Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Loyverse vs Shopify POS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Shopify POS is more reliable than Loyverse, scoring 99.6 vs 90.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Loyverse reported 2 incidents and Shopify POS reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.91% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Loyverse | Shopify POS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 90.4 | 99.6 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #3 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.91% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 56m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Loyverse and Shopify POS differ
- Loyverse reported 2× as many incidents as Shopify POS over the last 90 days (2 vs 1).
- Loyverse had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Shopify POS.
- Loyverse's longest outage on record lasted 16h 37m (Jun 12, 2026); Shopify POS's lasted 42m (Oct 29, 2026).
90-day uptime
Loyverse
Shopify POS
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Loyverse incidents
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 3h 19m
Affected: Loyverse POS, Loyverse Back Office, Loyverse API
- Partial outageAug 13, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Affected: Loyverse POS, Loyverse Back Office, Loyverse API
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
- Clover · #4 · 99.88% uptime
- Epos Now · #5 · 99.86% uptime
- Revel Systems · #6 · 99.84% uptime