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Buddy Punch vs Planday: which is more reliable? (2026)
Buddy Punch is more reliable than Planday, scoring 100.0 vs 94.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Buddy Punch reported 0 incidents and Planday reported 4, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.97% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Buddy Punch | Planday |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 94.0 |
| Rank (employee scheduling apps) | #1 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.97% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 4 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Buddy Punch and Planday differ
- Buddy Punch reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Planday reported 4.
- Planday had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Buddy Punch.
- Buddy Punch's longest incident on record lasted 5h 4m (Nov 18, 2025); Planday's lasted 1h 43m (Nov 19, 2025).
90-day uptime
Buddy Punch
Planday
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Buddy Punch incidents
No incidents reported by Buddy Punch in the last 90 days.
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
Other employee scheduling apps to consider
- Connecteam · #2 · 100% uptime
- QuickBooks Time · #3 · 100% uptime
- Shiftboard · #4 · 100% uptime
- Homebase · #5 · 99.99% uptime
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