SparkPost vs. SendGrid

Compare the status, incidents stats and history between SparkPost and SendGrid

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SparkPost

SparkPost current official status is Operational

Statistics

0
Incidents in the last 7 days
1
Incidents in the last 30 days
5
Incidents in the last 90 days

Latest incidents

Resolved Outbound message delivery is delayed/slow for some SparkPost customers (EU hosted only)

We are investigating an increase in delivery latency for some outbound messages. (NOTE: This does not impact our customers hosted in the US.)

Resolved Elevated error rates for some SparkPost customers injecting via SMTP in the US region.

We are experiencing an elevated level of SMTP errors for some SparkPost customers injecting using SMTP. Please retry any 4xx errors. Note: This issue does not impact our customers hosted in the E...

about 2 months ago Official incident report
Resolved EU Delay in message processing

We are investigating a delay in the EU for message processing.

about 2 months ago Official incident report

SendGrid

SendGrid current official status is Operational

Statistics

4
Incidents in the last 7 days
9
Incidents in the last 30 days
13
Incidents in the last 90 days

Latest incidents

Ongoing API Authentication issues

Starting around 7 AM PST on March 6, 2025, our engineers began investigating an issue with sporadic API authentication errors in SendGrid. Users may see 5xx errors/timeouts during the authenticatio...

about 11 hours ago Official incident report
Resolved Unsubscribe check failures causing users to get charged inaccurately

Starting around 11 AM PST on March 6, 2025, our engineers identified an issue where Marketing Campaign emails, including Automations and Single Sends, are generating charges in customer billing eve...

about 7 hours ago Official incident report
Resolved Unsubscribe check failures causing billing issues

Starting around 11 AM PST on March 6, 2025, our engineers identified an issue where Marketing Campaign emails, including Automations and Single Sends, are generating charges in customer billing eve...

about 7 hours ago Official incident report

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