LLM API Providers · reliability comparison
Azure OpenAI vs DeepSeek API: which is more reliable? (2026)
Azure OpenAI is more reliable than DeepSeek API, scoring 100.0 vs 76.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Azure OpenAI reported 0 incidents and DeepSeek API reported 26, with effective uptime of 100% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Azure OpenAI | DeepSeek API |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 76.0 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | — | #6 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 26 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 3 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Azure OpenAI and DeepSeek API differ
- Azure OpenAI reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while DeepSeek API reported 26.
- DeepSeek API had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Azure OpenAI.
90-day uptime
Azure OpenAI
DeepSeek API
- 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 DeepSeek API incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 27, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Major outageOct 15, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
DeepSeek 网页/API 部分中断（DeepSeek Web/API Partially Unavailable）
- Degraded performanceOct 12, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 1, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceSep 23, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other LLM API providers to consider
- Perplexity API · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Cohere · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Groq · #3 · 99.94% uptime
- Cerebras Inference · #4 · 99.88% uptime