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Groq vs Hugging Face Inference: which is more reliable? (2026)
Hugging Face Inference is more reliable than Groq, scoring 100.0 vs 91.4 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Groq reported 3 incidents and Hugging Face Inference reported 0, with effective uptime of 99.94% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
VS
| Metric | Groq | Hugging Face Inference |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 91.4 | 100.0 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | #3 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.94% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 3 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 16m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Groq and Hugging Face Inference differ
- Hugging Face Inference reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Groq reported 3.
- Groq had 1 partial or major outage, compared with 0 for Hugging Face Inference.
90-day uptime
Groq
Hugging Face Inference
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent Hugging Face Inference incidents
- MaintenanceOct 7, 2026 · resolved in 4h 57m
Maintenance: Scheduled maintenance: Inference Endpoints (H200)
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- Cerebras Inference · #4 · 99.88% uptime
- xAI API · #5 · 99.76% uptime