Payroll & HR Software · reliability comparison
Patriot Payroll vs QuickBooks Payroll: which is more reliable? (2026)
Patriot Payroll and QuickBooks Payroll are effectively tied on reliability (91.8 vs 92.4). Over the last 90 days Patriot Payroll reported 2 incidents and QuickBooks Payroll reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.93% and 99.94% respectively. QuickBooks Payroll resolves incidents faster on average (1h 14m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Patriot Payroll | QuickBooks Payroll |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.8 | 92.4 |
| Rank (payroll & HR platforms) | #2 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.93% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 30m | 1h 14m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Patriot Payroll and QuickBooks Payroll differ
- QuickBooks Payroll reported 50% more incidents than Patriot Payroll over the last 90 days (3 vs 2).
- QuickBooks Payroll fixes problems faster: 1h 14m on average, against 1h 30m for Patriot Payroll.
- Patriot Payroll's longest outage on record lasted 5h 19m (Dec 15, 2025); QuickBooks Payroll's lasted 5h 1m (Feb 24, 2026).
90-day uptime
Patriot Payroll
QuickBooks Payroll
- 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 QuickBooks Payroll incidents
- InformationalSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 5h 32m
Duplicate transactions affecting some Payroll and Payments customers
Affected: United States, United States
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 4m
Some users may encounter issues when trying to Login to QuickBooks Online
Affected: United States, EMEA, Canada
- Partial outageAug 19, 2026 · resolved in 2h 23m
Quickbooks Online Latency Issueofficial update ↗
Affected: United States, EMEA, Canada