Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
PAR POS (Brink) vs Zettle by PayPal: which is more reliable? (2026)
Zettle by PayPal is more reliable than PAR POS (Brink), scoring 78.1 vs 64.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days PAR POS (Brink) reported 5 incidents and Zettle by PayPal reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.44% and 99.82% respectively. PAR POS (Brink) resolves incidents faster on average (8h 52m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PAR POS (Brink) | Zettle by PayPal |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 64.6 | 78.1 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #9 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.44% | 99.82% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 8h 52m | 12h 51m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where PAR POS (Brink) and Zettle by PayPal differ
- PAR POS (Brink) reported 2.5× as many incidents as Zettle by PayPal over the last 90 days (5 vs 2).
- PAR POS (Brink) had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Zettle by PayPal.
- PAR POS (Brink) fixes problems faster: 8h 52m on average, against 12h 51m for Zettle by PayPal.
- PAR POS (Brink)'s longest outage on record lasted 19h 18m (Sep 24, 2026); Zettle by PayPal's lasted 3d (Nov 14, 2025).
90-day uptime
PAR POS (Brink)
Zettle by PayPal
- 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 Zettle by PayPal incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h 34m
Unable to contact Support team
Affected: UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands +6 more
- Degraded performanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 23h 8m
DNS incident presenting errors
Affected: UK
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