Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Clover vs Epos Now: which is more reliable? (2026)
Clover and Epos Now are effectively tied on reliability (87.8 vs 85.9). Over the last 90 days Clover reported 6 incidents and Epos Now reported 6, with effective uptime of 99.88% and 99.86% respectively. Clover resolves incidents faster on average (1h 55m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Clover | Epos Now |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 85.9 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #4 | #5 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.88% | 99.86% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 6 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 55m | 2h 30m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Clover and Epos Now differ
- Epos Now had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Clover.
- Clover fixes problems faster: 1h 55m on average, against 2h 30m for Epos Now.
- Clover's longest outage on record lasted 7h 28m (Jul 7, 2026); Epos Now's lasted 7h 9m (Jul 23, 2026).
90-day uptime
Clover
Epos Now
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Clover incidents
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 2h 45m
Clover is experiencing an issue impacting Ecommerce products
Affected: Ecommerce, Online Ordering
- InformationalOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1h 21m
[NA] Clover experiencing issues with the Customer Engagement Apps
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 28m
[NA]Web dashboard login issues for a small subset of merchants on Safari Browsers
Affected: Dashboard
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 3h 19m
Clover in EMEA is experiencing an issue
Affected: Dashboard, Cloud Pay Display
- Degraded performanceAug 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 54m
[NA] Clover merchants experiencing issues with payment processing
Affected: North America - Payment Authorization Services
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m
Clover in NA is experiencing issues with Cloud Pay Display
Affected: Dashboard, Cloud Pay Display
Recent Epos Now incidents
- InformationalOct 31, 2026 · ongoing
Investigating a possible issue affecting some Epos Now services
- InformationalOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 3h 18m
Investigating a possible issue affecting some Epos Now services
Affected: EPOS NOW HQ BACK OFFICE
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 50m
Affected: EPOS NOW FRONT TILL
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 6h 25m
Cloud Sync Intermittent Availability
Affected: EPOS NOW FRONT TILL
- Major outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 1h 27m
Affected: EPOS NOW HQ BACK OFFICE, EPOS NOW FRONT TILL, SUPPORT CENTRE, EPOS NOW PAYMENTS, APP STORE
- Partial outageOct 3, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Epos Now Login Service - Unavailable
Affected: EPOS NOW HQ BACK OFFICE, EPOS NOW FRONT TILL, SUPPORT CENTRE, APP STORE
Other restaurant POS systems to consider
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- Loyverse · #3 · 99.91% uptime
- Revel Systems · #6 · 99.84% uptime