LLM API Providers · reliability comparison
Mistral API vs OpenRouter: which is more reliable? (2026)
Mistral API is more reliable than OpenRouter, scoring 72.0 vs 62.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Mistral API reported 16 incidents and OpenRouter reported 10, with effective uptime of 99.63% and 99.44% respectively. Mistral API resolves incidents faster on average (1h 9m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Mistral API | OpenRouter |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 72.0 | 62.9 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | #7 | #8 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.63% | 99.44% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 16 | 10 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 2 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 9m | 6h 48m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Mistral API and OpenRouter differ
- Mistral API reported 60% more incidents than OpenRouter over the last 90 days (16 vs 10).
- Mistral API had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 2 for OpenRouter.
- Mistral API fixes problems faster: 1h 9m on average, against 6h 48m for OpenRouter (5.9× quicker).
- Mistral API's longest outage on record lasted 3h 46m (Sep 10, 2026); OpenRouter's lasted 2h 10m (Oct 25, 2026).
90-day uptime
Mistral API
OpenRouter
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
- Degraded performanceSep 29, 2026 · resolved in 29m
- Partial outageSep 22, 2026 · resolved in 38m
Recent OpenRouter incidents
- MaintenanceOct 26, 2026 · ongoing
Affected: Web & Application Services
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 12m
Affected: Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
- Major outageOct 25, 2026 · resolved in 2h 10m
Video webhooks are not being called
Affected: Video (/api/v1/videos)
- Degraded performanceOct 15, 2026 · resolved in 1d 13h
Activity logs, usage metrics reporting are experiencing delays
Affected: Web & Application Services
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 42m
Increased errors and latency on API requests in the US Pacific Northwest
Affected: Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions)
- Degraded performanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 6h 38m
Usage Reporting Delays in Web App
Affected: Web & Application Services
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