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Is Paystack Down?

FinTech & PaymentsLive status, outages, and incident history

No. Paystack is up right now.

Every monitored Paystack system is operational as of August 11, 2026. PulsAPI did not find an outage in its latest check of the official status feed.

OperationalChecked 19m agoLive, rechecked every 60s
How we know: the official Paystack status page, PulsAPI's own check every 60 seconds, and outage reports from engineers. How PulsAPI monitoring works

Paystack Component Status

The main Paystack systems on this page. All 20 are operational right now.

20operational
COTE D'IVOIRE » Cards
Operational
COTE D'IVOIRE » Mobile Money
Operational
EGYPT » Cards
Operational

17 more components tracked

Their status is in the bar above. Free accounts see every component by name.

Also tracking GHANA » Apple Pay, GHANA » Bank, GHANA » Bank Transfer, GHANA » Cards, GHANA » Mobile Money, GHANA » USSD, KENYA » Airtel Money, KENYA » Apple Pay, KENYA » Bank, KENYA » Cards, KENYA » M-PESA, KENYA » Pesalink, and 5 more.

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Component statuses may change independently during partial outages.

Recent Paystack Outages & Incidents

Incident history from the official Paystack status page, including resolution updates.

Uptime history4 days observed
Aug 8100.00% averageAug 11
South Africa: Absa Scheduled MaintenanceScheduled for Aug 19, 2026 · 1h 0mScheduled

Scheduled Maintenance

Live Paystack Outage Reports

Problems reported by engineers using Paystack. Reports often appear 10 to 20 minutes before the official status page moves, and stay on this page for 90 days.

Reports, last 24 hours0 total
24h agoNothing reportednow

No Paystack problems reported yet.

Something wrong with Paystack on your end?

Reports are anonymous, take about ten seconds, and help the next engineer who checks.

About Paystack

Paystack publishes overall service health on its public status page at status.paystack.com. PulsAPI tracks Paystack outages, degraded performance and incident history in real time, alongside the rest of your payments and fintech stack.

Over the past 30 days, PulsAPI has measured Paystack uptime at 100.00%. Response times, incident history, and SLA tracking for Paystack are available on the PulsAPI dashboard.

Paystack Status FAQ

Is Paystack down right now?

PulsAPI checks Paystack every 60 seconds. The verdict at the top of this page comes from the latest poll of the official Paystack status feed and refreshes automatically, so you are not looking at a stale cached answer.

What should I do if Paystack is not working?

Check the component list on this page first to see if your failure matches a known outage. If it does, you can report the issue for other engineers, follow the incident timeline for vendor updates, and run any fallback your app supports until Paystack recovers.

How do I check Paystack uptime history?

PulsAPI tracks Paystack uptime over 30, 60, and 90-day rolling windows. The current 30-day uptime is 100.00%. A free PulsAPI account unlocks the full 90-day SLA history and incident timeline for Paystack.

How fast does PulsAPI detect Paystack outages?

PulsAPI polls the official Paystack status page every 60 seconds and usually delivers alerts to Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, or email in under 4 seconds after detection. That is often faster than someone on your team notices on their own.

Does PulsAPI track individual Paystack components?

Yes. PulsAPI monitors 20 individual Paystack components, so you can see which service or region is affected instead of a generic "service degraded" banner.

Can I get alerts when Paystack goes down?

Yes. Create a PulsAPI account and subscribe to Paystack. Email alerts are included on the free Starter plan. Paid plans add Slack, Discord, Microsoft Teams, PagerDuty, and webhooks whenever Paystack status changes.

How do I report an issue with Paystack to the community?

Click "Report an issue" at the top of this page, pick the issue type and severity, and optionally add your region and a short note. Reports are anonymous and help other engineers spot Paystack problems early. Official status pages often lag real incidents by 10 to 20 minutes.

Is there a free way to monitor Paystack?

Yes. PulsAPI's Starter plan includes up to 10 monitored services with email alerts, and the 30-day free trial requires no credit card. You can monitor Paystack alongside up to 9 other services at pulsapi.com/signup.

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