Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Clover vs Qu POS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Clover is more reliable than Qu POS, scoring 87.8 vs 52.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Clover reported 6 incidents and Qu POS reported 4, with effective uptime of 99.88% and 98.68% respectively. Clover resolves incidents faster on average (1h 55m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Clover | Qu POS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 52.4 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #4 | #13 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.88% | 98.68% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 4 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 55m | 18h 28m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Clover and Qu POS differ
- Clover reported 50% more incidents than Qu POS over the last 90 days (6 vs 4).
- Clover fixes problems faster: 1h 55m on average, against 18h 28m for Qu POS (9.6× quicker).
- Clover's longest outage on record lasted 7h 28m (Jul 7, 2026); Qu POS's lasted 2d 1h (Aug 8, 2026).
90-day uptime
Clover
Qu 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 Qu POS incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 8h 6m
Affected: POS Functionality
- Degraded performanceSep 14, 2026 · resolved in 2h 15m
EOD report not generating correctly
Affected: POS Functionality
- Degraded performanceSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 13h 59m
Affected: Enterprise Intelligence Portal
- Partial outageAug 8, 2026 · resolved in 2d 1h
Connectwise Automate Tool is Unavailableofficial update ↗
Affected: Connectwise Automate
Other restaurant POS systems to consider
- Shopify POS · #1 · 100% uptime
- SpotOn · #2 · 100% uptime
- Loyverse · #3 · 99.91% uptime
- Epos Now · #5 · 99.86% uptime