Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
PAR POS (Brink) vs Square for Restaurants: which is more reliable? (2026)
PAR POS (Brink) and Square for Restaurants are effectively tied on reliability (55.7 vs 54.2). Over the last 90 days PAR POS (Brink) reported 5 incidents and Square for Restaurants reported 13, with effective uptime of 99.44% and 99.45% respectively. Square for Restaurants resolves incidents faster on average (5h 59m).
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | PAR POS (Brink) | Square for Restaurants |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 55.7 | 54.2 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #9 | #10 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.44% | 99.45% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 13 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 8h 52m | 5h 59m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | Collecting data | Collecting data |
Where PAR POS (Brink) and Square for Restaurants differ
- Square for Restaurants reported 2.6× as many incidents as PAR POS (Brink) over the last 90 days (13 vs 5).
- PAR POS (Brink) had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Square for Restaurants.
- Square for Restaurants fixes problems faster: 5h 59m on average, against 8h 52m for PAR POS (Brink).
- PAR POS (Brink)'s longest outage on record lasted 19h 18m (Sep 24, 2026); Square for Restaurants's lasted 17h 43m (Apr 30, 2026).
90-day uptime
PAR POS (Brink)
Square for Restaurants
- 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
Admin Portal 20 Access issuesofficial update ↗
Affected: PAR POS on Admin20
- Partial outageSep 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 41m
Limited Connectivity errorsofficial update ↗
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 Servicesofficial update ↗
Affected: PAR POS on Admin12
Recent Square for Restaurants incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved in 45m
Affected: Kitchen Display System (KDS), Point of Sale
- 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