SparkPost vs. SendGrid

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

Every service has different practices when updating its status page, so compare these stats with a grain of salt. E.g., one service can be more aggressive when updating its status page than other so that they will have more incidents, but it doesn't mean it is worse than the other.

SparkPost

SparkPost current official status is Operational

Statistics

1
Incidents in the last 7 days
1
Incidents in the last 30 days
2
Incidents in the last 90 days

Latest incidents

Resolved Data processing delays

We are currently experiencing a data processing delay that is impacting the generation of datasets. Some of those include: health scores, Cohort data, Daily metrics, Scheduled reports, A/B testing,...

Resolved Outbound message delivery to Yahoo is delayed/slow

We are actively investigating a rise in delivery latency for outbound messages to Yahoo. Our current assessment indicates the issue may lie with Yahoo, and we are continuing to monitor the situation.

about 2 months ago Official incident report
Resolved Outbound message delivery is delayed/slow for some SparkPost customers (US hosted only)

We are investigating an increase in delivery latency for a small percentage of outbound messages. (NOTE: This does not impact our customers hosted in the EU.)

SendGrid

SendGrid current official status is Operational

Statistics

3
Incidents in the last 7 days
12
Incidents in the last 30 days
30
Incidents in the last 90 days

Latest incidents

Ongoing Errors on Credit Card Addition During Upgrade Process

Starting around 7:00 AM PST on August 21st, 2025, our engineers began investigating an issue where some Twilio SendGrid customers reported issues when entering credit card details during the SendGr...

Resolved Payment Methods Experiencing Update Issues

Starting around 3:47pm PST on September 15th, our engineers began investigating an issue with updating payment methods for billing information. Customers may experience issues with adding and updat...

Resolved Scheduled Sends Experiencing Errors

Starting around 12:13pm PST on September 15th, our engineers began investigating an issue with Scheduled Sends. Customers that attempted to create or update scheduled sends after Sept 13th may have...

Never again lose time looking in the wrong place

14-day free trial · No credit card required · No code required