Service Level Agreement

Our commitment to providing reliable, high-performance service with guaranteed uptime and support

Last Updated: October 2025

Starter

99.5%

Uptime Guarantee

Maximum downtime

3.65 hours/month

Email support
Standard response times
Community access

Professional

99.9%

Uptime Guarantee

Maximum downtime

43.8 minutes/month

Priority support
Enhanced monitoring
SLA credits

Enterprise

99.99%

Uptime Guarantee

Maximum downtime

4.38 minutes/month

24/7 support
Dedicated account manager
Custom SLA terms

Response Time SLAs

Guaranteed response and resolution times based on issue priority

Critical

Critical

System down or major functionality impaired

Response Time

< 1 hour

Resolution Target

4 hours

High

High

Significant feature not working as expected

Response Time

< 4 hours

Resolution Target

24 hours

Medium

Medium

Minor feature issue with workaround available

Response Time

< 24 hours

Resolution Target

72 hours

Low

Low

General questions and feature requests

Response Time

< 48 hours

Resolution Target

5 business days

Support Tiers

Comprehensive support options tailored to your plan

Starter

Support Channels

Email support
Help center access
Community forum

Availability

Business hours (9am-6pm PST)

Response Target

48 hours

Professional

Support Channels

Priority email
Live chat
Phone support
Video calls

Availability

Extended hours (6am-10pm PST)

Response Target

4 hours

Enterprise

Support Channels

24/7 phone
Dedicated Slack channel
Account manager
Emergency hotline

Availability

24/7/365

Response Target

1 hour

Service Credits for SLA Breaches

We stand behind our uptime guarantees with service credits

Uptime AchievedService Credit
< 99.9%
10% monthly service credit
< 99.5%
25% monthly service credit
< 99.0%
50% monthly service credit
< 95.0%
100% monthly service credit

How to claim: Service credits are automatically calculated and applied to your next invoice. You can also contact support within 30 days of the incident to request a credit.

Maintenance Windows

Planned maintenance and update schedules

Planned Maintenance

Frequency

Monthly

Typical Duration

2-4 hours

Notice Period

7 days advance notice

Timing

Saturday 2am-6am PST

Emergency Maintenance

Frequency

As needed

Typical Duration

Variable

Notice Period

1 hour minimum notice

Timing

Any time

Security Patches

Frequency

As needed

Typical Duration

< 30 minutes

Notice Period

24 hours notice

Timing

Off-peak hours

Monitoring & Incident Response

Real-time monitoring and rapid incident response

API Response Time

< 200ms (p95)

System Availability

99.9% uptime

Incident Response

< 15 minutes

Data Backup

Every 6 hours

Recovery Time

< 4 hours

Support Availability

24/7 monitoring

Real-Time Status Updates

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Current Status

All Systems Operational

30-Day Uptime

99.98%

Response Time (p95)

142ms

Exclusions from SLA

The following events are not counted against our SLA uptime guarantees:

Planned maintenance during scheduled windows
Third-party service outages (AWS, APIs, etc.)
Issues caused by customer misuse or misconfiguration
Force majeure events (natural disasters, acts of war, etc.)
DDoS attacks or other malicious activities
Beta features and experimental functionality
Customer network or infrastructure issues
Browser compatibility issues with unsupported versions

Note: We will make commercially reasonable efforts to provide advance notice of any service interruptions, even those excluded from SLA guarantees.

Questions About Our SLA?

Our team is here to help you understand our service commitments and ensure you have the right plan for your needs.