LLM API Providers · reliability comparison
OpenRouter vs Perplexity API: which is more reliable? (2026)
Perplexity API is more reliable than OpenRouter, scoring 93.8 vs 62.9 out of 100. Over the last 90 days OpenRouter reported 10 incidents and Perplexity API reported 3, with effective uptime of 99.44% and 99.94% respectively. Perplexity API resolves incidents faster on average (36m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | OpenRouter | Perplexity API |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 62.9 | 93.8 |
| Rank (LLM API providers) | #8 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.44% | 99.94% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 10 | 3 |
| Partial / major outages | 2 | 1 |
| Avg time to resolve | 6h 48m | 36m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where OpenRouter and Perplexity API differ
- OpenRouter reported 3.3× as many incidents as Perplexity API over the last 90 days (10 vs 3).
- OpenRouter had 2 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Perplexity API.
- Perplexity API fixes problems faster: 36m on average, against 6h 48m for OpenRouter (11.5× quicker).
- OpenRouter's longest outage on record lasted 2h 10m (Oct 25, 2026); Perplexity API's lasted 4h 31m (Jun 4, 2026).
90-day uptime
OpenRouter
Perplexity API
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent OpenRouter incidents
- MaintenanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 6d 1h
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 calledofficial update ↗
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
Recent Perplexity API incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 37m
Elevated API errors and timeouts
Affected: App, Computer, API, Website
- Major outageAug 13, 2026 · resolved in 1h 4m
Investigating API issueofficial update ↗
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