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Lunchbox vs Toast: which is more reliable? (2026)
Lunchbox is more reliable than Toast, scoring 92.1 vs 53.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Lunchbox reported 6 incidents and Toast reported 14, with effective uptime of 99.95% and 98.67% respectively. Lunchbox resolves incidents faster on average (1h 17m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Lunchbox | Toast |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 92.1 | 53.5 |
| Rank (online ordering platforms) | #7 | #12 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.95% | 98.67% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 14 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 8 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 17m | 4h 28m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Lunchbox and Toast differ
- Toast reported 2.3× as many incidents as Lunchbox over the last 90 days (14 vs 6).
- Toast had 8 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Lunchbox.
- Lunchbox fixes problems faster: 1h 17m on average, against 4h 28m for Toast (3.5× quicker).
- Lunchbox's longest outage on record lasted 2h 32m (May 5, 2026); Toast's lasted 1d 7h (Sep 17, 2026).
90-day uptime
Lunchbox
Toast
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Lunchbox incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 1h 32m
3P Order Processing Degradation
Affected: Aggregation
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 1h 13m
Mutual 3rd Party Netlify site for Web: Errors accessing Netlify-hosted sites
Affected: Lunchbox 2.0 Web
- Degraded performanceSep 7, 2026 · resolved in 1h
Lunchbox 2.0 - Incident - Loyalty Lookup and Order Aggregation Degraded Performance
Affected: Lunchbox Loyalty, Aggregation
- InformationalAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 16m
Lunchbox 2.0 - Incident - Degraded Performance
Affected: Lunchbox Admin Dashboard, Lunchbox 2.0 Apps, Lunchbox Loyalty, Lunchbox 2.0 Web, Lunchbox 2.0 Catering, Aggregation
- Degraded performanceAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 56m
Affected: DoorDash Marketplace
- Degraded performanceAug 21, 2026 · resolved in 42m
Lunchbox Loyalty Service - Degraded Performance
Affected: Lunchbox Admin Dashboard
Recent Toast incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Affected: Sling by Toast Scheduling
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 3h 24m
Toastweb - Toast App Performance Degradation
Affected: Toast POS app, POS Web application
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 20m
10/14/2026 - Sling Latency Issues
Affected: Sling by Toast Scheduling
- Partial outageOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 1h 5m
Affected: Card Processing
- Degraded performanceOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 8h
Affected: Deposits
- Major outageOct 4, 2026 · resolved in 5h 42m
Instant Depositofficial update ↗
Affected: Deposits
Other online ordering platforms to consider
- SpotOn · #1 · 100% uptime
- Deliverect · #2 · 100% uptime
- Menufy · #3 · 99.97% uptime
- DoorDash Storefront · #4 · 99.97% uptime
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