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Fireworks AI vs Groq: which is more reliable? (2026)

Groq is more reliable than Fireworks AI, scoring 91.4 vs 44.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Fireworks AI reported 231 incidents and Groq reported 3, with effective uptime of 98.04% and 99.94% respectively. Fireworks AI resolves incidents faster on average (53m).

Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score

Fireworks AI

44.0/100

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Groq

91.4/100

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MetricFireworks AIGroq
Reliability score44.091.4
Rank (LLM API providers)#10#3
Uptime (90 days)98.04%99.94%
Incidents (90 days)2313
Partial / major outages21
Avg time to resolve53m2h 16m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Fireworks AI and Groq differ

  • Fireworks AI reported 77× as many incidents as Groq over the last 90 days (231 vs 3).
  • Fireworks AI had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Groq.
  • Fireworks AI fixes problems faster: 53m on average, against 2h 16m for Groq (2.6× quicker).
  • Fireworks AI's longest outage on record lasted 1d 22h (Aug 11, 2026); Groq's lasted 3h 33m (Nov 18, 2025).

90-day uptime

Fireworks AI

Aug 5, 2026: 97.50% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 6, 2026: 95.02% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 7, 2026: 94.83% uptime, 7 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 8, 2026: 99.77% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 9, 2026: no incidentsAug 10, 2026: 98.82% uptime, 8 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 11, 2026: 85.96% uptime, 10 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 12, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 8 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 13, 2026: 63.49% uptime, 4 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 14, 2026: 98.05% uptime, 15 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 15, 2026: 99.92% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 16, 2026: 99.55% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 17, 2026: 99.84% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026: 96.11% uptime, 8 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 19, 2026: 91.36% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 20, 2026: 99.37% uptime, 7 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 21, 2026: 98.47% uptime, 10 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026: 98.52% uptime, 8 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 23, 2026: 99.42% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 24, 2026: 99.86% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 25, 2026: 99.18% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 26, 2026: 99.75% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 27, 2026: no incidentsAug 28, 2026: 99.14% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 29, 2026: no incidentsAug 30, 2026: 99.96% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 31, 2026: 99.86% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 1, 2026: 96.26% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026: 99.28% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 3, 2026: no incidentsSep 4, 2026: 96.73% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 5, 2026: 99.99% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 6, 2026: no incidentsSep 7, 2026: 99.84% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 8, 2026: 99.41% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 9, 2026: 98.61% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 10, 2026: 99.88% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 11, 2026: 99.76% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 12, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 98.35% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: no incidentsSep 17, 2026: 99.87% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 18, 2026: no incidentsSep 19, 2026: 99.78% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 20, 2026: no incidentsSep 21, 2026: 99.93% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 22, 2026: 99.99% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 99.67% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 99.57% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 99.92% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026: 99.85% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026: no incidentsOct 4, 2026: 99.99% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 5, 2026: 99.43% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 6, 2026: 98.62% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 7, 2026: 99.77% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 8, 2026: 98.74% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: no incidentsOct 10, 2026: 98.87% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026: 99.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 12, 2026: 96.33% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 13, 2026: 98.25% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 99.23% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 97.19% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 16, 2026: no incidentsOct 17, 2026: 99.51% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 18, 2026: 99.60% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 19, 2026: 97.95% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 20, 2026: 98.52% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026: 98.98% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026: 99.11% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026: 98.06% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 24, 2026: no incidentsOct 25, 2026: 99.95% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 26, 2026: 97.85% uptime, 6 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 27, 2026: 99.43% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 28, 2026: 99.22% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 99.29% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026: 99.80% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Nov 1, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago98.046% average daily uptimeToday

Groq

Aug 5, 2026 – Oct 9, 2026: no incidentsOct 10, 2026: 96.19% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026: no incidentsOct 12, 2026: 99.11% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 13, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.947% average daily uptimeToday

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