Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Clover vs Shopify POS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Shopify POS is more reliable than Clover, scoring 99.6 vs 87.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Clover reported 6 incidents and Shopify POS reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.88% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Clover | Shopify POS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 99.6 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #4 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.88% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 55m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Clover and Shopify POS differ
- Clover reported 6× as many incidents as Shopify POS over the last 90 days (6 vs 1).
- Clover had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Shopify POS.
- Clover's longest outage on record lasted 7h 28m (Jul 7, 2026); Shopify POS's lasted 42m (Oct 29, 2026).
90-day uptime
Clover
Shopify 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 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 Shopify POS incidents
- InformationalOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 42m
Some merchants encountering error messages within their admins
Other restaurant POS systems to consider
- SpotOn · #2 · 100% uptime
- Loyverse · #3 · 99.91% uptime
- Epos Now · #5 · 99.86% uptime
- Revel Systems · #6 · 99.84% uptime