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Namely vs Patriot Payroll: which is more reliable? (2026)

Namely is more reliable than Patriot Payroll, scoring 99.7 vs 91.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Namely reported 0 incidents and Patriot Payroll reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.99% and 99.93% respectively.

Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score

MetricNamelyPatriot Payroll
Reliability score99.791.8
Rank (payroll & HR platforms)—#2
Uptime (90 days)99.99%99.93%
Incidents (90 days)02
Partial / major outages02
Avg time to resolve—1h 30m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Namely and Patriot Payroll differ

  • Namely reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Patriot Payroll reported 2.
  • Patriot Payroll had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Namely.

90-day uptime

Namely

Aug 5, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidentsNov 2, 2026: 83.57% uptime (Outage detected by our probes)
90 days ago99.817% average daily uptimeToday

Patriot Payroll

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no incidentsAug 18, 2026: 96.52% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 19, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidentsOct 8, 2026: 97.22% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 9, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.930% average daily uptimeToday

Recent Namely incidents

No incidents reported by Namely in the last 90 days.

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Recent Patriot Payroll incidents

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