Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Qu POS vs Shopify POS: which is more reliable? (2026)
Shopify POS is more reliable than Qu POS, scoring 99.6 vs 52.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Qu POS reported 4 incidents and Shopify POS reported 1, with effective uptime of 98.68% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Qu POS | Shopify POS |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 52.4 | 99.6 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #13 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.68% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 4 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 18h 28m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Qu POS and Shopify POS differ
- Qu POS reported 4× as many incidents as Shopify POS over the last 90 days (4 vs 1).
- Qu POS had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Shopify POS.
- Qu POS's longest outage on record lasted 2d 1h (Aug 8, 2026); Shopify POS's lasted 42m (Oct 29, 2026).
90-day uptime
Qu POS
Shopify POS
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Qu POS incidents
- Degraded performanceNov 1, 2026 · resolved in 8h 6m
Affected: POS Functionality
- Degraded performanceSep 14, 2026 · resolved in 2h 15m
EOD report not generating correctly
Affected: POS Functionality
- Degraded performanceSep 1, 2026 · resolved in 13h 59m
Affected: Enterprise Intelligence Portal
- Partial outageAug 8, 2026 · resolved in 2d 1h
Connectwise Automate Tool is Unavailableofficial update ↗
Affected: Connectwise Automate
Recent Shopify POS incidents
- InformationalOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 42m
Some merchants encountering error messages within their admins