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DeepSeek API vs Groq: which is more reliable? (2026)
Groq is more reliable than DeepSeek API, scoring 91.4 vs 76.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days DeepSeek API reported 26 incidents and Groq reported 3, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.94% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | DeepSeek API | Groq |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 76.0 | 91.4 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | #6 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 26 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 3 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 2h 16m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where DeepSeek API and Groq differ
- DeepSeek API reported 8.7× as many incidents as Groq over the last 90 days (26 vs 3).
- DeepSeek API had 3 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Groq.
90-day uptime
DeepSeek API
Groq
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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)
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: Website, API
- 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