Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
PAR POS (Brink) vs SpotOn: which is more reliable? (2026)
SpotOn is more reliable than PAR POS (Brink), scoring 99.2 vs 64.6 out of 100. Over the last 90 days PAR POS (Brink) reported 5 incidents and SpotOn reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.44% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PAR POS (Brink) | SpotOn |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 64.6 | 99.2 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #9 | #2 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.44% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 8h 52m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where PAR POS (Brink) and SpotOn differ
- PAR POS (Brink) reported 2.5× as many incidents as SpotOn over the last 90 days (5 vs 2).
- PAR POS (Brink) had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for SpotOn.
- PAR POS (Brink)'s longest outage on record lasted 19h 18m (Sep 24, 2026); SpotOn's lasted 2h 51m (Nov 25, 2025).
90-day uptime
PAR POS (Brink)
SpotOn
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent PAR POS (Brink) incidents
- InformationalOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 17h 27m
PAR Payment Services: Funding Delay Notice for for Columbus Day (October 12th, 2026)
Affected: PAR Payment Services
- Partial outageSep 24, 2026 · resolved in 19h 18m
Affected: PAR POS on Admin20
- Partial outageSep 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 41m
Affected: PAR POS on Admin19
- Degraded performanceAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 3h 37m
Affected: PAR POS on Admin1
- InformationalAug 20, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: PAR Payment Services
- Partial outageJun 16, 2026 · ongoing
Degradation of Admin Portal 12 Services
Affected: PAR POS on Admin12
Recent SpotOn incidents
- InformationalAug 26, 2026 · resolved in 12m
- InformationalAug 10, 2026 · resolved in 36m
Online orders (Doordash, Ubereats, ORD) are not showing modifiers when orders reach the kitchen
Affected: SpotOn Restaurant Express, SpotOn Online Ordering
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