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How We Measure 19 Minutes

“Rapid response time” is the time from when a support ticket is submitted to the moment a real engineer acknowledges it. Our published goal is 19 minutes—and in practice, we frequently beat it.

Current Highlights

  • 19 min

    Goal response time

  • 8.20 min

    December 2025 average

  • 7.77 min

    Overall monthly average (this year)

  • 94.6%

    Weeks this year where the average response rate was under 19 minutes

What counts as “Rapid Response Time”?

We calculate rapid response time from the exact timestamp a client submits a support ticket to the exact timestamp when a certified engineer (not a bot) first acknowledges the ticket.

Included ticket channels

  • Client dashboard submissions
  • Email-to-ticket
  • Phone-to-ticket

What “acknowledged” means

  • An engineer has read the ticket and responded directly to the client or initiated triage actions.

What does not count

  • Automations or autoresponders
  • Marketing or sales inquiries that don’t create a service record
Monthly average rapid response time chart for 2025
Monthly average minutes from ticket submission to first engineer acknowledgement. Dashed line indicates the 19-minute goal.

How We Communicate Our Response Time

Our average rapid response time is sent to our clients on a weekly basis in our email newsletter. In addition to this, we have begun to publish the average response time on a monthly basis here on this page.

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