LLM API Providers · reliability comparison
Azure OpenAI vs Cerebras Inference: which is more reliable? (2026)
Azure OpenAI is more reliable than Cerebras Inference, scoring 100.0 vs 89.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Azure OpenAI reported 0 incidents and Cerebras Inference reported 2, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.88% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Azure OpenAI | Cerebras Inference |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 89.3 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | — | #4 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.88% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 2 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 2h 29m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Azure OpenAI and Cerebras Inference differ
- Azure OpenAI reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Cerebras Inference reported 2.
- Cerebras Inference had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Azure OpenAI.
90-day uptime
Azure OpenAI
Cerebras Inference
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Azure OpenAI incidents
No incidents reported by Azure OpenAI in the last 90 days.
Recent Cerebras Inference incidents
- Partial outageSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 4h 58m
Partial Service Disruptionofficial update ↗
Affected: GPT-OSS-120B, Qwen-3.8-27b
- Degraded performanceAug 27, 2026 · resolved in <1m
Affected: GPT-OSS-120B
Other LLM API providers to consider
- Perplexity API · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Cohere · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Groq · #3 · 99.94% uptime
- xAI API · #5 · 99.77% uptime