Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Clover vs SkyTab (Shift4): which is more reliable? (2026)
Clover is more reliable than SkyTab (Shift4), scoring 87.8 vs 35.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Clover reported 6 incidents and SkyTab (Shift4) reported 14, with effective uptime of 99.88% and 97.40% respectively. Clover resolves incidents faster on average (1h 55m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Clover | SkyTab (Shift4) |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 35.1 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #4 | #14 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.88% | 97.40% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 14 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 6 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 55m | 14h 41m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Clover and SkyTab (Shift4) differ
- SkyTab (Shift4) reported 2.3× as many incidents as Clover over the last 90 days (14 vs 6).
- SkyTab (Shift4) had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Clover.
- Clover fixes problems faster: 1h 55m on average, against 14h 41m for SkyTab (Shift4) (7.6× quicker).
- Clover's longest outage on record lasted 7h 28m (Jul 7, 2026); SkyTab (Shift4)'s lasted 3d (Oct 25, 2026).
90-day uptime
Clover
SkyTab (Shift4)
- 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 SkyTab (Shift4) incidents
- Partial outageNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Tip Adjustments Issue Due To Daylight Savings
Affected: Shift4 Dine POS - US, Shift4 Dine POS - Canada, Shift4 Dine Mobile, Shift4 Dine Online Ordering, Shift4 Dine Kiosk
- MaintenanceOct 31, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Givex POS, Shift4 Gift Cards
- Major outageOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 3h 4m
Eigen Sim Cards Connection Issues for Canadian Merchants - Oct 28 2026.
Affected: Telus Cellular Service
- Partial outageOct 25, 2026 · resolved in 3d 4h
Affected: Shift4 One
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 7d 4h
Affected: Merchant Funding USA, Card Processing
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 1h 29m
Timeouts for US processing 10/22/26
Affected: TSYS, Shift4 Dine POS - US, eCommerce, Shift4 One, Shift4 Venue Payments (US)
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