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Twilio SLA

Plan coverage, claim deadlines and the evidence your vendor asks for. Check the current agreement before filing a claim.

Twilio terms

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Plan coverage

APIs branded Twilio, plus the SendGrid Mail Send API. Segment, Twilio Engage, Stytch-branded services and Flex Critical Scenarios are excluded by name and carry separate agreements.

Uptime & credits

Recorded target
99.95%
Measurement window
Calendar month

Service-credit tiers

Recorded service-credit tiers for Twilio
Uptime belowCredit rate
99.95%10%

Check the source for eligible charges, calculation rules and caps. These rates are not an estimated payout.

Filing deadline

30 calendar days after the billing cycle ends

Check the conditions below for any earlier support-notification requirement.

Conditions & exclusions

  • Unavailability shorter than five continuous minutes does not count toward downtime.

    Source wording
    (g) is less than five (5) minutes of continuous unavailability in duration
  • The support ticket's subject line must read “SLA Claim”.

    Source wording
    “SLA Claim” as the subject of the support ticket
  • The credit is 10% of the fees actually incurred for the affected API that month, excluding taxes and carrier surcharges.

    Source wording
    the API Service Credit calculation excludes the following types of charges: (1) any applicable taxes, levies, duties, or other similar exactions…; (2) any applicable communications service or telecommunication provider (e.g., carrier) fees or surcharges; or (3) any other charges related to, or imposed by, a third party.
  • Emergency maintenance is excluded regardless of notice given.

    Source wording
    (e) occurs during Twilio’s emergency maintenance (maintenance that is necessary for purposes of maintaining the integrity or operation of the Services APIs), regardless of the notice provided by Twilio
  • Scheduled maintenance is excluded in this record.

Evidence to prepare

  • Vendor incident source link

Where to file

Vendor support

Twilio requires a support ticket whose subject is “SLA Claim”, carrying the dates and times of the unavailable minutes (calculated from status.twilio.com) and any supporting documentation.

Date in this record: . Not a live verification date.

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