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Planday vs Sling: which is more reliable? (2026)
Planday and Sling are effectively tied on reliability (94.0 vs 94.5). Over the last 90 days Planday reported 4 incidents and Sling reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.97% and 99.97% respectively. Planday resolves incidents faster on average (54m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Planday | Sling |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 94.0 | 94.5 |
| Rank (employee scheduling apps) | #9 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.97% | 99.97% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 4 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 54m | 1h 53m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Planday and Sling differ
- Planday reported 2× as many incidents as Sling over the last 90 days (4 vs 2).
- Planday had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Sling.
- Planday fixes problems faster: 54m on average, against 1h 53m for Sling (2.1× quicker).
- Planday's longest outage on record lasted 1h 43m (Nov 19, 2025); Sling's lasted 3h 20m (Oct 14, 2026).
90-day uptime
Planday
Sling
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Planday incidents
- Partial outageNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 39m
Affected: Web, Punch Clock, Mobile App - iOS, Mobile App - Android, Mobile Kiosk App, Open API +1 more
- InformationalOct 30, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceAug 10, 2026 · resolved in 33m
Affected: Web
- Degraded performanceAug 6, 2026 · resolved in 1h 30m
Degraded performance in some parts of our product - Particularly on Payroll export
Affected: Web
Recent Sling incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 25m
Affected: Sling by Toast Scheduling
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 20m
10/14/2026 - Sling Latency Issues
Affected: Sling by Toast Scheduling
Other employee scheduling apps to consider
- Buddy Punch · #1 · 100% uptime
- Connecteam · #2 · 100% uptime
- QuickBooks Time · #3 · 100% uptime
- Shiftboard · #4 · 100% uptime
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