LLM API Providers · reliability comparison
Azure OpenAI vs Groq: which is more reliable? (2026)
Azure OpenAI is more reliable than Groq, scoring 100.0 vs 91.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Azure OpenAI reported 0 incidents and Groq reported 3, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.94% respectively.
Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Azure OpenAI | Groq |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 91.4 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | — | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 2h 16m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Azure OpenAI and Groq differ
- Azure OpenAI reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Groq reported 3.
- Groq had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Azure OpenAI.
90-day uptime
Azure OpenAI
Groq
- 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 Groq incidents
- MaintenanceOct 16, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Website
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 18m
Model Performance or Availability Issue
Affected: minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
- Degraded performanceOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 23m
GroqCloud Console Errors Affecting Multiple Regions
Affected: API, Website
- Degraded performanceOct 10, 2026 · resolved in 6h 5m
Model Performance or Availability Issue - minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
Affected: minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
- MaintenanceOct 8, 2026 · ongoing
Planned Maintenance: minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
Affected: minimaxai/minimax-m2.7
Other LLM API providers to consider
- Perplexity API · #1 · 99.94% uptime
- Cohere · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Cerebras Inference · #4 · 99.88% uptime
- xAI API · #5 · 99.76% uptime