC
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about 15 hours |
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We are currently investigating an issue that is preventing users from linking new **Direct Debit*...
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Mar 27, 2026 at 10:24 AM UTC
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4 days |
Paystack Components Status
Check if any Paystack component is down. View the current status of 8 services and regions.
| Component | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| API status | OK | View details |
| BVN Resolve Service status | OK | View details |
| Dashboard status | OK | View details |
| Payment Page status | OK | View details |
| Transactions status | OK | View details |
| Transfers status | OK | View details |
| Webhooks status | OK | View details |
| Website status | OK | View details |
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About Paystack Status and Outage Monitoring
IsDown has monitored Paystack continuously since June 2021, tracking this Payment Processing for 5 years. Over that time, we've documented 483 outages and incidents, averaging 8.3 per month.
We monitor Paystack's official status page across 11 components organized into 8 groups. IsDown interprets Paystack statuses (operational and incident) to deliver precise health metrics and filter alerts by the components you actually use.
To check if Paystack is down, IsDown combines official status data with user reports for early detection. Vendors often delay acknowledging problems, so user reports help us alert you before the official announcement.
Engineering and operations teams rely on IsDown to track Paystack status and receive verified outage alerts through Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, or 20+ other integrations.
How IsDown Monitors Paystack
IsDown checks Paystack's status page every few minutes, across all 11 components. We combine official status data with user reports to detect when Paystack is down, often before the vendor announces it.
When Paystack status changes, IsDown sends alerts to your preferred channels. Filter by severity to skip noise and focus on outages that affect your business.
What you get when monitoring Paystack with IsDown
Track Paystack incidents and downtimes by severity
IsDown checks Paystack official status page for major/minor outages or downtimes. A major outage is when Paystack experiences a critical issue that severely affects one or more services/regions. A minor incident is when Paystack experiences a small issue affecting a small percentage of its customer's applications. An example is the performance degradation of an application. The moment we detect a Paystack outage, we send you an alert and update your dashboard and status page.
Get alerted as soon as users report problems with Paystack
Paystack and other vendors don't always report outages on time. IsDown collects user reports to provide early detection of outages. This way, even without an official status update, you can stay ahead of possible problems.
All the details of Paystack outages and downtimes
IsDown collects all information from the outages published in Paystack status page to provide the context of the outage. If available, we gather the title, description, time of the outage, status, and outage updates. Another important piece of information is the affected services/regions which we use to filter the notifications that impact your business.
Only get alerted on the Paystack outages that impact your business
IsDown monitors Paystack and all their 11 components that can be affected by an outage. IsDown allows you to filter the notifications and status page alerts based on the components you care about. For example, you can choose which components or regions affect your business and filter out all other outages. This way you avoid alert fatigue in your team.
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Paystack Downdetector vs IsDown
Looking for Paystack outage alerts like Downdetector? IsDown monitors Paystack's official status page for verified incident data, not just user reports. Know exactly when Paystack is down, which components are affected, and when service health is restored. Here's why official Paystack status monitoring beats crowdsourced detection:
| Features | IsDown | Downdetector |
|---|---|---|
| Official Paystack status page monitoring. Know when Paystack is down with real time incident details. | ||
| Monitor 6,320+ services including Paystack in a single dashboard. | ||
| Instant Paystack outage alerts sent to Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, and more. | ||
| Combined monitoring: Paystack official status plus user reports for early outage detection. | ||
| Maintenance feed for Paystack | ||
| Granular alerts filtering by Paystack components and regions. |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Paystack down today?
Paystack isn't down. You can check Paystack status and incident details on the top of the page. IsDown continuously monitors Paystack official status page every few minutes. In the last 24 hours, there were 0 outages reported.
What is the current Paystack status?
Paystack is currently operational. You can check Paystack status and incident details on the top of the page. The status is updated in almost real-time, and you can see the latest outages and issues affecting customers.
Is there a Paystack outage now?
No, there is no ongoing official outage. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
Is Paystack down today or just slow?
Currently there's no report of Paystack being slow. Check on the top of the page if there are any reported problems by other users.
How are Paystack outages detected?
IsDown monitors the Paystack official status page every few minutes. We also get reports from users like you. If there are enough reports about an outage, we'll show it on the top of the page.
Is Paystack having an outage right now?
Paystack last outage was on April 16, 2026 with the title "Nigeria: Delayed NIBSS Processing"
How often does Paystack go down?
IsDown has tracked 483 Paystack incidents since June 2021.
Is Paystack down for everyone or just me?
Check the Paystack status at the top of this page. IsDown combines official status page data with user reports to show whether Paystack is down for everyone or if the issue is on your end.
What Paystack components does IsDown monitor?
IsDown monitors 11 Paystack components in real-time, tracking the official status page for outages, degraded performance, and scheduled maintenance.
How to check if Paystack is down?
- Subscribe (if possible) to updates on the official status page.
- Create an account in IsDown. Start monitoring Paystack and get alerts in real-time when Paystack has outages.
Why use IsDown to monitor Paystack instead of the official status page?
Because IsDown is a status page aggregator, which means that we aggregate the status of multiple cloud services. You can monitor Paystack and all the services that impact your business. Get a dashboard with the health of all services and status updates. Set up notifications via Slack, Datadog, PagerDuty, and more, when a service you monitor has issues or when maintenances are scheduled.
How IsDown compares to DownDetector when monitoring Paystack?
IsDown and DownDetector help users determine if Paystack is having problems. The big difference is that IsDown is a status page aggregator. IsDown monitors a service's official status page to give our customers a more reliable source of information instead of just relying on reports from users. The integration allows us to provide more details about Paystack's Outages, like incident title, description, updates, and the parts of the affected service. Additionally, users can create internal status pages and set up notifications for all their third-party services.
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