Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
PAR POS (Brink) vs Qu POS: which is more reliable? (2026)
PAR POS (Brink) is more reliable than Qu POS, scoring 64.6 vs 52.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days PAR POS (Brink) reported 5 incidents and Qu POS reported 4, with effective uptime of 99.44% and 98.68% respectively. PAR POS (Brink) resolves incidents faster on average (8h 52m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PAR POS (Brink) | Qu POS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 64.6 | 52.4 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #9 | #13 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.44% | 98.68% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 4 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 8h 52m | 18h 28m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where PAR POS (Brink) and Qu POS differ
- PAR POS (Brink) reported 25% more incidents than Qu POS over the last 90 days (5 vs 4).
- PAR POS (Brink) had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Qu POS.
- PAR POS (Brink) fixes problems faster: 8h 52m on average, against 18h 28m for Qu POS (2.1× quicker).
- PAR POS (Brink)'s longest outage on record lasted 19h 18m (Sep 24, 2026); Qu POS's lasted 2d 1h (Aug 8, 2026).
90-day uptime
PAR POS (Brink)
Qu POS
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent PAR POS (Brink) incidents
- InformationalOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 17h 27m
PAR Payment Services: Funding Delay Notice for for Columbus Day (October 12th, 2026)
Affected: PAR Payment Services
- Partial outageSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 19h 18m
Admin Portal 20 Access issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: PAR POS on Admin20
- Partial outageSep 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 41m
Limited Connectivity errorsofficial update ↗
Affected: PAR POS on Admin19
- Degraded performanceAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 3h 37m
Affected: PAR POS on Admin1
- InformationalAug 20, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: PAR Payment Services
- Partial outageJun 16, 2026 · ongoing
Degradation of Admin Portal 12 Servicesofficial update ↗
Affected: PAR POS on Admin12
Recent Qu POS incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 8h 6m
Affected: POS Functionality
- Degraded performanceSep 14, 2026 · resolved in 2h 15m
EOD report not generating correctly
Affected: POS Functionality
- Degraded performanceSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 13h 59m
Affected: Enterprise Intelligence Portal
- Partial outageAug 8, 2026 · resolved in 2d 1h
Connectwise Automate Tool is Unavailableofficial update ↗
Affected: Connectwise Automate
Other restaurant POS systems to consider
- Shopify POS · #1 · 100% uptime
- SpotOn · #2 · 100% uptime
- Loyverse · #3 · 99.91% uptime
- Clover · #4 · 99.88% uptime