Retail POS · reliability comparison
Loyverse vs Square for Retail: which is more reliable? (2026)
Loyverse is more reliable than Square for Retail, scoring 90.4 vs 53.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Loyverse reported 2 incidents and Square for Retail reported 13, with effective uptime of 99.91% and 98.92% respectively. Loyverse resolves incidents faster on average (1h 56m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Loyverse | Square for Retail |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 90.4 | 53.3 |
| Rank (retail POS systems) | #3 | #9 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.91% | 98.92% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 13 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 56m | 11h 54m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Loyverse and Square for Retail differ
- Square for Retail reported 6.5× as many incidents as Loyverse over the last 90 days (13 vs 2).
- Loyverse had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Square for Retail.
- Loyverse fixes problems faster: 1h 56m on average, against 11h 54m for Square for Retail (6.2× quicker).
- Loyverse's longest outage on record lasted 16h 37m (Jun 12, 2026); Square for Retail's lasted 17h 43m (Apr 30, 2026).
90-day uptime
Loyverse
Square for Retail
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent Square for Retail incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 45m
Affected: Point of Sale, Kitchen Display System (KDS)
- Degraded performanceSep 27, 2026 · resolved in 4h 25m
- Degraded performanceSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 12m
- Degraded performanceSep 21, 2026 · resolved in 2d 4h
- Degraded performanceSep 18, 2026 · resolved in 3h 54m
- Degraded performanceSep 18, 2026 · resolved in 15h 7m
Other retail POS systems to consider
- Shopify POS · #1 · 100% uptime
- Erply · #2 · 99.99% uptime
- Clover · #4 · 99.88% uptime
- Epos Now · #5 · 99.86% uptime