Stop Losing Money with Our POS and IT Systems Outages Calculator

For a typical business, an hour of IT downtime costs you roughly $2,000 to $6,000 once lost revenue and idle payroll are combined, and a single multi-day outage can run into six figures. That’s not accounting for the reputation risk to customers who become frustrated with your dips in service during an outage. Most of that exposure is recoverable and nearly all of it is preventable with the right partner and approach. Find out how much an outage is really costing you with our POS and IT Systems Outages Calculator.

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Are you one dead printer or Wi-Fi drop away from service rush chaos?

In just two minutes, get your Rush-Ready Score, what an outage really costs your restaurant in a year.

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Step 1 · Your rush

Sales per hour in your busiest rush $ Check your POS report for your busiest hour on a typical busy night. Staff on the clock during the rush Front of house and kitchen, everyone you are paying at that hour. Average hourly cost per staff member $ Wage plus payroll costs such as CPP, EI and vacation pay.

When the system is down, what can you still do?

How long does a typical outage last?

How often does something go down during service?

Comps, refunds and wasted food per outage

Meals you gave away, orders you refunded and food made that could not be sold. Not sure? Pick the closest.

Your Rush-Ready Score

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Estimated outage cost per year

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Where an outage costs you each year

Not counted: lost tips, lost online and delivery orders, bad reviews and guests who do not come back. Your real cost is higher.

What an hour is worth

Your 2026 Rush-Ready POS & Network Checklist

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