Retail POS · reliability comparison
Clover vs Hike POS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Clover is more reliable than Hike POS, scoring 87.8 vs 80.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Clover reported 6 incidents and Hike POS reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.88% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Clover | Hike POS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 80.0 |
| Rank (retail POS systems) | #3 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.88% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 55m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 0/100 |
Where Clover and Hike POS differ
- Hike POS reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Clover reported 6.
- Clover had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Hike POS.
90-day uptime
Clover
Hike POS
- 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 productsofficial update ↗
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 Hike POS incidents
No incidents reported by Hike POS in the last 90 days.
Other retail POS systems to consider
- Shopify POS · #1 · 100% uptime
- Loyverse · #2 · 99.91% uptime
- Epos Now · #4 · 99.86% uptime
- Revel Systems · #5 · 99.84% uptime