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Getty Images vs Unsplash Uptime — Week of 20 April 2026

23 April 2026·Uptrue Team

🎨 Design & Creative Weekly Comparison

Getty Images and Unsplash are two major image repositories serving the Design & Creative sector. According to Uptrue's independent monitoring for the week of 20 April 2026, Getty Images maintained 100% uptime while Unsplash recorded 0% uptime. This stark disparity reflects fundamentally different availability profiles during the monitoring period.

TL;DR

Getty Images: 100% uptime, 304ms average response time, zero incidents
Unsplash: 0% uptime with inaccessible response time metrics during the monitoring week
Getty Images had zero downtime minutes; Unsplash reported zero incidents but exhibited complete unavailability
Getty Images operates without a published status page; Unsplash maintains a status page infrastructure

Uptime This Week

Getty Images delivered perfect availability at 100% uptime throughout the monitoring period. Unsplash recorded 0% uptime, indicating the service was inaccessible to Uptrue's monitoring probes during the entire week of 20 April 2026. This represents a critical reliability gap between the two providers.

Response Time

Getty Images maintained an average response time of 304ms, indicating consistent application performance. Unsplash response time data is unavailable due to the service being offline during monitoring, preventing latency measurement.

Incidents & Downtime

Both providers reported zero incidents logged on their incident tracking systems. However, Unsplash's 0% uptime indicates a sustained outage that may not have been formally logged as a discrete incident. Getty Images experienced no downtime events, with zero minutes of service interruption recorded.

Historical Context

The Design & Creative tools sector has generally seen improving reliability standards, though image delivery services experience occasional regional disruptions and traffic spikes that can impact availability during peak usage periods.

Which Should You Choose?

Getty Images is the clear choice for production workloads requiring guaranteed availability, having demonstrated 100% uptime with reasonable response times. Unsplash should not be considered for any availability-critical use cases based on this monitoring period; teams should investigate the root cause of the complete unavailability before reconsidering its reliability profile.

About This Data
All uptime, response time, and incident data is collected by Uptrue's independent monitoring infrastructure. HTTP checks run every 5 minutes. An incident is recorded only after 2+ consecutive failed checks. Uptrue is not affiliated with any monitored service. For corrections: reports@uptrue.io

Frequently Asked Questions

Which provider is more reliable based on this data?

Getty Images is significantly more reliable, with 100% uptime versus Unsplash's 0% uptime during the monitoring week. Getty Images had zero incidents and zero downtime minutes, while Unsplash was completely inaccessible.

How often does Unsplash go down?

According to Uptrue's monitoring, Unsplash was offline for the entire monitoring week (20 April 2026), representing complete unavailability rather than periodic downtime. This represents either a sustained outage or a systematic connectivity issue during the measurement period.

How is this reliability data collected?

All data comes from Uptrue's independent monitoring infrastructure, which continuously probes both services to measure uptime, response time, and incident occurrence. The measurements reflect real-world accessibility from Uptrue's distributed vantage points, independent of each provider's own reporting.