Is SparkPost down right now? We check SparkPost's official status page as you arrive, then show any outage, its 90-day uptime and what to use instead.
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Uptime and history
With 3 other email sending services over the last 90 days, by what each reports on its own status page.
How well SparkPost keeps people informed when something goes wrong.
Posting small problems openly is a good sign. An app that reports more problems isn't necessarily less reliable than one that reports fewer.
Recent
Outbound message delivery is delayed/slow for some SparkPost customers (US hosted only)
Outbound message delivery is delayed/slow for some SparkPost customers (US hosted only)
Increased message delays in US and EU due to DNS resolution errors
Mail delivery delays
Outbound message delivery is delayed/slow for some SparkPost customers (US hosted only)
Health Score and Cohort data is delayed
Elevated hard bounces for Apple private relay recipients (privaterelay.appleid.com)
Outbound message delivery is delayed/slow for some SparkPost customers (EU hosted only)
Parts
The record
SparkPost has reported 49 problems since March 2025, about 3 a month. It didn't rate any of them as a major outage.
| Last 90 days | 8 problems, up from 5 in the 90 days before |
|---|---|
| Typical time to fix | 1 h 56 min |
| Longest problem | 12 days 5 h, starting 15 Jan 2026: Delays in sending emails to Microsoft domains |
| Last problem | 30 Oct 2026: Outbound message delivery is delayed/slow for some SparkPost customers (US hosted only) (22 h 2 min) |
| Longest quiet spell | 66 days without a problem, from 18 May 2025 to 24 Jul 2025 |
| Part hit most | SMTP Delivery - USA, in 20 of 49 problems, then SparkPost Application - USA, in 11 |
| Busiest month | November 2025, with 8 problems |
| Busiest day | Thursday, when 14 of the 49 problems started |
| Left out of these figures | 1 problem in one region or for a few customers |
From SparkPost's own status page, as far back as we can read it in full.
Alternatives
Other apps that do the same job, ranked by their own record over the last 90 days.
| App | Now | Problems, last 90 days | Time with problems | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postmark | Working normally | 8 | 2 days 11 h | Visit Postmark |
| Resend | Working normally | 23 | 3 days 5 h | Visit Resend |
| Mailgun | Working normally | 9 | 13 h 2 min | Visit Mailgun |
| SendGrid | Working normally | 1* | 50 min | Visit SendGrid |
Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.
Safety
Facts from its own public records, checked every day.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 from sparkpost.com's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).
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