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ChatGPT vs DeepSeek Chat: which is more reliable? (2026)

DeepSeek Chat is more reliable than ChatGPT, scoring 77.4 vs 32.3 out of 100. Over the last 90 days ChatGPT reported 84 incidents and DeepSeek Chat reported 20, with effective uptime of 96.87% and 100% respectively.

Data updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we score

ChatGPT

32.3/100

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DeepSeek Chat

77.4/100

Operational

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VS
MetricChatGPTDeepSeek Chat
Reliability score32.377.4
Rank (AI chat assistants)#7#4
Uptime (90 days)96.87%100%
Incidents (90 days)8420
Partial / major outages94
Avg time to resolve6h 19m—
Outages we detected00
Transparency score100/100100/100

Where ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chat differ

  • ChatGPT reported 4.2× as many incidents as DeepSeek Chat over the last 90 days (84 vs 20).
  • ChatGPT had 9 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for DeepSeek Chat.

90-day uptime

ChatGPT

Aug 5, 2026: 94.71% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026: no incidentsAug 10, 2026: 93.30% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 11, 2026: 96.22% uptime, 4 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 12, 2026: no incidentsAug 13, 2026: 93.80% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 14, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no incidentsAug 18, 2026: 99.78% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026: no incidentsAug 20, 2026: 97.62% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 21, 2026: 96.68% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026: no incidentsAug 27, 2026: 97.35% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 30, 2026: no incidentsAug 31, 2026: 88.75% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Sep 1, 2026: 99.77% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 2, 2026: 99.67% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 3, 2026: 98.39% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 4, 2026: 97.64% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 5, 2026 – Sep 7, 2026: no incidentsSep 8, 2026: 95.34% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 9, 2026: 98.80% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 10, 2026: 91.19% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 11, 2026: 93.74% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 12, 2026: 98.77% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 13, 2026: 98.55% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 14, 2026: 88.72% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 15, 2026: 97.57% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: 99.47% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 17, 2026: 96.27% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Sep 18, 2026: 98.50% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 19, 2026: 95.07% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 20, 2026 – Sep 21, 2026: no incidentsSep 22, 2026: 99.02% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 23, 2026: 99.31% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026: 99.51% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 25, 2026 – Sep 28, 2026: no incidentsSep 29, 2026: 96.13% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 30, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 1, 2026: 83.70% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 2, 2026: 88.82% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 3, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026: no incidentsOct 5, 2026: 89.41% uptime, 5 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 6, 2026: 93.31% uptime, 7 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 7, 2026: 76.97% uptime, 4 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 8, 2026: 99.02% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026: 91.50% uptime, 3 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 10, 2026: 84.35% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 11, 2026: 85.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 12, 2026: 89.97% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 13, 2026: 94.72% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 14, 2026: 93.88% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 15, 2026: 81.43% uptime, 2 incidents (Partial outage)Oct 16, 2026: 93.28% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 17, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026: no incidentsOct 19, 2026: 99.56% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 20, 2026: 97.91% uptime, 1 incident (Partial outage)Oct 21, 2026: 99.35% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 22, 2026: 94.61% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 23, 2026: 99.47% uptime, 3 incidents (Degraded performance)Oct 24, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026: no incidentsOct 30, 2026: 99.00% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago96.890% average daily uptimeToday

DeepSeek Chat

Aug 5, 2026 – Aug 6, 2026: no incidentsAug 7, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 8, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026: no incidentsAug 14, 2026: 100% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Aug 15, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no incidentsAug 18, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 20, 2026: no incidentsAug 21, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 22, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026: no incidentsSep 2, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 13, 2026: no incidentsSep 14, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Sep 15, 2026: 100% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 16, 2026: no incidentsSep 17, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 18, 2026 – Sep 19, 2026: no incidentsSep 20, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Sep 21, 2026 – Sep 22, 2026: no incidentsSep 23, 2026: 100% uptime, 2 incidents (Degraded performance)Sep 24, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026: no incidentsOct 1, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 2, 2026 – Oct 7, 2026: no incidentsOct 8, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 9, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026: no incidentsOct 12, 2026: 100% uptime, 2 incidents (Major outage)Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026: no incidentsOct 15, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Major outage)Oct 16, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago100% average daily uptimeToday

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