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Anthropic API vs Groq: which is more reliable? (2026)

Groq is more reliable than Anthropic API, scoring 91.4 vs 36.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Anthropic API reported 36 incidents and Groq reported 3, with effective uptime of 97.52% and 99.94% respectively. Groq resolves incidents faster on average (2h 16m).

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score

Anthropic API

36.8/100

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Groq

91.4/100

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MetricAnthropic APIGroq
Reliability score36.891.4
Rank (LLM API providers)#11#3
Uptime (90 days)97.52%99.94%
Incidents (90 days)363
Partial / major outages231
Avg time to resolve3h 34m2h 16m
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where Anthropic API and Groq differ

  • Anthropic API reported 12× as many incidents as Groq over the last 90 days (36 vs 3).
  • Anthropic API had 23 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Groq.
  • Groq fixes problems faster: 2h 16m on average, against 3h 34m for Anthropic API.
  • Anthropic API's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Oct 7, 2026); Groq's lasted 3h 33m (Nov 18, 2025).

90-day uptime

Anthropic API

Aug 4, 2026: no dataAug 5, 2026: 95.32% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 11, 2026: no incidentsAug 12, 2026: 97.32% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 13, 2026: 96.70% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 14, 2026: 96.95% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 15, 2026: no incidentsAug 16, 2026: 97.52% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Aug 17, 2026: 99.03% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 18, 2026: 98.31% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026: 99.16% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 20, 2026: 98.78% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Aug 21, 2026 – Aug 23, 2026: no incidentsAug 24, 2026: 92.91% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Aug 25, 2026 – Aug 31, 2026: no incidentsSep 1, 2026: 99.00% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026: 98.20% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 3, 2026: 93.19% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 4, 2026 – Sep 9, 2026: no incidentsSep 10, 2026: 98.95% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 11, 2026: 99.39% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 12, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026: no incidentsSep 15, 2026: 97.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 16, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 96.59% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 23, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026: no incidentsSep 29, 2026: 95.63% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 96.08% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026: no incidentsOct 5, 2026: 99.44% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 6, 2026: 99.35% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 7, 2026: 75.41% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 8, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 9, 2026: 50.00% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 10, 2026: 72.04% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 11, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026: no incidentsOct 21, 2026: 99.58% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026: no incidentsOct 23, 2026: 98.45% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 24, 2026: 97.74% uptime, 3 incidents (Major outage)Oct 25, 2026: 95.42% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 26, 2026: no incidentsOct 27, 2026: 97.10% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 28, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago97.536% average daily uptimeToday

Groq

Aug 4, 2026 – Oct 9, 2026: no incidentsOct 10, 2026: 96.19% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 11, 2026: no incidentsOct 12, 2026: 99.11% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 13, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago99.947% average daily uptimeToday

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