Employee Scheduling Software · reliability comparison
Deputy vs Shiftboard: which is more reliable? (2026)
Shiftboard is more reliable than Deputy, scoring 100.0 vs 95.5 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Deputy reported 3 incidents and Shiftboard reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.98% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Deputy | Shiftboard |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 95.5 | 100.0 |
| Rank (employee scheduling apps) | #7 | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.98% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 52m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Deputy and Shiftboard differ
- Shiftboard reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Deputy reported 3.
- Deputy had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Shiftboard.
- Deputy's longest outage on record lasted 4h 20m (Apr 6, 2026); Shiftboard's lasted 5h 19m (Jun 5, 2026).
90-day uptime
Deputy
Shiftboard
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Deputy incidents
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 2h 30m
- Partial outageAug 7, 2026 · resolved in 52m
Analytics failing to load with "Invalid control source"
Affected: Deputy - UK
- InformationalAug 5, 2026 · resolved in 2h 12m
Recent Shiftboard incidents
No incidents reported by Shiftboard in the last 90 days.
Other employee scheduling apps to consider
- Buddy Punch · #1 · 100% uptime
- Connecteam · #2 · 100% uptime
- QuickBooks Time · #3 · 100% uptime
- Homebase · #5 · 99.99% uptime
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