Restaurant POS · reliability comparison
Revel Systems vs Zettle by PayPal: which is more reliable? (2026)
Revel Systems is more reliable than Zettle by PayPal, scoring 82.9 vs 78.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Revel Systems reported 2 incidents and Zettle by PayPal reported 2, with effective uptime of 99.84% and 99.82% respectively. Revel Systems resolves incidents faster on average (6h 54m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Revel Systems | Zettle by PayPal |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 82.9 | 78.1 |
| Rank (restaurant POS systems) | #6 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.84% | 99.82% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 2 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 6h 54m | 12h 51m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Revel Systems and Zettle by PayPal differ
- Revel Systems had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Zettle by PayPal.
- Revel Systems fixes problems faster: 6h 54m on average, against 12h 51m for Zettle by PayPal.
- Revel Systems's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Jun 19, 2026); Zettle by PayPal's lasted 3d (Nov 14, 2025).
90-day uptime
Revel Systems
Zettle by PayPal
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Revel Systems incidents
- Partial outageOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 6h 54m
POS Order Syncing & Database Upload Failures
Affected: Core Services, Customer Support
- InformationalOct 19, 2026 · resolved in 23h 4m
Delayed funding for some US merchants
Affected: WorldPay TriPOS
- Degraded performanceMay 7, 2026 · ongoing
Revel Advantage Merchant statement issue
Affected: Revel Advantage Merchant Portal
Recent Zettle by PayPal incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h 34m
Unable to contact Support team
Affected: UK, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands +6 more
- Degraded performanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 23h 8m
DNS incident presenting errors
Affected: UK
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- Loyverse · #3 · 99.91% uptime
- Clover · #4 · 99.88% uptime