Payroll & HR Software · reliability comparison
Patriot Payroll vs Personio: which is more reliable? (2026)
Patriot Payroll is more reliable than Personio, scoring 91.8 vs 89.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Patriot Payroll reported 2 incidents and Personio reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.93% and 99.89% respectively. Patriot Payroll resolves incidents faster on average (1h 30m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Patriot Payroll | Personio |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.8 | 89.6 |
| Rank (payroll & HR platforms) | #2 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.93% | 99.89% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 30m | 1h 39m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Patriot Payroll and Personio differ
- Personio reported 50% more incidents than Patriot Payroll over the last 90 days (3 vs 2).
- Patriot Payroll's longest outage on record lasted 5h 19m (Dec 15, 2025); Personio's lasted 2d 15h (Mar 20, 2026).
90-day uptime
Patriot Payroll
Personio
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Patriot Payroll incidents
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1h 20m
Employees Unable to Open Time Cards on the Web
Affected: MyPatriot Worker Portal (Web), Time/Attendance Product
- Partial outageAug 18, 2026 · resolved in 1h 40m
Affected: Payroll Product
Recent Personio incidents
- Partial outageSep 14, 2026 · resolved in 44m
Affected: Personio Payroll DE
- Degraded performanceAug 27, 2026 · resolved in 44m
Employee Creation & Schedule Management Disruption
Affected: Company Configuration
- Partial outageAug 4, 2026 · resolved in 3h 29m
Login not working for some users
Affected: Login & Authentication
Other payroll & HR platforms to consider
- QuickBooks Payroll · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Justworks · #3 · 99.95% uptime
- Remote · #5 · 100% uptime
- BambooHR · #6 · 100% uptime