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QuickBooks Online vs Zoho Books: which is more reliable? (2026)
Zoho Books is more reliable than QuickBooks Online, scoring 100.0 vs 87.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days QuickBooks Online reported 5 incidents and Zoho Books reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.89% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | QuickBooks Online | Zoho Books |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 87.8 | 100.0 |
| Rank (accounting software tools) | #3 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.89% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 5 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 14m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where QuickBooks Online and Zoho Books differ
- Zoho Books reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while QuickBooks Online reported 5.
- QuickBooks Online had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Zoho Books.
90-day uptime
QuickBooks Online
Zoho Books
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent QuickBooks Online incidents
- InformationalSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 5h 32m
Duplicate transactions affecting some Payroll and Payments customers
Affected: United States, United States
- Partial outageSep 2, 2026 · resolved in 4m
Some users may encounter issues when trying to Login to QuickBooks Online
Affected: United States, EMEA, Canada
- Degraded performanceAug 31, 2026 · resolved in 2h 4m
Some QuickBooks users receive errors and are unable to view transactions when searching.
Affected: United States
- Partial outageAug 19, 2026 · resolved in 2h 23m
Quickbooks Online Latency Issueofficial update ↗
Affected: United States, EMEA, Canada
- Degraded performanceAug 5, 2026 · resolved in 4h 26m
Affected: EMEA
Recent Zoho Books incidents
No incidents reported by Zoho Books in the last 90 days.
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- Oracle NetSuite · #1 · 99.97% uptime
- Wave · #2 · 99.93% uptime
- FreshBooks · #4 · 99.74% uptime
- Xero · #5 · 98.61% uptime
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