Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Clover vs Lightspeed Restaurant: which is more reliable? (2026)
Clover is more reliable than Lightspeed Restaurant, scoring 87.8 vs 30.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Clover reported 6 incidents and Lightspeed Restaurant reported 22, with effective uptime of 99.88% and 96.84% respectively. Clover resolves incidents faster on average (1h 55m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Clover | Lightspeed Restaurant |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 30.9 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #4 | #16 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.88% | 96.84% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 6 | 22 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 55m | 20h 8m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Clover and Lightspeed Restaurant differ
- Lightspeed Restaurant reported 3.7× as many incidents as Clover over the last 90 days (22 vs 6).
- Lightspeed Restaurant had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Clover.
- Clover fixes problems faster: 1h 55m on average, against 20h 8m for Lightspeed Restaurant (10.5× quicker).
- Clover's longest outage on record lasted 7h 28m (Jul 7, 2026); Lightspeed Restaurant's lasted 9h 18m (Oct 1, 2026).
90-day uptime
Clover
Lightspeed Restaurant
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Clover incidents
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 2h 45m
Clover is experiencing an issue impacting Ecommerce productsofficial update ↗
Affected: Ecommerce, Online Ordering
- InformationalOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1h 21m
[NA] Clover experiencing issues with the Customer Engagement Apps
- Degraded performanceSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 28m
[NA]Web dashboard login issues for a small subset of merchants on Safari Browsers
Affected: Dashboard
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 3h 19m
Clover in EMEA is experiencing an issue
Affected: Dashboard, Cloud Pay Display
- Degraded performanceAug 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 54m
[NA] Clover merchants experiencing issues with payment processing
Affected: North America - Payment Authorization Services
- Degraded performanceAug 25, 2026 · resolved in 1h 10m
Clover in NA is experiencing issues with Cloud Pay Display
Affected: Dashboard, Cloud Pay Display
Recent Lightspeed Restaurant incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 28, 2026 · ongoing
Restaurant O-Series: Accounting Integration Delays
Affected: Accounting Integrations
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 5h 6m
Delayed Hospitality payout reporting
Affected: Lightspeed Payments, Lightspeed Payments
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceOct 17, 2026 · resolved in 5h 26m
Affected: Sales History
- Partial outageOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 30m
Store credit issue causing sale errors
Affected: Customer Management
- Degraded performanceOct 16, 2026 · resolved in 3d 15h
LS Pay Payment processing degraded for R-series, C-series and few L-series
Affected: Lightspeed Payments
Other restaurant POS systems to consider
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