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Acuity Scheduling vs Square Appointments: which is more reliable? (2026)

Square Appointments is more reliable than Acuity Scheduling, scoring 53.3 vs 45.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Acuity Scheduling reported 7 incidents and Square Appointments reported 12, with effective uptime of 98.16% and 98.93% respectively. Square Appointments resolves incidents faster on average (12h 49m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

MetricAcuity SchedulingSquare Appointments
Reliability score45.553.3
Rank (scheduling apps)#10#9
Uptime (90 days)98.16%98.93%
Incidents (90 days)712
Partial / major outages30
Avg time to resolve15h 44m12h 49m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Acuity Scheduling and Square Appointments differ

  • Square Appointments reported 71% more incidents than Acuity Scheduling over the last 90 days (12 vs 7).
  • Acuity Scheduling had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Square Appointments.
  • Square Appointments fixes problems faster: 12h 49m on average, against 15h 44m for Acuity Scheduling.
  • Acuity Scheduling's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Sep 18, 2026); Square Appointments's lasted 17h 43m (Apr 30, 2026).

90-day uptime

Acuity Scheduling

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 11, 2026: no incidentsAug 12, 2026: 98.71% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 13, 2026 – Aug 19, 2026: no incidentsAug 20, 2026: 96.32% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 21, 2026: 91.29% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026: no incidentsSep 9, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 10, 2026 – Sep 17, 2026: no incidentsSep 18, 2026: 92.85% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 19, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 20, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 21, 2026: 57.14% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 22, 2026 – Oct 22, 2026: no incidentsOct 23, 2026: 98.58% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 24, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.165% average daily uptimeToday

Square Appointments

Aug 5, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 6, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 7, 2026: 86.93% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 8, 2026 – Aug 14, 2026: no incidentsAug 15, 2026: 99.20% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no incidentsAug 18, 2026: 98.71% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidentsAug 24, 2026: 99.82% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026: no incidentsSep 10, 2026: 99.82% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026: no incidentsSep 14, 2026: 99.36% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 15, 2026: no incidentsSep 16, 2026: 99.64% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026: no incidentsSep 18, 2026: 88.11% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 19, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 97.29% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 22, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 99.61% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 26, 2026: no incidentsSep 27, 2026: 97.23% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 28, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.953% average daily uptimeToday

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