Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
HungerRush vs Lightspeed Restaurant: which is more reliable? (2026)
HungerRush is more reliable than Lightspeed Restaurant, scoring 78.9 vs 30.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days HungerRush reported 3 incidents and Lightspeed Restaurant reported 23, with effective uptime of 99.71% and 96.84% respectively. HungerRush resolves incidents faster on average (3h 36m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | HungerRush | Lightspeed Restaurant |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 78.9 | 30.9 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #7 | #15 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.71% | 96.84% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 23 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 3h 36m | 19h 14m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where HungerRush and Lightspeed Restaurant differ
- Lightspeed Restaurant reported 7.7× as many incidents as HungerRush over the last 90 days (23 vs 3).
- Lightspeed Restaurant had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 3 for HungerRush.
- HungerRush fixes problems faster: 3h 36m on average, against 19h 14m for Lightspeed Restaurant (5.3× quicker).
- HungerRush's longest outage on record lasted 7h 23m (Aug 20, 2026); Lightspeed Restaurant's lasted 9h 18m (Oct 1, 2026).
90-day uptime
HungerRush
Lightspeed Restaurant
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent HungerRush incidents
- Major outageSep 18, 2026 · resolved in 1h 36m
WorldPay Outageofficial update ↗
Affected: WorldPay Express (heritage Revention), WorldPay Integrated Payments (heritage CRS), WorldPay Core
- Partial outageSep 7, 2026 · resolved in 1h 49m
Cloudflare Connectivity Issue Affecting Payment Processing
Affected: WorldPay Express (heritage Revention), WorldPay Integrated Payments (heritage CRS)
- Partial outageAug 20, 2026 · resolved in 7h 23m
Delivery Zone Configuration Loading Issueofficial update ↗
Affected: Google Maps
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
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