Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
PAR POS (Brink) vs Square for Restaurants: which is more reliable? (2026)
PAR POS (Brink) is more reliable than Square for Restaurants, scoring 64.6 vs 53.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days PAR POS (Brink) reported 5 incidents and Square for Restaurants reported 13, with effective uptime of 99.44% and 98.92% respectively. PAR POS (Brink) resolves incidents faster on average (8h 52m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PAR POS (Brink) | Square for Restaurants |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 64.6 | 53.3 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #9 | #12 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.44% | 98.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 13 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 8h 52m | 11h 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where PAR POS (Brink) and Square for Restaurants differ
- Square for Restaurants reported 2.6× as many incidents as PAR POS (Brink) over the last 90 days (13 vs 5).
- PAR POS (Brink) had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Square for Restaurants.
- PAR POS (Brink) fixes problems faster: 8h 52m on average, against 11h 54m for Square for Restaurants.
- PAR POS (Brink)'s longest outage on record lasted 19h 18m (Sep 24, 2026); Square for Restaurants's lasted 17h 43m (Apr 30, 2026).
90-day uptime
PAR POS (Brink)
Square for Restaurants
- 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 Square for Restaurants incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 45m
Affected: Point of Sale, Kitchen Display System (KDS)
- Degraded performanceSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 4h 25m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 12m
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 2d 4h
- Degraded performanceSep 18, 2026 · resolved in 3h 54m
- Degraded performanceSep 18, 2026 · resolved in 15h 7m
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