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QuickBooks Online vs Sage Accounting: which is more reliable? (2026)
QuickBooks Online is more reliable than Sage Accounting, scoring 87.8 vs 30.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days QuickBooks Online reported 5 incidents and Sage Accounting reported 7, with effective uptime of 99.89% and 93.82% respectively. QuickBooks Online resolves incidents faster on average (2h 14m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | QuickBooks Online | Sage Accounting |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 30.4 |
| Rank (accounting software tools) | #3 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.89% | 93.82% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 7 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 14m | 1d 6h |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where QuickBooks Online and Sage Accounting differ
- Sage Accounting reported 40% more incidents than QuickBooks Online over the last 90 days (7 vs 5).
- QuickBooks Online fixes problems faster: 2h 14m on average, against 1d 6h for Sage Accounting (13.6× quicker).
- QuickBooks Online's longest outage on record lasted 5h 1m (Feb 24, 2026); Sage Accounting's lasted 3d (Sep 23, 2026).
90-day uptime
QuickBooks Online
Sage Accounting
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent QuickBooks Online 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
- Degraded performanceAug 31, 2026 · resolved in 2h 4m
Some QuickBooks users receive errors and are unable to view transactions when searching.
Affected: United States
- Partial outageAug 19, 2026 · resolved in 2h 23m
Quickbooks Online Latency Issue
Affected: United States, EMEA, Canada
- Degraded performanceAug 5, 2026 · resolved in 4h 26m
Affected: EMEA
Recent Sage Accounting incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · ongoing
Sage Business Cloud Accounting (UKI) - Partial Outage
Affected: Sage Business Cloud Accounting (UKI)
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Sage Business Cloud Accounting (UKI) - Operational
Affected: Sage Business Cloud Accounting (UKI)
- MaintenanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 1h
[Scheduled] Sage Business Cloud Accounting ZA - Scheduled Maintenance
- Degraded performanceOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 22h 54m
Banking Service - Partial Outage
Affected: Banking Service, Sage Business Cloud Accounting ZA, Sage Evolution SDK (ZA), Sage Intacct
- Degraded performanceSep 30, 2026 · resolved in 12h 14m
Affected: Brightpearl, Making Tax Digital (MTD), Sage 50, Sage 200 Professional SPC (UKI), Sage 200 Standard (UKI), Sage Business Cloud Accounting (UKI) +4 more
- Partial outageSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 4h 4m
Sage Identity Service - Operational
Affected: Brightpearl, Brightpearl, Brightpearl, Brightpearl, Brightpearl, Sage HR +16 more
Other accounting software tools to consider
- Oracle NetSuite · #1 · 99.97% uptime
- Wave · #2 · 99.93% uptime
- FreshBooks · #4 · 99.74% uptime
- Xero · #5 · 98.61% uptime
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