1,217 engineers levelled up their incident response this month

Science-backed incident response training simulations.

Uptime Labs enhances your team's incident response skills to the highest standard, directly protecting revenue, reputation and regulatory risk.

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Trusted by teams building world-class incident response

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CEO
APP
What do I tell the investors?
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CTO
APP
What do I tell customers?
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Customer Service
APP
Which services are down?
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Your boss
APP
I hope you have a plan!

Incidents are inevitable. Chaos isn't.

Ultra-realistic training that replicates the pressure of real incidents.

Simulated incidents. Real-world outcomes.

Reduce risk

Turning hidden risks into measurable insights.

Convert invisible into measurable risk with analytics to track skills gaps at an individual, team and organisational level.

Three training status cards labeled 'A Simple Training' showing descriptions: 'Validate impact, manage stakeholders, and restore service.' The first card is marked Completed with a blue 'Full Training' label, 12 minutes duration, and Intermediate level. The second card is Pending with a yellow 'Full Training' label, 20 minutes duration, and Advanced level, which is faint. The third card is Beginner level, 10 minutes, partially visible and greyed out.
Chat conversation showing Bez - CEO commenting on a big drop in payments affecting accounts, with a line graph titled 'Orders per minute' displaying fluctuating order levels that drop sharply at the end, followed by a message from Stevie indicating an incident creation posted in the #business-comms-7870 channel, and a message input box below.
Resolve faster

Less confusion - more resolution

We condition teams to react decisively under pressure, for faster MTTR and reduced escalation and confusion.

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Improve customer satisfaction

Own your reputation under pressure.

Teams rehearse real-world outage scenarios so when systems (inevitably) fail, your brand remains strong.

Inspire confidence

Demonstrate resilience to regulators, boards and customers.

Regular training and reporting creates a record of preparedness.

Two chat messages from Bez - CEO at 9:16 AM, labeled 'APP'; first message says 'Hey folks, what is going on? I can see a big drop on payments hitting our accounts'; second message says 'Fix this immediately!'. Both messages include a profile image of a man wearing a dark cap. The messages have rounded corners, with the second message outlined in red. A blue seal labeled 'Uptime Labs Certified' with a hot air balloon icon is partially overlaid on the bottom right.

How Does It Work?

Get Started in Minutes

Complete a quick and simple onboarding.

Complete a quick and simple onboarding.

No Integration Needed

All you need is an internet access, a browser and a single click to start training.

All you need is an internet access, a browser and a single click to start training.

Press Play

The training simulations run inside our systems (not yours).

The training simulations run inside our systems (not yours).

Tabletops vs. Uptime Labs

Tabletops produce meeting notes. Uptime Labs produces faster recoveries.

Tabletops
Uptime Labs
Investment required
High manual effort to design, execute, and track
Significantly lower - set price per user
Scalability
Limited
100+ simulations in 3 months (customer example)
Performance insight
Anecdotal and subjective
Objective analytics at individual and team level
Time to recovery (TTR)
Rarely measured or improved
Measured and systematically reduced
Customer satisfaction impact
Indirect or unclear
Improved through faster, more effective response
Effectiveness
Low realism doesn’t trigger the same responses as under pressure
High psychological fidelity means realistic responses – building incident ‘muscle memory’
Investment required
Tabletops
High manual effort to design, execute, and track
Uptime Labs
High manual effort to design, execute, and track
Scalability
Tabletops
Limited
Uptime Labs
100+ simulations in 3 months (customer example)
Performance insight
Tabletops
Anecdotal and subjective
Uptime Labs
Objective analytics at individual and team level
Time to recovery (TTR)
Tabletops
Rarely measured or improved
Uptime Labs
Measured and systematically reduced
Customer satisfaction impact
Tabletops
Indirect or unclear
Uptime Labs
Improved through faster, more effective response
Effectiveness
Tabletops
Low realism doesn’t trigger the same responses as under pressure
Uptime Labs
High psychological fidelity means realistic responses – building incident ‘muscle memory’

Backed by
World-Class Expertise

Staged world simulations have been used in healthcare, aviation, transportation, spaceflight operations, and emergency management. Uptime Labs is the first to do it in software! 

It is a rare case of product development built on solid scientific foundations.
John Allspaw
Principal, Adaptive Capacity Labs

What our Customers are Saying

I really like how Uptime Labs helps train high-grade incident managers by equipping them with all the necessary skills. It’s also great that incidents unfold in real time with real logs, creating a realistic and immersive environment that maps to real life.
We started out with a resolution time of 4h33m pre- rollout of Uptime Labs. This is currently trending at 1h33mins across sev1 and sev2 incidents on a rolling 30-day window – a testament to the skills built through Uptime Labs.
The impact has been tangible. We’re seeing stronger coordination, clearer decision-making and greater confidence across engineering and incident leadership teams.
Uptime Labs has boosted our confidence, improved teamwork, and helped us resolve issues much faster.
If you are a company/product worried about uptime, this tool is a must-have for your operations arsenal of tools.
I really like how Uptime Labs helps train high-grade incident managers by equipping them with all the necessary skills. It’s also great that incidents unfold in real time with real logs, creating a realistic and immersive environment that maps to real life.
We started out with a resolution time of 4h33m pre- rollout of Uptime Labs. This is currently trending at 1h33mins across sev1 and sev2 incidents on a rolling 30-day window – a testament to the skills built through Uptime Labs.
The impact has been tangible. We’re seeing stronger coordination, clearer decision-making and greater confidence across engineering and incident leadership teams.
Uptime Labs has boosted our confidence, improved teamwork, and helped us resolve issues much faster.
If you are a company/product worried about uptime, this tool is a must-have for your operations arsenal of tools.
I really like how Uptime Labs helps train high-grade incident managers by equipping them with all the necessary skills. It’s also great that incidents unfold in real time with real logs, creating a realistic and immersive environment that maps to real life.
We started out with a resolution time of 4h33m pre- rollout of Uptime Labs. This is currently trending at 1h33mins across sev1 and sev2 incidents on a rolling 30-day window – a testament to the skills built through Uptime Labs.
The impact has been tangible. We’re seeing stronger coordination, clearer decision-making and greater confidence across engineering and incident leadership teams.
Uptime Labs has boosted our confidence, improved teamwork, and helped us resolve issues much faster.
If you are a company/product worried about uptime, this tool is a must-have for your operations arsenal of tools.

Resources

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Training Incident Responders & Scaling Incident Response Teams

Blog

Incident Crashes, Culture and Cocktails (Incident Fest)

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Supporting Your Team's New Responders

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'My Boss Wants Me to Pick an AI SRE Tool': Q&A at Incident Fest (Adaptive Capacity Labs)

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— Chris Voss

Most engineers spend years getting good at incidents the hard way. Uptime Labs gets them there in months.