Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Lightspeed Restaurant vs Loyverse: which is more reliable? (2026)
Loyverse is more reliable than Lightspeed Restaurant, scoring 90.4 vs 30.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Lightspeed Restaurant reported 23 incidents and Loyverse reported 2, with effective uptime of 96.84% and 99.91% respectively. Loyverse resolves incidents faster on average (1h 56m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Lightspeed Restaurant | Loyverse |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 30.9 | 90.4 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #16 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 96.84% | 99.91% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 23 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 19h 14m | 1h 56m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Lightspeed Restaurant and Loyverse differ
- Lightspeed Restaurant reported 11.5× as many incidents as Loyverse over the last 90 days (23 vs 2).
- Lightspeed Restaurant had 4 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Loyverse.
- Loyverse fixes problems faster: 1h 56m on average, against 19h 14m for Lightspeed Restaurant (10.0× quicker).
- Lightspeed Restaurant's longest outage on record lasted 9h 18m (Oct 1, 2026); Loyverse's lasted 16h 37m (Jun 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Lightspeed Restaurant
Loyverse
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent Loyverse incidents
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 3h 19m
Services Disruptionofficial update ↗
Affected: Loyverse POS, Loyverse Back Office, Loyverse API
- Partial outageAug 13, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Affected: Loyverse POS, Loyverse Back Office, Loyverse API
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