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Google Gemini API vs Mistral API: which is more reliable? (2026)
Google Gemini API is more reliable than Mistral API, scoring 100.0 vs 72.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Google Gemini API reported 0 incidents and Mistral API reported 16, with effective uptime of 100% and 99.63% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
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| Metric | Google Gemini API | Mistral API |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 100.0 | 72.0 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | — | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 100% | 99.63% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 0 | 16 |
| Partial / major outages | 0 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | — | 1h 9m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Google Gemini API and Mistral API differ
- Google Gemini API reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Mistral API reported 16.
- Mistral API had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Google Gemini API.
- Google Gemini API's longest incident on record lasted 1h 58m (Feb 27, 2026); Mistral API's lasted 3h 46m (Sep 10, 2026).
90-day uptime
Google Gemini API
Mistral API
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Google Gemini API incidents
No incidents reported by Google Gemini API in the last 90 days.
Recent Mistral API incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 2h 50m
- Degraded performanceOct 13, 2026 · resolved in 27m
- Partial outageOct 12, 2026 · resolved in 35m
- Major outageSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 2h 46m
Elevated error rate on some of our servicesofficial update ↗
- Degraded performanceSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 29m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 38m
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