Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
PAR POS (Brink) vs Shopify POS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Shopify POS is more reliable than PAR POS (Brink), scoring 99.6 vs 64.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days PAR POS (Brink) reported 5 incidents and Shopify POS reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.44% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PAR POS (Brink) | Shopify POS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 64.6 | 99.6 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #9 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.44% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 8h 52m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where PAR POS (Brink) and Shopify POS differ
- PAR POS (Brink) reported 5× as many incidents as Shopify POS over the last 90 days (5 vs 1).
- PAR POS (Brink) had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Shopify POS.
- PAR POS (Brink)'s longest outage on record lasted 19h 18m (Sep 24, 2026); Shopify POS's lasted 42m (Oct 29, 2026).
90-day uptime
PAR POS (Brink)
Shopify 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 Shopify POS incidents
- InformationalOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 42m
Some merchants encountering error messages within their admins