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Mollie vs Shift4 Payments: which is more reliable? (2026)

Shift4 Payments is more reliable than Mollie, scoring 57.8 vs 47.2 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Mollie reported 25 incidents and Shift4 Payments reported 5, with effective uptime of 98.29% and 99.36% respectively. Mollie resolves incidents faster on average (3h 24m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Mollie

47.2/100

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Shift4 Payments

57.8/100

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MetricMollieShift4 Payments
Reliability score47.257.8
Rank (payment processors)#10#6
Uptime (90 days)98.29%99.36%
Incidents (90 days)255
Partial / major outages132
Avg time to resolve3h 24m19h 29m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Mollie and Shift4 Payments differ

  • Mollie reported 5× as many incidents as Shift4 Payments over the last 90 days (25 vs 5).
  • Mollie had 13 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for Shift4 Payments.
  • Mollie fixes problems faster: 3h 24m on average, against 19h 29m for Shift4 Payments (5.7× quicker).
  • Mollie's longest outage on record lasted 2d 10h (Sep 4, 2026); Shift4 Payments's lasted 3h 24m (Aug 24, 2026).

90-day uptime

Mollie

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 12, 2026: no incidentsAug 13, 2026: 96.52% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 14, 2026: no incidentsAug 15, 2026: 98.33% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 16, 2026 – Aug 18, 2026: no incidentsAug 19, 2026: 94.78% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 20, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidentsAug 24, 2026: 98.33% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026: no incidentsAug 27, 2026: 99.90% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 28, 2026: 99.67% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 29, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 99.40% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 2, 2026: 98.97% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 3, 2026: no incidentsSep 4, 2026: 92.84% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 5, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 6, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 7, 2026: 86.04% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 98.88% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 16, 2026: 97.70% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 17, 2026 – Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 98.55% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 22, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026: no incidentsSep 29, 2026: 99.90% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026 – Oct 5, 2026: no incidentsOct 6, 2026: 98.80% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 7, 2026: 98.45% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 97.99% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 94.68% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 21, 2026: no incidentsOct 22, 2026: 96.97% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 23, 2026 – Oct 28, 2026: no incidentsOct 29, 2026: 99.93% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 30, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.297% average daily uptimeToday

Shift4 Payments

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidentsAug 24, 2026: 92.92% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 25, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026: no incidentsSep 10, 2026: 95.74% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 11, 2026 – Oct 21, 2026: no incidentsOct 22, 2026: 92.49% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 24, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 25, 2026: 91.58% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 26, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.363% average daily uptimeToday

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