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Mistral API vs Perplexity API: which is more reliable? (2026)
Perplexity API is more reliable than Mistral API, scoring 93.8 vs 72.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Mistral API reported 16 incidents and Perplexity API reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.63% and 99.94% respectively. Perplexity API resolves incidents faster on average (36m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
VS
| Metric | Mistral API | Perplexity API |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 72.0 | 93.8 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | #7 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.63% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 16 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 5 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1h 9m | 36m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Mistral API and Perplexity API differ
- Mistral API reported 5.3× as many incidents as Perplexity API over the last 90 days (16 vs 3).
- Mistral API had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Perplexity API.
- Perplexity API fixes problems faster: 36m on average, against 1h 9m for Mistral API.
- Mistral API's longest outage on record lasted 3h 46m (Sep 10, 2026); Perplexity API's lasted 4h 31m (Jun 4, 2026).
90-day uptime
Mistral API
Perplexity API
- 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 Perplexity API incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 37m
Elevated API errors and timeouts
Affected: Computer, API, Website, App
- Major outageAug 13, 2026 · resolved in 1h 4m
Affected: App
- Degraded performanceAug 11, 2026 · resolved in 6m
Other LLM API providers to consider
- Cohere · #2 · 99.94% uptime
- Groq · #3 · 99.94% uptime
- Cerebras Inference · #4 · 99.88% uptime
- xAI API · #5 · 99.76% uptime