Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Lavu vs Lightspeed Restaurant: which is more reliable? (2026)
Lavu is more reliable than Lightspeed Restaurant, scoring 100.0 vs 30.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Lavu reported 0 incidents and Lightspeed Restaurant reported 23, with effective uptime of 100% and 96.84% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Lavu | Lightspeed Restaurant |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 30.9 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | — | #15 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 96.84% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 23 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 19h 14m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Lavu and Lightspeed Restaurant differ
- Lavu reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Lightspeed Restaurant reported 23.
- Lightspeed Restaurant had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Lavu.
90-day uptime
Lavu
Lightspeed Restaurant
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Lavu incidents
No incidents reported by Lavu in the last 90 days.
Recent Lightspeed Restaurant incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · ongoing
Restaurant O-Series: Accounting Integration Delays
Affected: Accounting Integrations
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 5h 6m
Delayed Hospitality payout reporting
Affected: Lightspeed Payments, Lightspeed Payments
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceOct 17, 2026 · resolved in 5h 26m
Affected: Sales History
- Partial outageOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 30m
Store credit issue causing sale errors
Affected: Customer Management
- Degraded performanceOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 3d 15h
LS Pay Payment processing degraded for R-series, C-series and few L-series
Affected: Lightspeed Payments
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