Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Clover vs Zettle by PayPal: which is more reliable? (2026)
Clover is more reliable than Zettle by PayPal, scoring 87.8 vs 78.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Clover reported 6 incidents and Zettle by PayPal reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.88% and 99.82% respectively. Clover resolves incidents faster on average (1h 55m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Clover | Zettle by PayPal |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 78.1 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #4 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.88% | 99.82% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 55m | 12h 51m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Clover and Zettle by PayPal differ
- Clover reported 3× as many incidents as Zettle by PayPal over the last 90 days (6 vs 2).
- Clover had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Zettle by PayPal.
- Clover fixes problems faster: 1h 55m on average, against 12h 51m for Zettle by PayPal (6.7× quicker).
- Clover's longest outage on record lasted 7h 28m (Jul 7, 2026); Zettle by PayPal's lasted 3d (Nov 14, 2025).
90-day uptime
Clover
Zettle by PayPal
- 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 Zettle by PayPal incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h 34m
Unable to contact Support team
Affected: UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands +6 more
- Degraded performanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 23h 8m
DNS incident presenting errors
Affected: UK
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